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Hundreds of anti-war campaigners assembled outside the BBC in Central London to demand an end to British military operations in Syria, before marching to Downing Street
Rund 100 Menschen, Kurden und Angehöriger linker Gruppierungen, nehmen an einer Kundgebung von NAV-DEM Berlin vor dem Rathaus Neukölln teil.
Die Teilnehmer fordern die Bundesregierung auf, das durch den Bundesinnenminister Thomas de Maiziére erlassene Verbot von Symbolen von syrisch-kurdischen Organisationen, wie der PYD, YPG und YPJ, aufzuheben. Sie bezeichnen dieses als Gefälligkeit gegenüber dem türkischen Präsidenten Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AKP), welcher regelmäßig der Bundesregierung vorwirft, PKK-Unterstützer in Deutschland zu dulden.
Fahnen und Symbole dieser Organisationen waren regelmäßig auf kurdischen Demonstrationen in Deutschland zu sehen. Sie gelten jedoch als Schwesterorganisationen der verbotenen, kurdischen Arbeiterpartei PKK.
Auf dieser Kundgebung wich die Polizei laut Veranstalter zudem davon ab, eine begrenzte Menge an Porträts des PKK-Führers Abdullah Öcalan zu erlauben und verbot diese vollständig.
Das Verbot von Symbolen der YPG, YPJ u.a. ist umstritten, nicht zuletzt auch, weil gleichzeitig die Bundeswehr im Rahmen von Einsätzen der Anti-Daesh-Koalition auch den am Boden kämpfenden YPG/YPJ-Einheiten indirekt hilft.
Angehöriger mehrerer linker Gruppen halten Reden, darunter auch ein US-Amerikaner, der nach eigenem Bekunden für die YPG in Syrien kämpfte. In Sprechchören wird die Solidarität mit Rojava bekundet. Zudem werden Unterschriften auf Postkarten gesammelt, die an des Bundesministerium des Innern gerichtet sind.
Berlin. 2015.
"Solidarität Mit Suruç".
Thorsten Strasas. - Wien | Berlin. - Photographers in Solidarity.
161002-N-VK310-014 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 2, 2016) An AV-8B Harrier, from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Oct. 2, 2016. The 22nd MEU, embarked on Wasp, is conducting precision air strikes in support of the Libyan Government of National Accord-aligned forces against Daesh targets in Sirte, Libya as part of Operation Odyssey Lightning. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Molina/Released)
Rund 100 Menschen, Kurden und Angehöriger linker Gruppierungen, nehmen an einer Kundgebung von NAV-DEM Berlin vor dem Rathaus Neukölln teil.
Die Teilnehmer fordern die Bundesregierung auf, das durch den Bundesinnenminister Thomas de Maiziére erlassene Verbot von Symbolen von syrisch-kurdischen Organisationen, wie der PYD, YPG und YPJ, aufzuheben. Sie bezeichnen dieses als Gefälligkeit gegenüber dem türkischen Präsidenten Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AKP), welcher regelmäßig der Bundesregierung vorwirft, PKK-Unterstützer in Deutschland zu dulden.
Fahnen und Symbole dieser Organisationen waren regelmäßig auf kurdischen Demonstrationen in Deutschland zu sehen. Sie gelten jedoch als Schwesterorganisationen der verbotenen, kurdischen Arbeiterpartei PKK.
Auf dieser Kundgebung wich die Polizei laut Veranstalter zudem davon ab, eine begrenzte Menge an Porträts des PKK-Führers Abdullah Öcalan zu erlauben und verbot diese vollständig.
Das Verbot von Symbolen der YPG, YPJ u.a. ist umstritten, nicht zuletzt auch, weil gleichzeitig die Bundeswehr im Rahmen von Einsätzen der Anti-Daesh-Koalition auch den am Boden kämpfenden YPG/YPJ-Einheiten indirekt hilft.
Angehöriger mehrerer linker Gruppen halten Reden, darunter auch ein US-Amerikaner, der nach eigenem Bekunden für die YPG in Syrien kämpfte. In Sprechchören wird die Solidarität mit Rojava bekundet. Zudem werden Unterschriften auf Postkarten gesammelt, die an des Bundesministerium des Innern gerichtet sind.
Nissan Petros, a pharmacist and Caritas staff worker of 13 years, gives advice to a neighbor at an IDP settlement in the grounds of the Saint Eliyah Church in Ainkawa, Erbil on December 3, 2014.
He and his family of 6 fled their home in Qarakosh, Iraq in August when Islamic State militants overran their town. The so-called Islamic State is a radical Islamic militant group that controls territory in both Iraq and Syria. The fall of Mosul to IS in August and their subsequent advances is thought to have displaced over 1 million people, most of whom were Yazidis, Christians and other minorities, but also Muslim families too.
Nissan told Caritas: "[Over the last four months] My living situation has become better, our tent is bigger and the living conditions are better. Farther Douglas and Daniel are doing their best. They put on trips or the children to the parks and playgrounds and are providing some lessons.
Still, the longer we stay here, the more frustrating it becomes and we want to go home."
"It’s hard to here [in Erbil]. It’s colder than the winter in Qarakosh and we are not used to this type of weather."
"Even though our homes have been looted we want to go back, even if there’s just the walls left."
"All the families here are afraid for the future of christianity in Iraq. We fear that we cannot live again Qarakosh. Our neighbors who we ate with are now with Daesh."
"We can’t go back home until Mosul is liberated… If this doesn’t happen we are thinking of leaving Iraq permanently. Every day we are praying with the other families that this will be resolved and we can return to Qarakosh."
"I don’t know what will happen to my children, My daughter graduated from university with a degree in electrical engineering but the others can’t finish."
On Christmas the prospect of not being in his home for Christmas, he said."It’s so hard [to imagine not being at home for Christmas]. Sometimes I cry. We would be sharing our famous traditional foods with our friends. We’re missing all of that. The children will face a christmas without Santa Claus and no tree."
