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Still Targeted: Continued Persecution of Iraq's Minorities
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10 June 2010
Although the overall security situation in Iraq has gradually improved, the conditions for minority communities of the ...
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Politics Delay an Iraqi Census
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wednesday December 8, 2010
Even the simplest questions — how many people live here now and who? — invite a bewildering swirl of...
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Thank Goodness for Iraq's Census Disaster
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Tuesday October 12, 2010
One of the silent victims of Iraq's political paralysis has been the country's long-delayed census....
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Threats, tension in Kirkuk as Iraq census delayed
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Tuesday October 12, 2010
Abu Mohammed, an Arab, moved to the Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk four years ago to escape rising violence in neighbouring Diyala province. Recently, he says, he was ordered by Kurds to get out....
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Ex-Diplomat Who Advised Kurds Gets Millions in Oil Deal
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October 6, 2010
A British court has awarded between $55 million and $75 million to Peter W. Galbraith, the former United States diplomat...
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U.S. Presses Iraqi Leaders to Broaden Coalition
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October 10, 2010
Faced with a shifting political landscape in Iraq after months of impasse, the Obama administration has intensified pressure...
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When Baghdad was centre of the scientific world
- 26 September 2010
The Bab al-Sharji district in the centre of Baghdad derives its name, which means east gate, from the medieval fortifications...
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Family slam ruling on Iraq Kurd reporter's murder
- September 16, 2010
Relatives of a journalist killed in May after he alleged corruption among Iraqi Kurdish leaders reacted...
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An Assyrian Tragedy
- August 24, 2010
What will you do if a loved one is kidnapped? To what extreme will you go to see them returned safely?...
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Council of Europe Demands Sweden Stop Deporting Iraqi Refugees
- July 22, 2010
Riyad is trying to obtain a receipt from a physician. He has to take sleeping tablets and anti-depressants and calming medicines...
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America lowers the flag: Iraq's unquiet peace
- July 19, 2010
On 14 June, this year an interpreter for the US army called Hameed al-Daraji was shot dead as...
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U.S. general sees Iraq pullout without Arab-Kurd deal
- July 21, 2010
The top commander in Iraq said on Wednesday that U.S. forces in the volatile north would probably be the last to leave the country...
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Turkmen in Iraq and their flight:
A demographic question
- 5 May 2012
Ethnic and religious conflicts, power struggles and wars have determined and shaped the fate of contemporary
Iraq...
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Among Warriors in Iraq
- May 05, 2012
Actually, Erbil was historically a Turkmen city. Only in the last half century has the ...
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Kurd-Turkmen talks top Turk PM Iraq agenda
- March 28, 2011
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Iraq and attempt to broker talks between ethnic Turkmen and ...
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Maliki government and Turkmen in Iraq
- 25 December 2010, Saturday
Following the general elections held on March 7, 2010, Iraq’s parliament gave a vote of confidence to the new “national...
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Iraq's Turkomans Feel New Political Strength
- April 01, 2010
The Turkomans themselves express it best. Outside of Iraq, they say, people know about Sunnis, Shi'a, and Kurds...
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Conflict and international migration: Iraqi Turkmen in Turkey
- July 18, 2005
This paper addresses a known issue with a particular focus on an unknown population. Iraqi Turkmen, as a minority...
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Turkmen join Arabs to stop referendum in Iraq
- August 17, 2009
Arab and Turkmen politicians in Iraq’s northern Kirkuk province have banded together to try to block an impending referendum on the future status...
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Attack Against Turkmen Existence in Iraq: Tazehurmatu
As the guest of honor in the conference named “The role of Turkmens in a New Iraq,” held in Baghdad on June 20,...
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Pressure applied to members of the Turkmen
- August 20, 2009
Referring to Iraq's internally displaced peoples the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) reported in February 2002 that...
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The Turkmen
Being a family in the large Turkic race, any article about the Turkmen will be in short supply if it does not present information about the other two related terms; Turks and Oghus...
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The Turkmen of Syria: exposed early to assimilation and deportation policies
As it happens with the Empires, in the last couple of decades, the Ottoman Empire suffered of large economic...
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SOITM report to the public hearing on
Human rights situation of Turkmen in Iraq, the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European parliament
- English version
According to the adjusted statistics of the Iraqi census of 1957, the Turkmen constituted 9% of the total Iraqi...
