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An Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service member covers a stairwell as his partner advances up the stairs during training in Baghdad, March 31, 2018. As a part of this training, CTS members clear stairways, hallways, and rooms of a building while they search and react to mock improvised explosive devices planted by the Coalition Forces. These training scenarios provided by the Coalition prepare CTS members for missions they may face while protecting their country and its people. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dennis Glass)
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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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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
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
Carved relief from the ancient Assyrian royal palace of Nineveh (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 Nineveh has been attacked by Daesh barbarians over the last two years of jihadi occupation, demolishing most of the few remaining structures and destroying 3000 years of history. It is located in the centre of Mosul which is currently a battleground as Iraqi forces attempt to reclaim their city. Whether any of the last vestiges of ancient Nineveh survive the liberation of the city remains to be seen, fortunately most of its more important sculpture is safe in museums like this.
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
Mehrere Dutzend syrische Aktivisten und Unterstützer der demokratischen Opposition in Syrien protestieren mit einer Kundgebung am Brandenburger Tor in Berlin gegen das Regime von Diktator Baschar al-Assad. Ebenso sprechen sie sich gegen die Anwesenheit von Truppen Russlands und des Iran, sowie von Milizen wie der Hisbollah aus. Ebenso richten sich Sprechchöre gegen Daesh. Sie fordern ein Ende des Assad-Regimes und die Ahndung von Kriegsverbrechen.
Zeitgleich steht auf der anderen Seite des Brandenburger Tores das Kunstwerk "Monument" von Manaf Halbouni im Rahmen des 3. Herbstsalons. Dieses erinnert an Busse, die im syrischen Aleppo zum Schutze von Zivilisten vor Scharfschützen aufgestellt wurden.
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.
160907-N-TO519-052 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 7, 2016) Marines, from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), remove an ammunition storage unit from an AH-1W Super Cobra aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Sept. 7, 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 2nd Class Nathan Wilkes/Released)
161027-N-DQ840-296 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 27, 2016) An AH-1 Super Cobra helicopter from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) takes off from the flight deck while a UH-1Y Venom helicopter prepares for takeoff aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) Oct. 27, 2016. The 22nd MEU, embarked on San Antonio, 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 2nd Class Adam Austin/Released)
Syrische Aktivisten und Unterstützer versammeln sich am Fuße des Kunstwerkes "Monument" des Künstlers Manaf Halbouni, welches drei aufrecht gestellte Busse zeigt, um an das Schicksal der Städte al-Ghouta und Deir ez-Zor zu erinnern. Diese sind von Belagerung und Angriffen Russlands und des syrischen Regimes betroffen.
Die Aktivisten fordern das Ende des Regimes von Bashar al-Assad.
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
161006-N-TO519-154 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 6, 2016) Sailors move GBU-54 laser joint direct attack munition bombs onto an elevator aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Oct. 6, 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 2nd Class Nathan Wilkes/Released)
Guardian lamassu (human-headed winged bull or lion) from the ancient Assyrian royal palace of Nimrud (near Mosul in modern Iraq) one of a pair that formerly flanked one of the many grand entrances, 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/
28.4.2016 #WeAreN2016 Mujeres y niñas cristianas y yazidíes: víctimas sexuales de crímenes de lesa humanidad
Samia Sleman. Yazidi witness kidnaped by ISIS/Daesh.
Samia Sleman. Yazidí secuestrada por el Estado Islámico.
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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160906-N-TO519-387 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 6, 2016) Marines attach a GBU-54 laser joint direct attack munition bomb to an AV-8B Harrier, from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Sept. 6, 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 2nd Class Nathan Wilkes/Released)
More than 50 members of the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) and three KC-135 Strotankers, based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H) have returned home following a four-month deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The three KC-135 Stratotankers belonging to the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, along with flight and maintenance crews and other support personnel were part of the 18-Nation air Coalition in the fight against Daesh or ISIS. Two tankers and most of the Airmen arrived today at JBPH-H following the long flight from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. June 20, 2016, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii (US Air National Guard Photo By Tech. Sgt. Andrew Jackson - Released)
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.
Rund 150 Menschen, hauptsächlich Kurden, protestieren in Berlin auf dem Pariser Platz nahe des Brandenburger Tores gegen das harte und brutale Vorgehen des türkischen Staates in kurdisch dominierten Städten in der Türkei. Sie machten Recep Tayyip Erdogan und seine AKP für die Ermordung u.a. von Rechtsanwalt Tahir Elci verantwortlich. Zudem beschworen sie den Kampf der syrisch-kurdischen Volksverteidigungseinheiten YPG und YPJ gegen Daesh und klagten den türkischen Staat der Unterstützung des sogenannten ISlamischen Staates (IS) an.
