Author: Centre Kurde Genève

KHRN Exclusive Report on Killing of Three Kolbars by Iranian Border Guards

September 20, 2020September 25, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Zanko Ahmadi, Zanest Hassannejad, and Soroush Makari were three Kurdish Kolbars killed by the Iranian border guards in the Bajar area of Sardasht, On Monday morning, September 14,2020. Two days later, in an interview with the Iranian state media, the West Azarbaijan border commander described the killed Kolbars as a “border trespasser and supported the killing of these individuals by forces under his command.

Iran, News

UN calls on Turkey to respect international law in Syria

September 18, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The human rights situation in parts of north, northwest and northeast Syria under the control of Turkish forces and Turkish-affiliated armed groups is grim, with violence and criminality rife, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned on Friday.

OHCHR, Syria

Omar: report of UN Commission of Inquiry is insufficient without binding decisions

September 18, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Abdul Karim Omar stressed that the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry documenting the violations within the Turkish occupation zones and its mercenaries is important, but it is not sufficient and needs decisions from the Security Council or the United Nations Association to prosecute the perpetrators and their supporters.

OHCHR, Syria

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic: War crimes carried out in Afrin and Serêkaniyê

September 16, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

The UN Syrian Commission of Inquiry said that the FSA carries out war crimes under Turkish control, including abductions, disappearances, gender-based violence in Afrin and Serêkaniyê. Full 25page Report

News, OHCHR, Syria

UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: No clean hands – behind the frontlines and the headlines, armed actors continue to subject civilians to horrific and increasingly targeted abuse

September 16, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Syrians continue to be killed, suffer severe hardships and grave rights violations, despite a relative reduction in largescale hostilities since the 5 March ceasefire, according to the latest findings of the UN Syrian Commission of Inquiry.

OHCHR, Syria

Les gardes-frontières turcs ont poussé des réfugiés dans un champ de mines : quatre morts

September 15, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

La gendarmerie turque a poussé un groupe de réfugiés du Rojava dans un champ de mines de la zone frontalière. Quatre personnes ont été tuées par l’explosion d’une mine.

Actualités, FR

ONU : « En Turquie, la culture de l’impunité règne sur les violations des droits de l’Homme »

September 12, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

Le groupe de travail des Nations-Unies sur les disparitions forcées ou involontaire affirme que la plupart de ses recommandations ont été ignorées par la Turquie, où règne la culture de l’impunité.

Actualités, FR

UN: Culture of impunity for human rights violations marks Turkey

September 11, 2020December 30, 2020 Centre Kurde Genève

UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances says most of its reccomendations were ignored by Turkey where a culture of impunity prevails.

OHCHR, Turkey