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Brian Knight, senior noncommissioned officer of 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, greets visitors at Hamam al-Alil, Iraq, Feb. 25, 2017. The 2nd BCT, 82nd Abn. Div., deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, enables their Iraqi security forces partners through the advise and assist mission, contributing planning, intelligence collection and analysis, force protection, and precision fires to achieve the military defeat of ISIS. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Ms. Pramila Patten Concludes Visit to Iraq and Stresses Need to Do More to Protect and Support Victims of Daesh’s Sexual Violence Crimes
(Baghdad/New York, 05 March 2018)
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, concluded an eight-day visit to Iraq during which she heard first-hand the heart wrenching accounts of survivors of Daesh’s sexual violence. She stressed the need to ensure that survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are fully protected and that perpetrators of these horrendous crimes are brought to justice.
Special Representative Patten met with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and with other senior Government officials, at federal, regional and provincial levels in Baghdad, Erbil and Mosul. She also engaged directly with survivors, civil society groups and with Christian, Shia, Sunni, Turkmen Shia and Yazidi religious leaders. A strong message from the survivors relating to the plight of women and girls still under captivity as well as their missing family members was taken up with the Government by Special Representative Patten. She enquired about ongoing efforts to locate those missing and urged the authorities to expedite their rescue.
Many of the women who remain displaced expressed serious safety concerns regarding their return to their homes and shared their fear of reprisals. “I call on all religious and tribal leaders to welcome back survivors of sexual violence and their children, and the Government to find legal avenues to recognize their children as Iraqi citizens,” said Ms. Patten. “It is essential for all to work towards shifting the stigma from the victims to the perpetrators. I also urge the Government to ensure that women and girls who were victims of Daesh are not wrongfully perceived as being their ‘affiliates’.”
During discussion with Iraqi Officials on the question of justice and accountability, while acknowledging the efforts of the Government, the Special Representative stressed the importance of ensuring that alleged perpetrators are held accountable not only for the crime of terrorism but for the full extent of the sexual violence crimes perpetrated on Iraqi women and children including abduction, rape, sexual slavery and forced marriages. She noted in this regard that her Office stands ready to work directly with Iraqi judges, investigators and prosecutors together with the new Investigative Team established under UNSCR 2379. Her Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence also stands ready to provide support in the area of legislative reform in particular to criminalize war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Iraq.
In Mosul, where thousands of Iraqi women and girls were subjected to rape, sexual slavery and other grave forms of sexual violence perpetrated by Daesh, Ms. Patten was joined by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict. They both called on the authorities of Ninewa Governorate to address the pressing needs of survivors in ongoing reconstruction efforts, including through the significant scaling-up of medical services, mental health and psychosocial support and economic livelihoods opportunities.
Ms. Patten’s visit from 26 February to 5 March 2018 was at the invitation of the Government, pursuant to the United Nations/Iraq Joint Communiqué to Prevent and Address Conflict-Related Sexual Violence of 2016. Her visit marks the endorsement of the Joint Communiqué’s Implementation Plan featuring specific measures related to justice and accountability, survivor-centered services and engagement with civil society organizations, religious/tribal leaders and the media. “The development of this implementation plan demonstrates the continuous commitment of the Government of Iraq to address the plight of the victims of conflict-related sexual violence,” stressed Special Representative Patten.
“While I congratulate the Government of Iraq for its military defeat of Daesh, I urge the Government to pursue its efforts to rescue those missing, to ensure justice and reparations to all victims of the heinous crimes of sexual violence and to include women in its peacebuilding, reconciliation and reconstruction initiatives,” stated Special Representative Patten.
Photos by UNAMI PIO and UNFPA.
Diyarbakir (Amed), Fête du Newroz 2015. Cette année, la fête de Newroz qui marque le nouvel an kurde, symbole de renaissance et de résistance pour ce peuple, se déroule dans un contexte particulièrement tendu. Depuis décembre 2015, l'était turc assiège et bombarde des quartiers entiers de villes kurdes, où populatins civiles comme militants sont indistinctement massacrés, et soumet l'ensemble de la population kurde à un violente répression. D'un autre côté, la peur d'un attentat suicide de daesh est dans toutes les têtes. Malgré tout, même si ils sont moins nombreux que les années passées, les Kurdes se rejoignent à Amed, capitale du Kurdistan, pour fêter Newroz et célébrer leur résistance.
For the Fourth Plinth, Michael Rakowitz has recreated the Lamassu. This winged bull and protective deity guarded the entrance to Nergal Gate of Nineveh (near modern day Mosul) from c700 BC until it was destroyed by Daesh in 2015. The reconstructions in The Invisible Enemy project are made from recycled packaging from Middle Eastern foodstuffs. The Lamassu is made from 10,500 empty Iraqi date syrup cans. This represents a once-renowned industry now decimated by war.
This how Brussels reacts to the terrorist bombings in the metro & airport this morning.
We may not allow terrorists to drive us into a police-state. We must keep our freedom & our way of life safe-guarded.
The video: youtu.be/Pn_YhB8g86o
Some peshmergas take me to the front lines of the war against ISIS. I find myself in the Taza area, just south of Kirkuk, on the road to Baghdad.
According to them, very few journalists come here. Some even said that I was the only was they saw. Nonetheless, it is a key strategic location. It is very dangerous there since Kirkuk is divided: Kurds in the north, ISIS in the south. All along the front lines you can see different units roaming about little traditional houses. Some are kept by old Kurdish vets from the 1980s wars.
Many vets have returned to war, despite being well past middle-aged and having children and grandchildren. Some even behind comfortable lives in Europe to come back, like a Swiss colonel I met. For them, it is their duty to fight for their region. Despite being autonomous and having a large secessionist movement, Kurdistan is not recognized as a state distinct from Iraq. “Some terrorists come along and now the whole world calls them the ‘Islamic State’,” complains one peshmerga, “For decades we have been trying to make the state of Kurdistan and we’ve gotten nothing!”
They have very few weapons, most of them are pre-Cold War AK47s. Some even date back to 1960. They still work, but the Kurdish forces ask for more efficient guns since ISIS has the latest weapons taken (or given) from the Iraqi army who in turn was supplied by coalition forces.
Many vets have only one working eye. The other was lost in previous wars. Once night falls, it becomes very difficult to monitor the 1000km long border. They don’t even have night vision equipment.
Last week it rained for 5 days, and it was impossible to see or hear anything. Some ISIS guys tried to gain territory, but the Kurds successfully fought them off. Their 4 wheel drives were stuck in the mud while ISIS’s brand new hummers were able to move about without issue. From the front line you can see ISIS flags. Since they told me to pack light, I didn’t bring a zoom lens. Sorry! You can see the smoke from their kitchen and even see men running from house to house.
