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branch, Azizi said, “In politics a clean slate wouldn’t be given to anyone and we wouldn’t offer it to anyone.”</p> <p>Regarding a possible meeting with the PJAK to discuss the unification of both parties, Azizi said, “If we decide to meet with PJAK we will meet with the PKK instead, because they are the same.”</p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/11/13/rudaw-in-english-iranian-kurdish-leader-pjak-and-pkk-are-the-same/#more-13901" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13785"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/10/12/iraqi-kurds-offer-christians-a-sanctuary-reliefweb/#respond" title="Comment on Iraqi Kurds Offer Christians a Sanctuary | ReliefWeb">No Comments</a></span> Posted on October 12th, 2011 by Nabil</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/patriotic-union-of-kurdistan/" rel="tag">patriotic union of kurdistan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/puk/" rel="tag">PUK</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sectarian-violence/" rel="tag">sectarian violence</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <div style="border-bottom: black 1px solid; border-left: black 1px solid; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; padding-left: 5px; width: 48%; padding-right: 5px; float: right; border-top: black 1px solid; border-right: black 1px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <p>They have fled in droves to escape sectarian violence, but now Kurdish politicians are helping some rebuild their lives.</p> <p>By Samah Samad – Iraq</p> <p>ICR Issue 380, 12 Oct 11</p> </p></div> <p>The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUK, party is offering homes to poor Christian families uprooted by sectarian violence in what it says is a humanitarian gesture, denying suggestions the move is designed to boost its electoral base in the disputed Kirkuk region.</p> <p>Since the 2003 United States-led invasion, Iraqi Christians have often been the target of violence by Islamist extremists, forcing more than 200,000 of them to leave Iraq.</p> <p>In the worst outrage in October 2010, al-Qaeda-linked militants stormed a church in central Baghdad, killing over 60 people.</p> <p>In an effort, the PUK says, is aimed at alleviating their plight, the joint ruling party in Iraqi Kurdistan has provided 200 plots of land and 10,000 US dollar grants to low-income Christian families in a gated compound in Se Ganian (The Three Springs in Kurdish), a Kurdish village destroyed by Saddam, ten kilometres north of Kirkuk.</p> <p>While commentators acknowledge the plan is well-intentioned, they suggest it may be strategic too.</p> <p>“This initiative is humanitarian but also a political move to get more votes for [the PUK’s] next campaign in Kirkuk,” said Mohammad Ameen, a political analyst and a professor at Kirkuk university.</p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/10/12/iraqi-kurds-offer-christians-a-sanctuary-reliefweb/#more-13785" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13720"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/09/24/suspects-in-protester-shootings-evade-arrest/#respond" title="Comment on Suspects In Protester Shootings Evade Arrest">No Comments</a></span> Posted on September 24th, 2011 by Burhan Aydin</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/09/24/suspects-in-protester-shootings-evade-arrest/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Suspects In Protester Shootings Evade Arrest">Suspects In Protester Shootings Evade Arrest</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan/" rel="tag">Kurdistan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/police-state/" rel="tag">Police State</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <blockquote> <p>SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan — A court has issued arrest warrants for nine individuals, including two high-ranking officials, wanted for their alleged involvement in the shootings of protesters and for burning down a satellite news channel, Nalia. A source at the Sulaimani public prosecutor’s office, however, said police are refusing to arrest the officials.</p> <p>The source, who asked to remain anonymous, said, “Two of the wanted people are high-ranking officials and the police can’t arrest them, while the other seven have disappeared and the police can’t find them.”</p> <p>During the anti-corruption protests between February and April, around a dozen people were killed and several hundred were injured in near-daily clashes between protesters and the police.