- Turkish version:
Irak Türkmenleri Insan haklari durumu konu edilen, Avrupa Parlamentosu Insan Haklari Alt Komitesi toplantisina sunulan SOITM raporu
1957 nüfus sayiminin tashih edilmis istatistiklerine göre, Türkmenler toplam Irak nüfusunun % 9’unu – bugün 32 milyonluk...
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Who Owns Kerkuk?
Examination of the Basic Dimensions
The purpose of the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation was to begin a discussion...
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Assassination of Turkmen Nerosurgeon:
Iraqi Turkmen are, in fact, exposed to genocide
- English version
Being a non-ruling community (minority) is considered to be one of the major reasons of exposure
- Turkish version:
Türkmen Beyin Cerrahı Öldürüldü:
Irak Türkmenlerine Karşı Soykırım Yapılmaktadır
Iktidar haricinde topluluk (Azınlık) olmak, insan hakları ihlallerine uğramanın önemli nedenlerinden
- Arabic version:
اغتيال طبيب تركماني
أخصائي لجراحة الجملة
العصبية:
التركمان
في العراق يتعرضون
الى ابادة
جماعية
أن
تكون جزء غير
حاكما (الأقلية)
في مجتمع، يعتبر
احد الأسباب الرئيسية
للتعرض لانتهاكات
حقوق الإنسان،
عندما تشغل مثل
هذه المكونات...
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UNAMI Reports Turn a Blind Eye to Iraqi Turkmen
- English version
Believing in the rules of democracy and considering it the only way to establish social justice, the ...
- Turkish version:
UNAMI Irak Türkmenlerine karsi yapilan insan haklari Ihlallerine göz yummaktadir
Demokrasinin kurallarina güvenen ve sosyal adaleti tesis etmenin tek yolu olduguna inanan Irak...
- Arabic version:
تقارير بعثة الامم
المتحدة في
العراق تغض
النظر عن
الانتهاكات بحق
تركمان
العراق
ايمانا
بمنطلق
القواعد
الديمقراطية
باعتبارها
السبيل
الوحيد
لتحقيق
العدالة
الاجتماعية
فان تركمان
العراق رفضوا
دوما اللجوء الى
استخدام
العنف المسلح
كوسيلة
للحصول على حقوقهم
الثقافية
والسياسية،...
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Questioning the legitimacy and validity of a census in the today’s Iraq, particularly in the north
“Census data has become completely integrated into the decision making process by all sectors of the economy, not just government”...
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Recommendations to Change the Process for Obtaining a Schengen Visa by Iraqi Politicians
- English version
In the second half of the 2008, the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation (SOITM) and Unrepresented Nations...
- Arabic version
في
النصف الثاني
من العام ۲٠٠٨،
بدأت مؤسسة
بحث حقوق الإنسان
لتركمان
العراق
(سويتم)
وبمشاركة منظمة
الأمم
والشعوب غير
الممثلة (أنبو)
استعداداتهما
المبكرة لاتمام
الاجراءات
اللازمة لتنظيم
مؤتمر في
البرلمان
الأوروبي...
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The conferences will be not organized at the mentioned dates, because the visas of the Iraqi policy makers participating in the conferences were not issued by the Belgian authorities
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Letter to Mr. Ad Melkert, the UN special envoy for Iraq, about the report of
UNAMI covering violations of human rights during the first six months of 2009
SOITM provides information under sections B, C, and D outlined in the Information and Guidelines for Relevant Stakeholders on the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism:...
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REPORT SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 15 (C)
OF THE ANNEX TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTION 5/1
SOITM provides information under sections B, C, and D outlined in the Information and Guidelines for Relevant Stakeholders on the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism:...
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Lecture on “Human Rights Situation in the North of Iraq in the Areas where the Kurdish Authority Exist” given to Dutch University students, who study democratization in Kurdish region, in the department of political Science, the University of Amsterdam
- Contents
- Definitions
- Map of concerned region
- Iraqi communities in the region
- ...
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SOITM's Maps of north of Iraq
- Map of north of Iraq
- Boundaries of Provinces
- Ethnic Distribution
- Three Vertical Zones
- Boundaries of Kurdish Expansion
- Boundaries of Kurdish
Region According to the Kurdish Regional Government
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Iraqi general elections in the north: Perfunctory observation legalizes the fraudulent election and harms the non-Kurdish communities
The interest-dependent and security-first policy of the involved powers in the Iraqi issues over the past six years has hidden major threats and brutal ...
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The Kurdish draft constitution is a negative message for the stability of Iraq (Conflicting Items and Articles of the regional Kurdish draft constitution with the Iraqi Federal constitution).