ISIS is only 500 meters from the Kurdish position but nobody seems afraid. Peshmerga know that death is part of their fate, and even if they look like an army from another century, they will defend themselves and their country to the very end. For them, it is the highest honor to die for Kurdistan.
They protect the Baghdad road, but a few weeks ago lost it. After heavy fighting, they regained it, killing 3 Chechen ISIS fighters in the process.
Since peshmerga don’t have armored cars, it is very dangerous for them to go around safely.
The car I took to go on the front lines was very slow and made in the 80s. If we were chased by ISIS cars, we wouldn’t have stood a chance. In one day, all the materiel I saw included AK47s, a tank, an RPG, and a few gun old machines. Even if the pehsmergas say that this equipment works well, they are disappointed not to receive new ones, as Europe and USA promised.
The day after my visit, France made lot of bombings in the area, as ISIS was too close. Peshmergas take a lot of pictures, not only for souvenirs, but also to fight ISIS on the new front: social media.
They fear the roads they do not know well as ISIS pays the local farmers to put mines. Even in times of war, peshmergas are among the most welcoming people in the world. They regularly offer food and drinks.
When it was time for me to go back to the safety of Erbil, circumstances changed. The north road was closed because of an ISIS attack. The only way out was to send me through the south road that crossed Kirkuk. Let’s just say that safety there was not ideal. I had to hide my camera, and we crossed Kirkuk with an escort of armed peshmergas and a civilian car.
The soldiers were all nervous since Kirkuk is very dangerous, especially at the check points. As soon as a car was driving next to ours for too long, they were shouting at the driver to go away.
If a man was crossing the road too slowly, they threatened to hit him. These methods, employed by ISIS suicide bombers, have claimed the lives of hundred in Kirkuk. Once on the Kurdish side, they found a Kurdish taxi driver to bring me safely back to Erbil.
© Eric Lafforgue
Campo com mais de 20 mil refugiados Yazidi, uma minoria de cultura politeista anterior ao islamismo, principais vitimas do Estado Islamico.
Viagem com Talita Ribeiro para o Curdistao Iraquiano.
Commander Air Task Group, Air Commodore Philip Gordon, conducts pre-flight checks on an F/A-18A ''Hornet'' prior to departing on a mission out of Australia's main air operating base in the Middle East region.
This image has been digitally modified. *** Local Caption *** Commander Air Task Group (CATG), Air Commodore (AIRCDRE) Philip Gordon, has flown his first missions since taking up his appointment as CATG, and deployed his F/A-18As complete weapons payload over Northern Iraq in support of ground operations that were taking enemy fire.
The ATG of Operation OKRA is operating at the request of the Iraqi Government within a US-led international coalition assembled to disrupt and degrade Daesh operations in the Middle East Region (MER). The ATG comprises six RAAF F/A-18A Hornet fighter aircraft, an E-7A Wedgetail airborne command and control aircraft, and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport air-to-air refuelling aircraft. Additionally, the ATG has personnel working in the Combined Air and Space Operations Centre, and embedded with the ‘Kingpin’ US tactical Command and Control Unit.
The ATG is directly supported by elements of Operation ACCORDION including the Theatre Communications Group, Air Mobility Task Group, and the Combat Support Unit, whose mission is to provide continuous combat support to sustain air operations in the MER. There are up to 350 personnel deployed, at any one time, as part of, or in direct support of the ATG.
Carved relief from the ancient Assyrian royal palace of Nimrud (near Mosul in modern Iraq) detail of one of the many relief panels that once lined the walls now in the British Museum.
Many of these scenes depict the hunting of animals and are as cruel as they are beautifully rendered; this often makes me question my enjoyment of these stunning artworks when beautiful animals like lions and horses are seen to be suffering in them.
The site of Nimrud itself was attacked by Daesh barbarians in mid 2015 destroying 3000 years of history and leaving the site and its priceless sculptures over 80% destroyed.
Nimrud was liberated earlier this week after two years of mistreatment and destruction and the scale of the disaster is now becoming clear. We must therefore be thankful that most of the major sculptures were long ago moved from the site to other museums in Baghdad, London (which holds the largest collection of sculptures and reliefs) and elsewhere and have thus survived this horrific onslaught against ancient Assyria. Significant fragments appear to have survive on the site and have been photographed since its liberation, and hopefully more will be recovered and identified in the coming weeks.
What now for Nimrud? The site is virtually destroyed, reconstructing it to its previous condition will be extremely difficult using just the remaining fragments. Perhaps a better option would be to bring together casts or 3D scanned and printed exact copies of all the pieces that have been dispersed to foreign museums, reuniting all the great sculptures of Nimrud with what little survives on site and incorporate them in a reconstruction of at least part the palace complex. This way not only could the Daesh barbarity be undone to some extent but Nimrud would rise again more magnificent than before.
I made a gallery of the site as it remained until the recent Daesh occupation of northern Iraq made all art and culture a target for its barbarity.
www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/galleries/72157650818939720/
Mariam Petros, 25, an electrical engineering graduate, makes tea in the tent in which she lives at an IDP settlement in the grounds of the Saint Eliyah Church in Ainkawa, Erbil on December 3, 2014.
Mariam and her family of 6 fled their home in Qarakosh, Iraq in August when Islamic State militants overran their town. The so-called Islamic State is a radical Islamic militant group that controls territory in both Iraq and Syria. The fall of Mosul to IS in August and their subsequent advances is thought to have displaced over 1 million people, most of whom were Yazidis, Christians and other minorities, but also Muslim families too.
Her father Nissan, a pharmacist and Caritas staff worker of 13 years told Caritas: "[Over the last four months] My living situation has become better, our tent is bigger and the living conditions are better. Farther Douglas and Daniel are doing their best. They put on trips or the children to the parks and playgrounds and are providing some lessons.
Still, the longer we stay here, the more frustrating it becomes and we want to go home."
"It’s hard to here [in Erbil]. It’s colder than the winter in Qarakosh and we are not used to this type of weather."
"Even though our homes have been looted we want to go back, even if there’s just the walls left."
"All the families here are afraid for the future of christianity in Iraq. We fear that we cannot live again Qarakosh. Our neighbors who we ate with are now with Daesh."