</p> </blockquote></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/09/24/suspects-in-protester-shootings-evade-arrest/#more-13720" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13618"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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Yet unwillingly they expect a continued U.S. presence as few believe the Americans will leave such a deeply-invested and strategically-important place. </p> <p>For Iraqis, the debate on U.S. troops’ departure is intertwined with national dignity, security uncertainty and wariness of its coveting neighbors. Some doubt Iraqi security forces have the capability to curb insurgents and defend the country on their own while others fear a residual American force could sanction continued violence by militias. </p> <p>Quite a few worry neighboring countries will swoop in and exploit the vacuum left by the U.S. whereas a considerable number think the U.S. will manipulate the fragile government behind scenes even if they draw down their troops. </p> <h3>"DON’T EVER THINK U.S. WILL LEAVE EASILY" </h3> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/07/04/xinhua-iraqi-public-differ-over-planned-u-s-pullout/#more-13618" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13478"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/06/07/iraq-un-human-rights-official-urges-stronger-action-to-protect-civilians/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq: UN human rights official urges stronger action to protect civilians">No Comments</a></span> Posted on June 7th, 2011 by Burhan Aydin</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/06/07/iraq-un-human-rights-official-urges-stronger-action-to-protect-civilians/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraq: UN human rights official urges stronger action to protect civilians">Iraq: UN human rights official urges stronger action to protect civilians</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/category/human-rights/" title="View all posts in Human Rights" rel="category tag">Human Rights</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/acts-of-violence/" rel="tag">acts of violence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ad-melkert/" rel="tag">Ad Melkert</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arbitrary-detention/" rel="tag">arbitrary detention</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/convention-against-torture/" rel="tag">Convention against Torture</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/demonstrations/" rel="tag">Demonstrations</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/disappearances/" rel="tag">disappearances</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/discrimination/" rel="tag">discrimination</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ethnic-minorities/" rel="tag">ethnic minorities</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/freedom-of-expression/" rel="tag">freedom of expression</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/human-rights/" rel="tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/human-rights-commission/" rel="tag">Human Rights Commission</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/international-law/" rel="tag">International Law</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ivan-simonovic/" rel="tag">Ivan Šimonović</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/judiciary/" rel="tag">Judiciary</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan/" rel="tag">Kurdistan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan-region/" rel="tag">kurdistan region</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan-regional-government/" rel="tag">kurdistan regional government</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ohchr/" rel="tag">OHCHR</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/torture/" rel="tag">Torture</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/un/" rel="tag">U.N.</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/unami/" rel="tag">UNAMI</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; unicode-bidi: bidi-override; direction: ltr"> <p>A senior United Nations official has called on the Iraqi Government to do more to protect civilians from violence, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx" class="external" target="_blank">OHCHR</a>) reported today. </p> <p>Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, welcomed the Iraqi Government’s convening of a conference this week to address rights problems, but also “condemned the numerous cases of enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention and alleged torture that have been reported throughout Iraq,” OHCHR said. </p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/06/07/iraq-un-human-rights-official-urges-stronger-action-to-protect-civilians/#more-13478" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13421"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/05/21/iraqi-officials-reject-demilitarization-of-disputed-territories-rudaw-in-english/#respond" title="Comment on Iraqi Officials Reject Demilitarization of Disputed Territories : Rudaw in English">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 21st, 2011 by markfromireland</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/05/21/iraqi-officials-reject-demilitarization-of-disputed-territories-rudaw-in-english/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraqi Officials Reject Demilitarization of Disputed Territories : Rudaw in English">Iraqi Officials Reject Demilitarization of Disputed Territories : Rudaw in English</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/analysis/" rel="tag">Analysis</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arabs/" rel="tag">Arabs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bala/" rel="tag">Bala</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/diyala/" rel="tag">Diyala</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/hawija/" rel="tag">Hawija</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/icg/" rel="tag">ICG</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/inis/" rel="tag">INIS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kirkuk/" rel="tag">Kirkuk</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kirkuk-at-ta%e2%80%99mim-governorate/" rel="tag">Kirkuk (At-Ta’mim) Governorate</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kirkuk-political-violence/" rel="tag">Kirkuk - political violence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan/" rel="tag">Kurdistan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan-region/" rel="tag">kurdistan region</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/mosul/" rel="tag">Mosul</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/mosul-violence/" rel="tag">Mosul violence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ninawa-governorate/" rel="tag">Ninawa (Governorate)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/peshmerga/" rel="tag">Peshmerga</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/peshmerga-seizure-of-non-kurdish-lands/" rel="tag">Peshmerga seizure of non-Kurdish lands</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/peshmerga-vs-gzg/" rel="tag">Peshmerga vs. GZG</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/political-negotiations/" rel="tag">political negotiations</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/rudaw/" rel="tag">Rudaw</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/trigger-line/" rel="tag">Trigger line</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/wladimir-van-wilgenburg/" rel="tag">Wladimir Van Wilgenburg</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <div style="text-align: left; 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The International Crisis Group, in their last report, called for the demilitarization of ethnically mixed regions and the replacement of soldiers with police, but Iraqi officials rejected the idea because security in these areas is poor.</p> </p></div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/05/21/iraqi-officials-reject-demilitarization-of-disputed-territories-rudaw-in-english/#more-13421" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13096"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/22/analysis-iraqi-kurd-demos-threaten-image/#respond" title="Comment on Analysis: Iraqi Kurd demos threaten image">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 22nd, 2011 by Burhan Aydin</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/22/analysis-iraqi-kurd-demos-threaten-image/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Analysis: Iraqi Kurd demos threaten image">Analysis: Iraqi Kurd demos threaten image</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/category/analysis-briefings-commentary/" title="View all posts in Analysis Briefings Commentary" rel="category tag">Analysis Briefings Commentary</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/analysis/" rel="tag">Analysis</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/arbil/" rel="tag">Arbil</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/asos-hardi/" rel="tag">Asos Hardi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/barham-salih/" rel="tag">Barham Salih</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/barzani/" rel="tag">Barzani</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/barzani-clan/" rel="tag">Barzani clan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/corruption/" rel="tag">Corruption</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/demonstrations/" rel="tag">Demonstrations</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/economic-situation/" rel="tag">economic situation</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/economist-intelligence-unit/" rel="tag">economist intelligence unit</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/egypt/" rel="tag">Egypt</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/goran-movement/" rel="tag">Goran Movement</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/graft/" rel="tag">graft</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/human-rights/" rel="tag">Human Rights</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/human-rights-watch/" rel="tag">Human Rights Watch</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/international-republican-institute/" rel="tag">International Republican Institute</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iraqi-parliament/" rel="tag">iraqi parliament</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/jalal-talabani/" rel="tag">Jalal Talabani</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kdp/" rel="tag">KDP</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan/" rel="tag">Kurdistan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan-democratic-party/" rel="tag">kurdistan democratic party</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan-region/" rel="tag">kurdistan region</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/nepotism/" rel="tag">Nepotism</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/news-sites/" rel="tag">News Sites</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/othman-mahmoud/" rel="tag">Othman - 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"All sides have shown quite a lot of restraint, but if something were to happen it could boil over."