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Category: Syria

Sassoli: Killings of civilians and prisoners are war crimes

Posted on November 17, 2019November 18, 2019 By Centre Kurde Genève

Professor Marco Sassoli, an expert in international humanitarian law, said that Turkey in Northern and Eastern Syria is acting in violation of international law.

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Del Ponte: UN failed, West betrayed the Kurds

Posted on November 16, 2019November 18, 2019 By Centre Kurde Genève

Del Ponte said that the role of the UN in the war in Syria had actually to do only with humanitarian aid. The UN has done nothing to bring peace to Syria, she said.

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Demographic change by the Turkish state in North-East Syria

Posted on November 9, 2019December 30, 2020 By Centre Kurde Genève

First of all, we offer a definition of “demographic change”. It is the transformation from one form of social organization to another, and therefore it sits within the social sciences, which deals with the issues, problems and changes of human society. It concerns population and growth factors, and their qualitative and quantitative balance. Report PDF

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UN Conville: 92 civilians died since Turkey attack in NE Syria

Posted on November 8, 2019December 30, 2020 By Centre Kurde Genève

UN Human Rights Commissioner Spokesman, Rupert Colville, said that “since a Turkish-led offensive across Syria’s northern border a month ago to push out Kurdish YPG fighters, at least 92 civilians have been killed.”

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Report: TURKEY’S TRACK RECORD: The occupation of Afrin

Posted on November 5, 2019November 28, 2019 By Centre Kurde Genève

“People here, everyone has a dream, a dream of returning back to their farms and their homes in Afrin.” Hassan Hassan, former Afrin resident

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KRC: Turkish military and Islamic groups invasion in Northeast Syria (20-30 October)

Posted on November 1, 2019November 6, 2019 By Centre Kurde Genève

On October 9, 2019 the Turkish army with Islamic allies started an offensive targeting mainly the area between Sere Kaniye and Tell Abiad. SDF in turn started to defend it. After few hours a massive displacement of population started toward south areas of Hasake, Raqqa, Ein issa and Tel Tamir. Below the detailed report day by day with photos and the casualties recorded. (First Report : 9-20th october) , Second Report: 20-30th October -PDF

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

Posted on October 30, 2019November 1, 2019 By 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.

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

Posted on October 27, 2019October 29, 2019 By 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.

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The Kurdish Center for Human Rights was established in Geneva in 2000, according to the Suisse civil law. In response to the genocide, war crimes and human rights violations occurring across the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.

The KCHR, as a non-profit organization of social utility, was born from the need to  inform the European and Swiss people and the OHCHR on human rights violations against the Kurds via seminars and other dialogue platforms and to attend their meetings; to establish a dialogue with NGO’s, civil movements, associations, government and civil institutions.. Read More….

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