"We can’t go back home until Mosul is liberated… If this doesn’t happen we are thinking of leaving Iraq permanently. Every day we are praying with the other families that this will be resolved and we can return to Qarakosh."
"I don’t know what will happen to my children, My daughter graduated from university with a degree in electrical engineering but the others can’t finish."
On Christmas the prospect of not being in his home for Christmas, he said."It’s so hard [to imagine not being at home for Christmas]. Sometimes I cry. We would be sharing our famous traditional foods with our friends. We’re missing all of that. The children will face a christmas without Santa Claus and no tree."
Bundesministerin der Verteidigung, Ursula von der Leyen, spricht mit Soldaten im Rahmen ihres Truppenbesuches in Al-Asrak/Jordanien, am 13.01.2018.
©Bundeswehr/Jana Neumann
Proteste suite à l' arrestation des co-présidents Selahattin Demirtas & Figen Yuksekdag ainsi que 10 députés du parti Kurde HDG.
The Kurdish representatives in Belgium want the Turkish APK government to return the freedom of expression, freedom of press, and to stop suppressing the ethnical and religious minorities in the country. President Erdogan with dictatorial powers and desires has turned back time to an age before the secularisation and modernisation of the country by Ataturk
Two young women at the "Don't bomb Syria" protest shout slogans and hold a home-made placard which reads "It's failed before. No more war!"
Thousands attend "Don't Bomb Syria" anti-war protest at Downing Street: London 28/11/2015
In anticipation of MP's voting next week on whether or not the UK government should launch an air-strike campaign in Syria, thousands of anti-war protesters gathered outside Downing Street to voice their opposition to armed intervention in the region.
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Carved relief from the ancient Assyrian royal palace of Nimrud (near Mosul in modern Iraq) detail of one of the many relief panels that once lined the walls now in the British Museum.
The site of Nimrud itself was attacked by Daesh barbarians in mid 2015 destroying 3000 years of history and leaving the site and its priceless sculptures over 80% destroyed.
Nimrud was liberated earlier this week after two years of mistreatment and destruction and the scale of the disaster is now becoming clear. We must therefore be thankful that most of the major sculptures were long ago moved from the site to other museums in Baghdad, London (which holds the largest collection of sculptures and reliefs) and elsewhere and have thus survived this horrific onslaught against ancient Assyria. Significant fragments appear to have survive on the site and have been photographed since its liberation, and hopefully more will be recovered and identified in the coming weeks.
What now for Nimrud? The site is virtually destroyed, reconstructing it to its previous condition will be extremely difficult using just the remaining fragments. Perhaps a better option would be to bring together casts or 3D scanned and printed exact copies of all the pieces that have been dispersed to foreign museums, reuniting all the great sculptures of Nimrud with what little survives on site and incorporate them in a reconstruction of at least part the palace complex. This way not only could the Daesh barbarity be undone to some extent but Nimrud would rise again more magnificent than before.
I made a gallery of the site as it remained until the recent Daesh occupation of northern Iraq made all art and culture a target for its barbarity.
www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/galleries/72157650818939720/
U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commanding general of U.S. Central Command, meets with partner and Coalition leaders during a visit at Hamam al-Alil, Iraq, Feb. 25, 2017. The breadth and diversity of partners supporting the Coalition demonstrate the global and unified nature of the endeavor to defeat ISIS. Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army illustration by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull)
This how Brussels reacts to the terrorist bombings in the metro & airport this morning.
We may not allow terrorists to drive us into a police-state. We must keep our freedom & our way of life safe-guarded.
The video: youtu.be/Pn_YhB8g86o
S'il avait reçu une balle de Kalachnikov à bout pourtant non seulement sa tête aurait explosé, mais il y aurait un trou dans le trottoir à cet endroit.
Tir à blanc et video truquée, voir les explications sur mai68.org :
mai68.org/spip/spip.php?article8359
video du crime sur liveleak :
Terrorists shoot officer in Paris during terrorist attack at Charlie Hebdo
On May 26, the Jiyan Foundation distributed water-powered air conditioners to the 3,120 families living inside Khanke camp for IDPs. At outside temperatures already approaching 40°C, the delivery of these air coolers is a welcome relief; especially elderly and sick persons are under threat from the extreme conditions.
The Iranian-made air coolers work with less than one ampere, as compared to the 16 ampere that are needed to power conventional air conditioners. Additionally, temperatures remain lower even for some time after the cooler has gone off. This is important in a camp where demand for energy often exceeds the supply and power outages are a daily occurrence. In the coming months, temperatures will rise to even higher levels, making every stay inside the tents without cooling unbearable.
Some 30,000 Yazidi from the Sinjar region live in Khanke camp, and many more in the small village of Khanke, near Duhok.
The distribution of the air coolers was made possible through financial support by Misereor, a German charity organisation.
© Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights
A few kilometers outside of Dohuk, Iraq, what was supposed to be a five-star hotel has become a nightmarish makeshift refugee camp. After ISIS attacked Sinjar, massacring and enslaving the local Yazidi people, a few of those fortunate enough to escape have sought refuge at the massive “Hotel Kayar” (literally “place where one receives friends). With construction stalled in its early stages, the concrete structure is an inhospitable environment for the 63 Yazidi families who now call it home. Children play with no railing or walls to prevent them from falling. “We just want tents like the other refugees,” said one man, after a storm recently ravaged the little infrastructure they managed to set up in the two months they’ve been here. With a cold winter right around the corner and scarce food and water, the future looks dire.And the kids keep smiling...
© Eric Lafforgue
Mehrere Dutzend Menschen haben sich an einer Kundgebung am Fuße des Berliner Brandenburger Tores beteiligt, um die Belagerung und die Angriffe der türkischen Polizei auf die Stadt Silvan zu verurteilen. Zudem wird Freiheit für den PKK-Führer Abdullah Öcalan gefordert.
Die Protestierenden sehen die Auseinandersetzungen in Silvan in einer Reihe mit Angriffen des türkischen Staates auf Kurden und kurdische Organisationen seit Staatspräsident Recep Tayyip Erdogans AKP ihre absolute Parlamentsmehrheit verloren hatte. Im Gegenzug hat auch die kurdische Arbeiterpartei PKK ihre Waffenruhe aufgekündigt und turkische Einrichtungen angegriffen.