</p> <p>Saffar noted that if protesters in Sulaimaniyah were attacked en masse by security forces, "the reputational damage will be immense."</p> <p>"Kurdistan has spent millions in Washington lobbying the US government, and if any crackdown were to happen, it would push back relations a great deal," he said.</p> <p>The three-province region, whose assembly makes decisions independent of Baghdad in most policy areas, is reputed for being markedly safer than the rest of Iraq, where hundreds still die on a monthly basis in insurgent violence.</p> <p>As a result, several foreign firms have invested in the region: the only international chain hotel in Iraq is in the Kurdish capital of Arbil, and several shopping malls have recently been built or are under construction with foreign financing.</p> <p>But high levels of unemployment, graft and nepotism in Kurdistan, which has been ruled by two-parties for decades, sparked street protests in Sulaimaniyah from mid-February, fuelled by uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.</p> <p>In three straight days of rallies this week more than 100 protesters were wounded when security forces attempted to disperse demonstrations.</p> <p>Kurdish security officials and local non-governmental organisations said more than 300 protesters had been detained since Saturday at the protests.</p> <p>Paris-based watchdog Reporters Without Borders noted in a statement on Thursday that it was "deeply shocked by a spate of arbitrary arrests," while Human Rights Watch in New York called on Kurdish authorities to "end their widening crackdown on peaceful protests."</p> <p>"The demonstrations started especially with the young generation," said Asos Hardi, a Sulaimaniyah-based Kurdish journalist. "The uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt were the main spurs of the protest but, very quickly, a wider section of society joined in."</p> <p>"If you go back and read reports from international organisations about human rights, freedoms, management and corruption in Kurdistan, you can understand why people are angry with their leaders," added Hardi, who helped found two of the region’s biggest independent newspapers.</p> <p>He noted, however, that despite the poisonous views the protesters and government had of each other, there was still hope for dialogue.</p> <p>Sulaimaniyah, reputed as the intellectual capital of the region, has long been a bastion of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. A faction of the PUK, however, split in 2009 and went into opposition.</p> <p>In the regional capital of Arbil, by contrast, the Kurdistan Democratic Party of regional president Massud Barzani retains a tight grip.</p> <p>A poll conducted by the Washington-based International Republican Institute in December offered hints for the causes behind the anger in Sulaimaniyah.</p> <p>Some 62 percent of respondents in Sulaimaniyah said Kurdish MPs were not listening to their needs, and 35 percent said the economic situation in Kurdistan was either "somewhat bad" or "very bad," both of which were the highest in the region.</p> <p>"The KDP and the PUK must change," said Mahmud Othman, an independent Kurdish MP in the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad. "They need to change, definitely, but are they capable, are they serious? That is what remains to be seen."</p> <p>Regardless of possible change, independent journalist Hardi insisted the two months of protests marked a crucial shift in Kurdistan.</p> <p>"Everything in our history has been about protecting our existence as a culture, as a nation, as a people," Hardi said. "But now, these protests are about changing and improving our existence."</p> </blockquote> <blockquote><p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=45727" target="_blank" class="external">Middle East Online</a></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-13087"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/22/iraq-widening-crackdown-on-protests-human-rights-watch/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests | Human Rights Watch">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 22nd, 2011 by Abdus-Samad</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/22/iraq-widening-crackdown-on-protests-human-rights-watch/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests | Human Rights Watch">Iraq: Widening Crackdown 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The authorities should hold accountable those responsible for attacking protesters and journalists in Arbil and Sulaimaniya since April 17, 2011, including opening fire on demonstrators and beating them severely, Human Rights Watch said.</p> <p>Human Rights Watch also called on Iraqi authorities in Baghdad to investigate the detention and torture of a protester, Alaa Nabil, and to charge or release more than two dozen activists held in a prison in Baghdad’s Old Muthanna Airport. Central government and Kurdistan Regional Government authorities should revoke their recent bans on unlicensed demonstrations in Sulaimaniya province and on street protests in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch said.