Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp has been under embargo for 62 days since the attack on a restaurant in Hewlêr targeting Turkish consulate employees.
Peace Mothers of Maxmur in sit-in
Category: Iraq
Maxmur Refugee Camp under embargo for two months
On July 17, the South Kurdistan official of the Turkish secret service (MIT) was assassinated in a restaurant in the city of Hewler (Erbil). The security forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) then closed all ways in and out of the Maxmur Camp, which is now surrounded and under a strict embargo. While members of the democracy and freedom movement were arrested and tortured, the arrests were carried out by KDP security forces together with representatives of the Turkish intelligence service MIT.
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South Kurdistan journalists: Freedom of expression hit hard
Ignacio Miguel Delgado Culebras the Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) Middle East correspondent tells in a detailed article about the plight of colleagues in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
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70,000 people returned to Shengal
However, according to the information received from the officials of the People’s Assembly of Shengal, some 70,000 Yazidi families have returned to their lands so far.
IHD Central Committee for Refugees: Stop Deporting Refugees!
Thousands of people were driven into chaos abundant in unpredictability brought about conflict and war, including attacks by ISIS and the like, that broke out in Syria after 2011. The tragedies of these people who fled from death, violence, plunder, rape, hunger and misery both at home and the borders are still fresh in our memories.
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Three thousand Yazidi women and children rescued from ISIS
Three thousand out of the 6,417 Yazidi women and children abducted from Shengal by ISIS have been rescued from the gangs under the lead of YPJ fighters.
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Urgent Appeal: Imminent Humanitarian Crisis in the Maxmur Refugee Camp
The Maxmur Refugee Camp, home to over 13,000 Kurdish refugees, has endured many hardships, including military assaults. Turkish military airstrikes on the camp on 6 December 2017 and 13 December 2018 killed 8 camp residents and injured others, and a new wave of attacks and pressure on the Maxmur Camp began on 19 July.
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Balance of Turkish invasion attacks
On 27 May 2019, the Turkish state launched and operation it called “Claw” and invaded Xakurkê (in the province of Hewlêr), Bradost and other regions.