Auf der Kundgebung wird auch dem Schicksal der Jesiden im irakischen Shingal gedacht. Die Jesiden sehen sich massiver Gewalt ausgesetzt, seit der sogenannte Islamische Staat ihr Gebiet im Irak überrannt hat. Zur Zeit versuchen kurdische Milizen den IS mit einer Großoffensive aus dem Shingal zurückzudrängen.
On May 26, the Jiyan Foundation distributed water-powered air conditioners to the 3,120 families living inside Khanke camp for IDPs. At outside temperatures already approaching 40°C, the delivery of these air coolers is a welcome relief; especially elderly and sick persons are under threat from the extreme conditions.
The Iranian-made air coolers work with less than one ampere, as compared to the 16 ampere that are needed to power conventional air conditioners. Additionally, temperatures remain lower even for some time after the cooler has gone off. This is important in a camp where demand for energy often exceeds the supply and power outages are a daily occurrence. In the coming months, temperatures will rise to even higher levels, making every stay inside the tents without cooling unbearable.
Some 30,000 Yazidi from the Sinjar region live in Khanke camp, and many more in the small village of Khanke, near Duhok.
The distribution of the air coolers was made possible through financial support by Misereor, a German charity organisation.
© Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights
Rund 100 Menschen, Kurden und Angehöriger linker Gruppierungen, nehmen an einer Kundgebung von NAV-DEM Berlin vor dem Rathaus Neukölln teil.
Die Teilnehmer fordern die Bundesregierung auf, das durch den Bundesinnenminister Thomas de Maiziére erlassene Verbot von Symbolen von syrisch-kurdischen Organisationen, wie der PYD, YPG und YPJ, aufzuheben. Sie bezeichnen dieses als Gefälligkeit gegenüber dem türkischen Präsidenten Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AKP), welcher regelmäßig der Bundesregierung vorwirft, PKK-Unterstützer in Deutschland zu dulden.
Fahnen und Symbole dieser Organisationen waren regelmäßig auf kurdischen Demonstrationen in Deutschland zu sehen. Sie gelten jedoch als Schwesterorganisationen der verbotenen, kurdischen Arbeiterpartei PKK.
Auf dieser Kundgebung wich die Polizei laut Veranstalter zudem davon ab, eine begrenzte Menge an Porträts des PKK-Führers Abdullah Öcalan zu erlauben und verbot diese vollständig.
Das Verbot von Symbolen der YPG, YPJ u.a. ist umstritten, nicht zuletzt auch, weil gleichzeitig die Bundeswehr im Rahmen von Einsätzen der Anti-Daesh-Koalition auch den am Boden kämpfenden YPG/YPJ-Einheiten indirekt hilft.
Angehöriger mehrerer linker Gruppen halten Reden, darunter auch ein US-Amerikaner, der nach eigenem Bekunden für die YPG in Syrien kämpfte. In Sprechchören wird die Solidarität mit Rojava bekundet. Zudem werden Unterschriften auf Postkarten gesammelt, die an des Bundesministerium des Innern gerichtet sind.
Family 6 – Rameen and Safi, Afghanistan
Very chatty man called Rameen from Afghanistan, traveling with his younger brother Safi (not their real names). They arrived at 10pm the night before. ‘I want to enjoy my life’ he told us. It took them 13/14 days to travel from Afghanistan. His said he had two children (two girls, 1 and 4 years old) back in Afghanistan. ‘I want my family to come here. As you know, in Afghanistan there is the Taliban, there is Isis. It is a bad life’ (note: CAFOD uses the term ‘armed groups’ rather than Daesh or ISIS).
Various people told us that they or their children had some kind of complaint or illness and wanted medical attention. For example, this Afghan man told us that he had a bad leg and saw a doctor in Athens but he was just given a bandage and ibuprofen. There was no 24 hour medical care available at the petrol station, unlike at the main border camp.
More than 930,000 refugees arrived in Greece in the past 12 months. Last year several thousand people were crossing the border at Idomeni every day but now there are tight restrictions. Caritas is providing food and WASH.
Natalia Tsoukala/Caritas Jan/2015
Family 6 – Rameen and Safi, Afghanistan
Very chatty man called Rameen from Afghanistan, traveling with his younger brother Safi (not their real names). They arrived at 10pm the night before. ‘I want to enjoy my life’ he told us. It took them 13/14 days to travel from Afghanistan. His said he had two children (two girls, 1 and 4 years old) back in Afghanistan. ‘I want my family to come here. As you know, in Afghanistan there is the Taliban, there is Isis. It is a bad life’ (note: CAFOD uses the term ‘armed groups’ rather than Daesh or ISIS).
Various people told us that they or their children had some kind of complaint or illness and wanted medical attention. For example, this Afghan man told us that he had a bad leg and saw a doctor in Athens but he was just given a bandage and ibuprofen. There was no 24 hour medical care available at the petrol station, unlike at the main border camp.
More than 930,000 refugees arrived in Greece in the past 12 months. Last year several thousand people were crossing the border at Idomeni every day but now there are tight restrictions. Caritas is providing food and WASH.
Natalia Tsoukala/Caritas Jan/2015
Family 6 – Rameen and Safi, Afghanistan
Very chatty man called Rameen from Afghanistan, traveling with his younger brother Safi (not their real names). They arrived at 10pm the night before. ‘I want to enjoy my life’ he told us. It took them 13/14 days to travel from Afghanistan. His said he had two children (two girls, 1 and 4 years old) back in Afghanistan. ‘I want my family to come here. As you know, in Afghanistan there is the Taliban, there is Isis. It is a bad life’ (note: CAFOD uses the term ‘armed groups’ rather than Daesh or ISIS).
Various people told us that they or their children had some kind of complaint or illness and wanted medical attention. For example, this Afghan man told us that he had a bad leg and saw a doctor in Athens but he was just given a bandage and ibuprofen. There was no 24 hour medical care available at the petrol station, unlike at the main border camp.
More than 930,000 refugees arrived in Greece in the past 12 months. Last year several thousand people were crossing the border at Idomeni every day but now there are tight restrictions. Caritas is providing food and WASH.