</p> <p>"Iraqi authorities in Kurdistan and Baghdad need to rein in their security forces and protect the right to protest peacefully," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "The Iraqi political authorities need to end their knee-jerk responses and stop banning protests, detaining demonstrators, and beating journalists."</p> <h3>Repression in Kurdistan</h3> <p>In the afternoon of April 18 in Arbil, the Kurdistan capital, dozens of armed men in civilian clothes attacked students from the Kurdistan region’s largest university, Salahadin, as they tried to hold a demonstration. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that the assailants also attacked journalists and at least one member of parliament.</p> <p>A third-year Salahadin student told Human Rights Watch that a large group of organized assailants wearing civilian clothes attacked the protesters with brute force.</p> <p>"We chanted ‘freedom, freedom,’ and then security forces came and abolished the demonstration," the student said. "They were hitting people by knives and sticks … and arrested 23 protesters."</p> <p>The assailants beat Muhamad Kyani, a member of the Iraqi national parliament for the opposition party Goran (Change) List, and his bodyguard while they were walking away from the demonstration. "There was no violence from us, nothing happened from our side to incite them," Kyani told Human Rights Watch. "I was on my way to the car when the Asayish [the official security agency for the Kurdistan region] threw me to the ground and started to kick and beat me." Kyani had two black eyes and other minor injuries from the beating. "They just wanted to intimidate and insult me and those with me," he said. "During the beating they swore at us and called me a traitor."</p> <p>Reporters without Borders documented attacks on at least 10 journalists covering the April 18 protest. The group said assailants also detained numerous journalists, including Awara Hamid of the newspaper <em>Rozhnam, </em>Bahman Omer of <em>Civil Magazine</em>, Hajar Anwar, bureau chief of the Kurdistan News Network, and Mariwan Mala Hassan, a KNN reporter, as well as two of the station’s cameramen.</p> <p>Shwan Sidiq of <em>Civil Magazine</em> was hospitalized after the assailants broke his hand. "My hand is broken, my head still hurts," he told Human Rights Watch. "What I saw was what in 1988 Saddam Hussein did against me and my family."<strong></strong></p> <p>Security forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government and the two ruling parties there, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, have used repressive measures against journalists since the start of the protests in Iraq on February 17. The local press freedom group Metro Center has documented more than 150 cases of attacks and harassment of Kurdish journalists since February 17. In March, Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 20 journalists covering the protests in Kurdistan.</p> <p>"Time and again we found that security forces and their proxies violate journalists’ freedom of expression through death threats, arbitrary arrests, beatings, harassment, and by confiscating and vandalizing their equipment," Stork said.</p> <p>In Sulaimaniya, daily clashes since April 17 have injured more than 100 protesters, journalists, and security forces. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that on April 17 security forces fired live ammunition into the air to clear protesters blocking a road, while others shot into the crowd indiscriminately, wounding at least seven demonstrators.</p> <p>"Police and security forces used everything to attack us," one protester told Human Rights Watch. "They opened fire, threw stones, used sticks and their Kalashnikovs to keep us from demonstrating."</p> <p>Protest organizers told Human Rights Watch that on April 18, security forces violently seized control of Sara Square, the center of daily protests in Sulaimaniya since February 17, and demolished the protesters’ podium. Security forces have fanned out across the city and have refused to allow protesters back to the site – renamed Azadi (Freedom) Square by demonstrators – resulting in clashes on April 18 and 19.</p> <p>On March 6, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/03/07/iraqi-kurdistan-prevent-attacks-protesters" class="external" target="_blank">masked assailants attacked demonstrators</a> and set their tents on fire but failed to evict protesters from the site.</p> <p>On April 19, protest organizers said, security forces detained dozens of students and others in and around Sulaimaniya, releasing most later in the day. One law undergraduate told Human Rights Watch that security forces attacked her and other protesters at the Dukan checkpoint on their way to Sulaimaniya.</p> <p>"We were forced to get off the buses," she said. "They threatened if we went [to the protest], we would be killed. A friend of mine asked them not to shoot us because we have pens and not guns, but when he raised his pen security forces opened fire and he was badly injured."</p> <p>Since then, this student said, she has received anonymous threatening phone calls telling her not to return to Sulaymaniya. Security forces raided Koya University, where she studies, and arrested two students. Their whereabouts remain unknown.