Month: October 2019

Report on use of chemical weapons by the Turkish Armed Forces in Northern Syria

October 30, 2019November 1, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Report on use of chemical weapons by the Turkish Armed Forces in Northern Syria prepared by Dr. Abbas Mansouran* , 28 October 2019 – Dowloand PDF

I came as a medical volunteer from Sweden to help treat those affected by war in Rojava. On October 13th 2019 I joined the medical staff in the main hospital of the Syrian city of Heseke to help the injured and be in close contact with patients. In my time there I have met many patients with severe burns which I would consider abnormal based on my experiences as founder and as the responsible of Hospital Acquired Infection control committee (HAI CC) at the university hospital of Shiraz, Southern Iran. My experiences go back to the first half of the Iran-Iraq war (1980s), including working in the burn’s unit.

News, Reports, Syria, Turkey, War Crimes

Rapporto sull’uso di armi chimiche da parte delle forze armate turche nella Siria settentrionale

October 29, 2019November 18, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Il medico Abbas Mansouran ha visitato feriti e è arrivato alla conclusione che l’esercito turco in Rojava ha usato fosforo bianco e altre armi chimiche sconosciute. Il medico svedese Abbas Mansouran che ha una grande esperienza in materia di armi chimiche, lavora come volontario in Rojava.

Trustee appointed at Cizre Municipality

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

A trustee was appointed at another HDP Municipality, Cizre. Co-Mayor Mehmet Zırığ confirmed the appointment of the trustee.

News, Turkey

‘They tortured us saying that there is a batting order’

October 28, 2019October 29, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Mahmut Polat (59), stated that the police who raided his home due to his social media shares, tortured his 2 children and took a medical on their behalf without being examined. Polat said that the police told them there is a batting order, and said: “The government ordered us to shoot if we must, we can kill you here.”

News, Turkey

Ex-U.N.investigator: Erdogan should be charged with war crimes

October 27, 2019October 29, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

“An investigation should be opened into him and he should be charged with war crimes. He should not be allowed to get away with this scot free,” said a former member of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria.

News, Syria, Turkey

The SOHR reveals medical reports confirming Turkey’s use of internationally prohibited weapons in northern Syria, calls on the international community to investigate and hold officials accountable

October 26, 2019October 29, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has obtained documented information proving the use of internationally prohibited weapons in northeast Syria by Turkish forces and their affiliated factions, where reliable medical sources revealed medical reports including the condition of a number of casualties suffered by fighters and civilians as a result of the bombing and direct Turkish targets.

News, Reports, Syria

Amnesty International: Turkey: Syrians illegally deported into war ahead of anticipated ‘safe zone’

October 25, 2019October 29, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Turkey spent the months leading up to its military incursion into northeast Syria forcibly deporting refugees to the war-torn country, in advance of attempting to create a so-called “safe zone” on the Syrian side of the border, a new Amnesty International report ‘Sent to a War Zone: Turkey’s Illegal Deportations Of Syrian Refugees’ has revealed.

News, Reports, Syria, Turkey

UN: Conflict must be stopped to prevent humanitarian crisis

October 25, 2019October 29, 2019 Centre Kurde Genève

Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ursula Mueller, said that “almost 180,000 people, including close to 80,000 children, have fled south from the border areas between Turkey and Syria.”

News, OHCHR