Natalia Tsoukala/Caritas Jan/2015
Air Task Group Strike Element personnel conduct maintenance on a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A ''Hornet'' in the scorching mid afternoon heat at Australia's main air operating base in the Middle East Region. *** Local Caption *** Heat is a constant companion at Australia’s main operating air base in the Middle East Region but Air Force technicians use sound strategies to keep maintenance of Strike aircraft up to date allowing the Royal Australian Air Force to maintain its high level of mission success.
The ATG, Task Group 630 of Operation OKRA, is operating at the request of the Iraqi Government within a US-led coalition assembled to disrupt and degrade Daesh operations in the Middle East Region (MER). The ATG comprises six RAAF F/A-18A ''Hornet fighter aircraft, an E-7A ''Wedgetail'' airborne command and control aircraft, and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport air-to-air refuelling aircraft. Additionally, the ATG has personnel working in the Combined Air and Space Operations Centre, and embedded with the ‘Kingpin’ US tactical Command and Control Unit.
The ATG is directly supported by elements of Operation ACCORDION including the Theatre Communications Group, Air Mobility Task Group, and the Combat Support Unit, whose mission is to provide airbase and aviation operational support to sustain air operations in the MER. There are up to 350 personnel deployed, at any one time, as part of, or in direct support of the ATG.
Hundreds of anti-war campaigners assembled outside the BBC in Central London to demand an end to British military operations in Syria, before marching to Downing Street
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Rund 1.500 Menschen sind am 20.01.2018 in Berlin-Kreuzberg auf die Straße gegangen, um gegen den Angriff der türkischen Armee auf das westkurdische Kanton Efrîn zu demonstrieren. Lautstark forderten die Demonstranten das Ende der Militäraktionen und den Abzug sämtlicher türkische Einheiten und deren Verbündete von der türkischen-syrischen Grenze. Die türkische Luftwaffe hatte am Mittag begonnen aus der Luft dutzende Beobachtungsstellungen der kurdischen Volksverteidigungseinheiten YPG zu bombardieren. Bei dem Angriff seien mindestens zehn türkische Kampfflugzeuge beteiligt gewesen. Nach unbestätigten Angaben sollen auch mit der Türkei verbündete Rebellen der „Freien Syrischen Armee (FSA)“ nach Efrîn vorgedrungen zu sein. Dafür gab es zunächst aber keine Bestätigung. Bei den Angriffen wurden laut kurdischen Angaben, mindestens sechs Zivilisten und drei Kämpfer der YPG getötet.
Zu der Demonstration hatten mehrere kurdische Gruppen und Vereine aufgerufen. In Redebeiträgen kritisierten die Redner unter anderem Russland, die den syrischen Luftraum kontrolliert. Offenbar hat die russische Regierung zuvor ihre Einwilligung zu den Luftschlägen gegeben. Aber auch die Rüstungsexporte der Bundesregierung wurden massiv kritisiert. Trotz der aufgeheizten Stimmung der Demonstration, verlief die Veranstaltung friedlich und ohne besondere Zwischenfälle. Auch aus anderen europäischen Städten wurden Proteste gemeldet.
In Berlin-Kreuzberg sind am 20. Januar 2018 rund 1.500 Menschen auf die Straße gegangen, um gegen den Angriff der türkischen Armee auf das westkurdische Kanton Efrîn zu protestieren. Lautstark forderten die Demonstranten das Ende der Militäraktionen sowie den Abzug sämtlicher türkische Einheiten und deren Verbündete von der türkischen-syrischen Grenze. Die türkische Luftwaffe hatte zuvor am Nachmittag begonnen dutzende Beobachtungsstellungen der kurdischen Volksverteidigungseinheiten YPG zu bombardieren. Aber auch auf die Efrîn-Stadt sowie das Flüchtlingscamp in Rûbar, in dem mehr als 20.000 Geflüchtete aus anderen Teilen Syriens leben, wurden aus der Luft angegriffen. Ein Sprecher der kurdischen Truppen sprach von mindestens 108 Raketeneinschlägen.
Bei den Angriffen seien mindestens zehn türkische Kampfflugzeuge beteiligt gewesen. Vielerorts stiegen in der türkisch-syrischen Grenzregion schwarze Rauchschwaden auf. Bei den Angriffen wurden laut kurdischen Angaben, mindestens sechs Zivilisten und drei Kämpfer der YPG getötet. Dutzende Menschen wurden verletzt, einige davon schwer. Nach unbestätigten Angaben sollen auch mit der Türkei verbündete Rebellen der „Freien Syrischen Armee (FSA)“ nach Efrîn vorgedrungen zu sein. Dafür gab es zunächst aber keine Bestätigung. Allerdings kündigte Ministerpräsident Binali Yıldırım im türkischen Fernsehen, dass „Ab morgen werden Bodentruppen eingesetzt" werden.
Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hatte die Militäroffensive zu Beginn der Woche angekündigt und gesagt, er wolle Truppen nach Efrîn schicken, um YPG-Kämpfer zu vertreiben. Vor Parteifreunden sagte er "Wir werden sämtliche Terrornester in Syrien Stück für Stück ausrotten, beginnend mit Efrîn". Schon in den vergangenen Tagen hatte die türkische Armee viele Panzer und anderes Kriegsgerät an die syrische Grenze gebracht. Die Operation mit dem Namen „Olivenzweig" (Operasyonun „Zeytin Dalı“) schien nur eine Frage der Zeit.
Heute sagte der türkische Staatspräsident vor Anhängern in der westanatolischen Stadt Küthaya: "Die Efrîn-Operation ist de facto gestartet. Anschließend ist Manbidsch dran. Nach und nach werden wir diese dreckigen Terroristen, die in unser Land eindringen wollen, verscheuchen. Beginnend von Westen bis hin zu irakischen Grenze.". Mit Terroristen sind in diesem Fall die kurdischen Volksverteidigungseinheiten „Yekîneyên Parastina Gel (YPG“) und die Frauenverteidigungseinheiten „Yekîneyên Parastina Jin (YPJ)“ gemeint. Die Türkei sieht in ihnen die syrische Variante der als Terrororganisation verbotenen PKK.