</p> <p>The family of a prominent Kurdish writer and activist, Rebin Hardi, told Human Rights Watch that security forces severely beat him during and after his arrest on April 19 for participating in a protest in front of the Sulaimaniya courthouse. Photos taken after his release later that day viewed by Human Rights Watch showed severe swelling up and down the right sight of his body including his eye, arm, and thigh.</p> <p>Since February 17, clashes with security forces have killed at least seven civilians and injured more than 250 demonstrators in Kurdistan, but thousands have continued to protest alleged corruption and the political dominance of the KDP and PUK.</p> <p>On April 19, the government’s Security Committee for Sulaimaniya Province banned all unlicensed demonstrations. Legislation passed by the Kurdistan Regional Government in December gives authorities wide discretion in deciding whether to approve a license for a protest. The law’s wording is exceptionally vague and susceptible to abuse, Human Rights Watch said. Under article 3(c) of the law, authorities can reject a request if "the protest will damage the system or public decency."</p> <h3>Protests in Baghdad</h3> <p>Iraqi security forces in Baghdad are detaining and abusing activists in connection with protests against the chronic lack of basic services and perceived widespread corruption. On April 8, security forces in a vehicle with markings from the 43rd Brigade of the Army’s 11th Division, arrested Nabil at the end of a peaceful protest at Tahrir Square. He was immediately transferred to other security forces in civilian clothing, and held for a week.</p> <p>Released on April 15, Nabil, an organizer of the February 25 Group – one of several groups planning demonstrations in the capital – told Human Rights Watch that he had been beaten repeatedly while his hands were held behind his back with plastic zip-ties, and often while blindfolded. He said his captors also used a stun gun on his arms, chest, and back.</p> <p>"I heard them giving orders to shock us and hit us only below the neck, so there wouldn’t be any marks. They shocked me and hit me on the arms and back and chest," he said. "I got a cut on my head that was bleeding, and one of the guards yelled at another who caused it. ‘Why did you make him bleed? He is a son of a bitch and will make a scandal for us. Do not leave any marks. Hit him in places where there will be no marks.’"</p> <p>Nabil said his captors went through his cell phone and told him, "We know all these numbers, and we are watching and listening to all your calls.’"</p> <p>Nabil had previously been arrested on March 22, and Human Rights Watch witnessed signs of physical abuse immediately after his release from that detention. Human Rights Watch sent inquiries about Nabil’s arrest and others to the offices of the prime minister and security officials but has received no response from authorities.</p> <p>On April 13, security forces entered the adjoining offices of the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI) and the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), where the February 25 Group has held meetings in Baghdad. The security forces arrested one of the group’s members, Firas Ali, who has peacefully participated in several of the Tahrir Square demonstrations.</p> <p>A protester detained in early April for taking part in demonstrations at Tahrir Square told Human Rights Watch upon his release that he saw Ali inside a prison in Baghdad’s Old Muthanna Airport. The witness said Ali was being held with more than two dozen protesters, 20 of whom were detained on the day of the April 15 demonstration.</p> <p>Human Rights Watch is also concerned about Haydar Shihab Ahmad, also from the February 25 Group, who has been missing since April 1, just after taking part in that day’s demonstration in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. Members of his family told Human Rights Watch that they have made several inquiries at prisons in Baghdad in unsuccessful attempts to locate him, and have received no official reply about whether he has been detained.</p> <p>"Iraqi authorities need to release any peaceful protester held incommunicado and without charge, and account for those it is charging with a criminal offense," Stork said.</p> <p>Iraqi authorities have taken several steps to eliminate protests in the capital from public view. On April 13, officials issued new regulations barring street protests and allowing them only at three soccer stadiums.</p> <p>"We have specified Al-Shaab, Kashafa and Zawraa stadiums as permitted sites for demonstrations in Baghdad instead of Ferdus or Tahrir squares," Baghdad’s security spokesman, Major General Qassim Atta, said at a news conference televised by the state broadcaster, Iraqiyya TV. "Many shop owners and street vendors have called us and complained to us because demonstrations have affected their work and the movement of traffic."</p> <p>In late February, Iraqi police <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/02/17/iraq-investigate-protester-deaths" class="external" target="_blank">allowed dozens of assailants</a> to beat and stab peaceful protesters in Baghdad. In the early hours of February 21, dozens of men, some wielding knives and clubs, attacked about 50 protesters who had set up two tents in Tahrir Square. During nationwide February 25 protests, security forces killed at least 12 protesters across the country and injured more than 100. On that day, Human Rights Watch observed Baghdad security forces beating unarmed journalists and protesters, smashing cameras, and confiscating memory cards.