Amnesty International
- Feb 7, 2017
Syria: Secret campaign of mass hangings and extermination at Saydnaya Prison
A chilling new report by Amnesty International exposes the Syrian government’s calculated campaign of extrajudicial executions by mass...
Liz Sly | The Washington Post
- Feb 6, 2017
Syria has secretly executed thousands of political prisoners, rights group says
Sednaya prison outside the Syrian capital Damascus where thousands were secretly executed, according to a report by Amnesty...
Leyla Hemid | Basnewss
- Feb 5, 2017
Court of Genocide to Be Formed in Kurdistan Region
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has voiced its consent for forming a special court to investigate the genocide in the Kurdistan...
Rudaw
- Feb 3, 2017
UN, Kurdish Official Express Concern for Post-ISIS governance in Mosul
Any scaling down of international support in Iraq after the military defeat of ISIS would have “grave consequences” for the country and...
Crux Staff
- Feb 2, 2017
Iraq prelate backs preference for minority refugees fleeing genocide
Archbishop Bashar Warda of the Chaldean Archeparchy of Erbil, Iraq. (Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.) Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil tells...
Matthew Barber | NRT
- Feb 1, 2017
The KRG’s Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in Shingal
Following the closure of Yazda, a Yazidi humanitarian and human rights organization, by the KDP asa’ish (security police affiliated with...