It is clear that Iraqi state from the time of its creation following after World War I has not protected the various Kurdish and Turkmen ethnicities...
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The principles of justice in attitudes of the occupation authorities
Mr. Raymond Odierno, the current commanding general of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, was commander of coalition forces...
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SOITM submits report to the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review of Iraq
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was created by the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 to provide a regular review...
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Accuracy of the Associated Press Questioned Over Reporting of Police Deaths
On 8 September 2009, the Associated Press has reported news about the targeting of a police team in northern Iraq. The correspondent.....
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The most difficult time for the non-Kurdish components in the north of Iraq: Is it the disputed areas or seized areas?
- English version
Iraqis have lived for years with the suffering of decades of dictatorship, war, economic embargo, and most recently the U.S. occupation. This long...
- Turkish version
Ne yazik ki, Iraklilar onyillarca süren diktat?rlügün, savasin, ekonomik ambargonun ve son olarak da ABD isgalinin acilarini yillardir yasiyorlar....
- Dutch version
Helaas lijden Irakezen al jaren onder dictatorschap, oorlog, economische embargo en recent onder de ...
- Swedish version
Tyvärr har irakierna levt i årtionden av lidande i diktatur, krig, ekonomisk embargo och nu senast den amerikanska ockupationen...
- Arabic version
يعيش العراقيون
ولسوء الحظ
منذ سنوات
معاناة الصدمات
القوية التي
تعرض لها،
منها
الدكتاتورية
لعقود
والحروب في
الثمانينيات
وبداية التسعينيات
والحصار
الاقتصادي في
النصف...
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Statements submitted by SOITM to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
- Urgent need to address Human Rights Abuses of Indigenous populations in Northern Iraq
Iraq is currently facing a challenging chapter in its history. Establishing and enforcing rule of law, maintaining security and stability and...
- Obstacles preventing the use of mother tongue in Iraqi Turkmen education
Iraq is well-known for its multiethnic multi-religious population; Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, Chaldea-Assyrians, Yazidis, Shabaks and Mandaeans...
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Discrepancies in the Kurdish constitution disregard feelings of the Iraqis
Since the occupation of Iraq in 2003, Iraqis have been engaged in confronting numerous critical challenges. Meanwhile, the Kurdish authorities have been wholly engaged in collecting interests that in many occasions are at the expense of Iraqis and Iraqi state. Noting worth that the Iraqis were in an awful situation, ....
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The Hague statement on the constitution of Kurdish Region:
It doesn’t augur well for the national and regional stability
Unrealistic objectives and aggressive nature of the Kurdish revolts brought decades of instability to the region and exhausted the states where the Kurds live and exposed the Kurds in particular to disasters.....
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An aspect of the misfortune to which Kerkuk region is exposed:
Satellite Maps of 2002 is compared with maps of 2007
In the early morning of Thursday 15 April 2009, the inhabitants of the oldest Kerkuk neighborhood, Musalla, were awakened by the sound of bulldozers destroying .....
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Statement on
Provincial Elections in Kurdish-administered region: reliability and concerns
It is not known why the provincial elections in the Kurdish-administered region were not organized with the Iraqi provincial elections on 31 January 2009,.....
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Statement on attack on local Turkmeneli TV staffs:
An outcome of unilateral domination in Kerkuk region
At 12 April 2009, the reporter (Mr. Umit Abdulla) and cameraman (Abbas Mohammed Hasan) of the local Turkmeneli TV (TERT) in Kerkuk city were organizing to report a book exhibition in .....
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Statement on KRG expansion plans
Recent media reports about the political situation in northern Iraq expose an escalating conflict
between the KRG and the Iraqi government. .....
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To the participants in seeking a solution to the Kerkuk problem:
The historical anatomy of Kerkuk region
Considering that the historical nature of Kerkuk region is one of the important factors which influence the fate of Kerkuk region, SOITM presents in this study history of presence of the Turkmen and the Kurds in Kerkuk region. .....
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Evaluation of the Turkmen policy of Turkey: (Part I) The unconstructive role of the Iraqi Turkmen Front in the Turkmen Policy
- English version
- Arabic version
- Turkish version
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Provincial elections in the north of Iraq: The Kurdish parties and the non-governing Iraqi communities (Minorities)
An evaluation of the preliminary results of the Iraqi provincial elections of 31 January 2009 yields several important conclusions.
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History of a City: Mosul after occupation
- English version
- Arabic version
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Other publications of SOITM.....
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