</p> <p>On June 25, 2010, in response to thousands of Iraqis who took to the streets to protest a chronic lack of government services, the Interior Ministry issued onerous regulations that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/09/17/iraq-stop-blocking-demonstrations" class="external" target="_blank">effectively impeded Iraqis from organizing</a> lawful protests. The regulations required organizers to get "written approval of both the minister of interior and the provincial governor" before submitting an application to the relevant police department.</p> <p>Iraq’s constitution guarantees "freedom of assembly and peaceful demonstration."As a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Iraq is obligated to protect the rights to life and security of the person, and the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. Iraq should also abide by the United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms, which state that lethal force may only be used when strictly unavoidable to protect life, and must be exercised with restraint and proportionality. The principles also require governments to "ensure that arbitrary or abusive use of force and firearms by law enforcement officials is punished as a criminal offense under their law."</p> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/21/iraq-widening-crackdown-protests" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests | Human Rights Watch</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12941"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/04/iwpr-sulaimaniyah-in-eye-of-storm/#respond" title="Comment on IWPR: Sulaimaniyah in Eye of Storm">No Comments</a></span> Posted on April 4th, 2011 by Abdus-Samad</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/04/04/iwpr-sulaimaniyah-in-eye-of-storm/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to IWPR: Sulaimaniyah in Eye of Storm">IWPR: Sulaimaniyah in Eye of Storm</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/category/analysis-briefings-commentary/" title="View all posts in Analysis Briefings Commentary" rel="category tag">Analysis Briefings Commentary</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/anti-corruption-demonstrations/" rel="tag">anti-corruption demonstrations</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/demonstrations/" rel="tag">Demonstrations</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/demonstrators-attacks-on/" rel="tag">Demonstrators - attacks on</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/demonstrators-deaths-of/" rel="tag">Demonstrators - deaths of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/demonstrators-killing-of/" rel="tag">Demonstrators - killing of</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iraqi-kurdistan/" rel="tag">Iraqi kurdistan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iwpr/" rel="tag">IWPR</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan/" rel="tag">Kurdistan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan-democratic-party/" rel="tag">kurdistan democratic party</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/protests/" rel="tag">protests</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/security-situation/" rel="tag">security situation</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sulaimaniya/" rel="tag">Sulaimaniya</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sulaimaniyah/" rel="tag">sulaimaniyah</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/violence/" rel="tag">violence</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>When hundreds of people poured into the central square of Sulaimaniyah on February 17, to show solidarity with Tunisians and Egyptians as well as to call for reform and an end to corruption in Iraqi Kurdistan, I was just a curious reporter monitoring the situation.</p> <p>But soon after the rally ended, I was faced with the most difficult story of my professional career.</p> <div style="border-right: black 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: black 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: black 1px solid; width: 300px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: black 1px solid"> <h3>Story Behind The Story</h3> <p><strong>ORIGINAL ARTICLES</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://iwpr.net/report-news/protests-sweep-iraq" class="external" target="_blank">Protests Sweep Iraq</a></strong> </li> <li><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://iwpr.net/report-news/sulaimaniyah-eye-storm" class="external" target="_blank">Sulaimaniyah in Eye of Storm</a> </strong></li> </ul> <p><em>The Story Behind the Story gives an insight into the work that goes into IWPR articles and the challenges faced by our trainees at every stage of the editorial process.</em></p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://iwpr.net/report-news/the-story-behind-the-story" class="external" target="_blank">More Stories</a></strong></p> </p></div> <p>Many of the demonstrators had left towards Salem Street, the best known part of the city, when for reasons that are still under investigation, some ended up clashing with guards outside the offices of the region’s president Kurdistan Democratic Party, KDP. In the ensuing fight, one person was killed and nearly 60 injured.