Mit der Militäroffensive will die Türkei offenbar verhindern, dass die Kurden im Nordwesten Syriens eine Autonomieregion errichten. Die Militäroffensive richtet sich allerdings nicht nur gegen die Kurden, sondern auch gegen die USA. Die US-Regierung unterstützt die YPG in Syrien und schätzt sie als Partner im Kampf gegen die Terrormiliz "Islamischer Staat" - auch dauerhaft. Die USA haben angekündigt, im Nordwesten Syriens eine Grenzschutztruppe unter Führung der YPG etablieren zu wollen.
Gegen die Angriffe der türkischen Armee riefen mehrere kurdische Gruppen und Vereine zu Protesten unter dem Motto „Lasst uns die Stimmen erheben – Gegen die türkische Kriegspolitik – Für die Solidarität mit Afrin!“ auf. Aus diesem Grund versammelten sich am Samstagnachmittag auf dem Hermannplatz mehrere hundert Menschen zur Auftaktveranstaltung. Später wuchs die Anzahl der Demonstranten auf rund 1.500. In Redebeiträgen kritisierten die Redner unter anderem Russland, die bislang den syrischen Luftraum kontrolliert. Offenbar hatte die russische Regierung zuvor ihre Einwilligung zu den Luftschlägen gegeben. Bereits in den vergangenen Tagen, hatte das russische Verteidigungsministerium damit begonnen, sämtliches Militärpersonal aus Efrîn abzuziehen. Bislang hatte sich Russland den Kurden gegenüber neutral verhalten, dies scheint sich mittlerweile geändert zu haben. Aber auch die Rüstungsexporte der Bundesregierung wurden in den Redebeiträgen massiv kritisiert.
Gegen 16.30 Uhr setze sich der Aufzug in Richtung Oranienplatz in Bewegung. Trotz der angespannten Lage, verlief die Demonstration friedlich und ohne besondere Zwischenfälle. Lediglich am Rande kam es vereinzelt zu Provokationen türkischer Nationalisten. Die Polizei, die mit einem Großaufgebot vor Ort war, verhinderte jedoch ein direktes Aufeinandertreffen. In vielen anderen europäischen Städten wurden ebenfalls Proteste gemeldet. Unter anderem gab es Demonstrationen in Nürnberg, Frankfurt/Main, Kassel, Mannheim, Wien, Kopenhagen, Paris und in Zürich. Auch für die kommenden Tagen werden weitere Protestaktionen erwartet.
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Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Ronald L. Green wishes season’s greetings while speaking to Marines at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2016. Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve is a global coalition to weaken and destroy ISIL in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Neil Stanfield)
On Global Open Day on UNSCR 1325, Calls for Greater Women Role in Future of post-Daesh Iraq
Baghdad/Erbil, 24 October 2017 – The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), jointly with UNWOMEN within the context of the observing the Global Open Day and the 17th Anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325, held consultative forums with senior political leadership in Baghdad and Erbil on 23 and 24 October, with the focus on strengthening women’s political participation.
In both Baghdad and Erbil, the concerns of women, their participation in society, the political process and decision-making were raised. Participants were categorical in stating that there have been long-standing barriers which have continued to impede women’s participation and representation in the political process. Particularly, participants noted a regression in women’s representation in executive, legislative as well as judiciary branches of government. Further, participants decried that leaderships of political parties have not given sufficient opportunities to women to fully and equally participate in politics. Recommendations were proposed, including a specific request made to the political leaders to give women an opportunity to be part of the solution. Participants also called for legislation to promote and increase women’s participation in politics and governance as well as to promote them to decision-making positions.
In Baghdad, the meeting on 23 October was organized in collaboration with the Implementation and Follow-up Commission for National Reconciliation in the Office of the Prime Minister. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Health and Environment, H.E. Adila Hammoud, Adviser to the Prime Minister on reconciliation, Mr. Mohammed Salman, the Speaker of Parliament’s representative Dr. Ahmed Rushdy, Advisor to the President of the Republic, Juan Masoum, heads of political blocs and other government representatives, parliamentary Committee heads, MPs as well as academics, in addition to representatives of UNAMI and UNWOMEN.
H.E. Ms. Adila Hammoud, the Minister of Health and Environment, stated that to overcome social barriers and challenges impeding women’s participation required a concerted effort and commitment from political leaders and decision-makers, noting “the significant successes of many Iraqi women on the executive and legislative levels and their ability to play an essential role in peace making and societal reconciliation.”
Mr. Mohammad Salman of the reconciliation committee, in his opening remarks, said the meeting is a “golden opportunity for all to benefit from the accumulated experiences of peoples” that the UN holds as it works to support women issues.
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq, Mr. Ján Kubiš, emphasized in his remarks at the meetings in Baghdad and Erbil that women in Iraq are agents of positive change and they must be given the opportunity to act in that critical role in shaping the future of their country in the post-Daesh period.
“Equality and empowerment of women must be central to all peace, justice, reconciliation and reform efforts in the post-Daesh period. Women’s participation is crucial for an effective, successful and sustainable peace processes and reform. Only through their direct and meaningful participation their voices will be heard,” Mr. Kubiš said.
The consultative meeting in Erbil was convened on 24 October by UNAMI in collaboration with UN WOMEN and the Kurdistan Regional Government’s High Council for Women Affairs. It was attended by Interior Minister H.E. Mr. Karim Sinjari, Minister of the Department of Foreign Relations H.E. Mr. Falah Al-Mustafa, Secretary-General of the High Council for Women’s Affairs Ms. Pakhshan Zangana, Spokesperson to Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Safeen Dizayi, and women leaders, in addition to representatives of UNAMI and UN WOMEN.
In remarks at the Erbil meeting, Ms. Pakshan Zangana, the Secretary-General of the High Council for Women’s Affairs in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, said the recent crisis in Kirkuk have seen displacements of civilians including women, the elderly and children. She urged the UN to strengthen its efforts towards addressing the needs to those displaced.
In Erbil, Mr. Kubiš acknowledged the efforts of the Cross-Sector Task Force on the implementation of the Iraq National Action Plan on 1325. “Regardless of all issues between Baghdad and Erbil, the collaboration of women group representatives from both Baghdad and Erbil has been remarkable. It is a good model of constructive cooperation that should inspire also the process of finding solutions to the current crisis between Baghdad and Erbil. Women must play a key role also in these endeavors.”
The SRSG recalled the particularly brutal treatment of women and girls by Daesh terrorists and pointed out to UN Security Council resolution 2379, passed in September to establish an investigative team to support domestic efforts to hold Daesh accountable.