</p> <p>At this point, I was a few blocks away, but could hear the sounds of gunshots and the sirens of ambulances and security vehicles rushing towards the scene. I knew that I had an assignment and headed straight there.</p> <p>It was the first time I had seen such huge crowds of people demanding reform and jobs and the first time I had witnessed live gunfire against protesters. What I saw that day became part of an IWPR report about the demonstrations that were sweeping Iraq (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://iwpr.net/report-news/protests-sweep-iraq" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Protests Sweep Iraq</strong></a>), but I felt that I needed to write another story focused on Sulaimaniyah.</p> <p>I kept a close eye on developments after February 17 as the demonstrations gained momentum. I could see that the young protesters were defying the might of the security forces and their use of live ammunition, and asked my editors at IWPR if I could write a follow-up story about the demonstrations.</p> <p>In the ensuing days, hundreds of extra troops were brought to the outskirts of Sulaimaniyah and a curfew put in place. More demonstrators were killed and many more injured, and there were numerous arrests by the security forces as the protests spread to other areas of the province.</p> <p>My biggest challenge in filing the story was the security situation. People were defying the curfew and I had to walk around with my press card always ready to show the security forces. People were demonstrating in several areas of Sulaimaniyah city, so I had to decide which of the protests I needed to cover. In the end, I judged that it was the centre of the city that had become the magnet for demonstrators.</p> <p>The images were shocking; I saw protesters blocking roads and burning tyres as security forces opened fire on them and plainclothes police tried to arrest them. Businesses were all shut down and the usual traffic jams were eased as fewer people were willing to enter the city. The slogans that the demonstrators were chanting – such as, “Down with corruption” and “People are suffering” – were all new to me.</p> <p>I carried out several interviews with the protesters, but getting information from officials was difficult. I had to call many of them numerous times before they even picked up the phone. My other challenge was to keep up with the fast-paced developments as casualties increased and more and more people joined the demonstrations.</p> <p>I filed the article <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://iwpr.net/report-news/sulaimaniyah-eye-storm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Sulaimaniyah in Eye of Storm</strong></a> from an internet café on February 23 but the following day I was still on the phone to sources and out reporting on the demonstrations to make sure that my piece was up to date.</p> <p>What I learned from this story were some very valuable lessons for my career. For example, while I was told by military officials that all reinforcements had been withdrawn from Sulaimaniyah, I could see for myself that many of them were patrolling the streets of the city. This experience was a good reminder of the lessons that I had learned from IWPR – that information has to be checked carefully for accuracy before it could be published.</p> <p>When the story appeared it meant a lot to me. Although the violence has died down, the protesters are still holding daily rallies in Sulaimaniyah’s central square, waiting for the authorities to meet their demands. In the light of all the protests happening in other parts of Iraq and Middle East, I too feel that the demonstrators in Iraqi Kurdistan needed to be heard</p> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://iwpr.net/report-news/sulaimaniyah-eye-storm-0" class="external" target="_blank">Sulaimaniyah in Eye of Storm – IWPR Institute for War & Peace Reporting – P215</a> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://iwpr.net/people/shorsh-khalid" class="external" target="_blank">Shorsh Khalid</a> – <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://iwpr.net/programme/iraq" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12879"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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اردوغان وصل، عصر اليوم الاثنين، برفقة وزراء الخارجية والطاقة والتجارة الى مبنى البرلمان العراقي"، <br/>مبينا أن اردوغان سيبحث مع رئيس البرلمان أسامة النجيفي العلاقات المشتركة بين البلدين". وأضاف المصدر الذي طلب عدم الكشف عن اسمه، أن "رئيس الوزراء التركي سيلقي كلمة خلال جلسة البرلمان.</p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125083132/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/kurdistan/page/2/">« Previous Entries</a></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="span-10 last"> <div class="span-10" id="tabs"> <ul> <li class="ui-tabs-nav-item"><a href="#featured-articles">Featured Articles</a></li> <li class="ui-tabs-nav-item"><a href="#latest-articles">Latest Articles</a></li> </ul> <div id="featured-articles" class="widget"> <ul> <li><a 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