UN WOMEN Representative in Iraq, Ms. Dina Zorba, in both meetings in Baghdad and Erbil, commended the government, civil society, and national and international partners for continued commitment to UNSCR 1325, stating that Iraq is the first country in the Middle East to launch a national plan to implement 1325. She urged the government to work to ensure gender issues are incorporated in all democratization and nation building agendas, and called on the UN, the government, and the International Community to continue to advocate for and protect the rights of women and girls.
Photos by UNAMI PIO.
This how Brussels reacts to the terrorist bombings in the metro & airport this morning.
We may not allow terrorists to drive us into a police-state. We must keep our freedom & our way of life safe-guarded.
The video: youtu.be/Pn_YhB8g86o
Proteste suite à l' arrestation des co-présidents Selahattin Demirtas & Figen Yuksekdag ainsi que 10 députés du parti Kurde HDG.
The Kurdish representatives in Belgium want the Turkish APK government to return the freedom of expression, freedom of press, and to stop suppressing the ethnical and religious minorities in the country. President Erdogan with dictatorial powers and desires has turned back time to an age before the secularisation and modernisation of the country by Ataturk
160829-N-JW440-055 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 29, 2016) An AV-8B Harrier, from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Aug. 29, 2016. The 22nd MEU, embarked on Wasp, is conducting precision air strikes in support of the Libyan Government of National Accord-aligned forces against Daesh targets in Sirte, Libya, as part of Operation Odyssey Lightning. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Rawad Madanat/Released)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Ms. Pramila Patten Concludes Visit to Iraq and Stresses Need to Do More to Protect and Support Victims of Daesh’s Sexual Violence Crimes
(Baghdad/New York, 05 March 2018)
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, concluded an eight-day visit to Iraq during which she heard first-hand the heart wrenching accounts of survivors of Daesh’s sexual violence. She stressed the need to ensure that survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are fully protected and that perpetrators of these horrendous crimes are brought to justice.
Special Representative Patten met with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and with other senior Government officials, at federal, regional and provincial levels in Baghdad, Erbil and Mosul. She also engaged directly with survivors, civil society groups and with Christian, Shia, Sunni, Turkmen Shia and Yazidi religious leaders. A strong message from the survivors relating to the plight of women and girls still under captivity as well as their missing family members was taken up with the Government by Special Representative Patten. She enquired about ongoing efforts to locate those missing and urged the authorities to expedite their rescue.
Many of the women who remain displaced expressed serious safety concerns regarding their return to their homes and shared their fear of reprisals. “I call on all religious and tribal leaders to welcome back survivors of sexual violence and their children, and the Government to find legal avenues to recognize their children as Iraqi citizens,” said Ms. Patten. “It is essential for all to work towards shifting the stigma from the victims to the perpetrators. I also urge the Government to ensure that women and girls who were victims of Daesh are not wrongfully perceived as being their ‘affiliates’.”
During discussion with Iraqi Officials on the question of justice and accountability, while acknowledging the efforts of the Government, the Special Representative stressed the importance of ensuring that alleged perpetrators are held accountable not only for the crime of terrorism but for the full extent of the sexual violence crimes perpetrated on Iraqi women and children including abduction, rape, sexual slavery and forced marriages. She noted in this regard that her Office stands ready to work directly with Iraqi judges, investigators and prosecutors together with the new Investigative Team established under UNSCR 2379. Her Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence also stands ready to provide support in the area of legislative reform in particular to criminalize war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Iraq.
In Mosul, where thousands of Iraqi women and girls were subjected to rape, sexual slavery and other grave forms of sexual violence perpetrated by Daesh, Ms. Patten was joined by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict. They both called on the authorities of Ninewa Governorate to address the pressing needs of survivors in ongoing reconstruction efforts, including through the significant scaling-up of medical services, mental health and psychosocial support and economic livelihoods opportunities.
Ms. Patten’s visit from 26 February to 5 March 2018 was at the invitation of the Government, pursuant to the United Nations/Iraq Joint Communiqué to Prevent and Address Conflict-Related Sexual Violence of 2016. Her visit marks the endorsement of the Joint Communiqué’s Implementation Plan featuring specific measures related to justice and accountability, survivor-centered services and engagement with civil society organizations, religious/tribal leaders and the media. “The development of this implementation plan demonstrates the continuous commitment of the Government of Iraq to address the plight of the victims of conflict-related sexual violence,” stressed Special Representative Patten.
“While I congratulate the Government of Iraq for its military defeat of Daesh, I urge the Government to pursue its efforts to rescue those missing, to ensure justice and reparations to all victims of the heinous crimes of sexual violence and to include women in its peacebuilding, reconciliation and reconstruction initiatives,” stated Special Representative Patten.
Photos by UNAMI PIO.
Rund 800 Türken versammeln sich am Brandenburger Tor in Berlin, um gegen Terror zu protestieren. Gemeint sind dabei Gruppen wie die PKK, die syrisch-kurdische PYD und Daesh. Die Teilnehmer waren überwiegend glühende Anhänger des türkischen Präsidenten Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Dieser wurde auch in den Redebeiträgen gelobt. Vereinzelt wurde von Teilnehmern der Wolfsgruß der ultra-nationalistischen, rechtsradikalen Grauen Wölfe gezeigt.
Die Polizei sperrte den Bereich ab, um ein Aufeinandertreffen mit einer zeitgleich stattfindenden kurdischen Gegenkundgebung zu verhindern.
U.S. Army Paratroopers, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and assigned to the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pose for a photograph at a demolition site after conducting annual demolition training near Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, July 23, 2017. The demolition site is a former ISIS suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device factory. The 2nd BCT, 82nd Abn. Div., enables Iraqi security force partners through the advise and assist mission, contributing planning, intelligence collection and analysis, force protection and precision fires to achieve the military defeat of ISIS. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Rachel Diehm.)
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 29, 2016) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Shawn Beauchamp, left, and Cmdr. Ken Pickard, the commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), observe Mark 91 illumination rounds fired from the ship, illuminating the shoreline of Sirte, Libya. Carney is forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, conducting operations in support of the Libyan Government of National Accord-aligned forces against Daesh targets in Sirte, Libya, as part of Operation Odyssey Lightning. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Weston Jones/Released)