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.
160818-N-LG762-052 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 18, 2016) Sailors and Marines move an AV-8B Harrier, from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Aug. 18, 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 Zhiwei Tan/Released)
Die Partei Die Linke verleiht in Berlin Kreuzberg zum achten Mal den Clara-Zetkin-Frauenpreis an Initiativen, die sich im vergangenen Jahr für die Rechte von Frauen in der Gesellschaft stark gemacht haben.
Preisträger 2018 ist die Initiative "TAJÊ - Freiheitsbewegung/Frauenräte der ezidischen Frauen", die jesidische Frauen berät und in der Bewältigung ihrer Erlebnisse durch die Verfolgung und Versklavung durch Daesh (IS) hilft. Der Sonderpreis geht dieses Jahr an Dr. Kristina Hänel, die nicht nur auf ein Leben im Kampf für die Rechte von Frauen zurückblicken kann, sondern zudem auch bundesweite Bekanntheit erlangte, nachdem sie nach §219a StGB verurteilt wurde.
Insgesamt wurden acht Initiativen nominiert. Der CareSlam! wurde von Yvonne Falckner begründet und gibt Pflegenden eine Bühne, um über ihre Arbeitsbedingungen zu sprechen. Bekannt wurde das Format durch einen Auftritt der CareSlammerin Sabrina Maar in der ZDF-Sendung "Die Anstalt" Anfang Dezember 2017. Ebenfalls nominiert wurde ein "Containerprojekt für wohnungslose Frauen", welches sich den besonderen Anforderungen von Frauen und Transgendern in der Obdachlosigkeit annimmt und ihnen eine unterkunft bietet. Das "Frauenorchesterprojekt (FOP)" ist ein Frauenchor unter der Leitung von Mary Ellen Kitchens, welcher es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht hat, Musik von Frauen hörbar zu machen. Die "Kontaktstelle "Frauen für Frauen" wurde ebenso nominiert wie "RosaLinde e.V.- Queer Refugee Network" kämpft gegen die sprichwörtlichen "Sächsischen Zustände" an, indem es queeren Geflüchteten in Leipzig Unterstützung und Beratung zuteil werden lässt. Der "ver.di-Bezirksfrauenrat München" legt ein Augenmerk auf die Bedürfnisse und Herausforderungen von Frauen im Berufsleben.
Die einzelnen Projekte wurden von Politikerinnen der Partei Die Linke vorgestellt. Darunter waren Simone Barrientos (MdB), Lucy Redler, Juliane Nagel (MdB). Die Preise wurden von Katja Kipping übergeben. Für die musikalische Begleitung sorgte die Rapperin aus Zimbabwe AWA KHIWE.
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.
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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.
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
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.
160820-N-JW440-033 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 20, 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. 20, 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)
Hawaii Air National Guard ground crew prepares a KC-135 Stratotanker for departure in route to their deployment to Southwest Asia to join the 18-Nation air coalition in the fight against Daesh, Feb 05, 2016 Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Jackson /Released).
Mehrere hundert Menschen nehmen an einer Kundgebung am Brandenburger Tor in Berlin teil, die im Rahmen des weltweiten "Syrian Day of Rage" stattfindet. Dieser Tag des Zorns soll an die hunderttausenden Opfer erinnern, die das Regime von Baschar al-Assad seit Beginn der Aufstände der Bevölkerung im Jahr 2011 zu verantworten hat. Zudem starben tausende in den Folterkellern des Regimes.
Die Teilnehmer, darunter viele Geflüchtete, fordern ein Ende des Regimes und den Abzug dessen Allierter, namentlich Russlands und des Irans, sowie der Hisbollah und irakischen Milizen. Auch Sprechchöre gegen Daesh (ISIS) ertönen.
Sie kritisieren die Weltgemeinschaft dafür, dem Töten tatenlos zuzusehen und schwenken die grün-weiß-schwarzen Fahnen der Opposition.
Rund 150 Menschen, hauptsächlich Kurden, protestieren in Berlin auf dem Pariser Platz nahe des Brandenburger Tores gegen das harte und brutale Vorgehen des türkischen Staates in kurdisch dominierten Städten in der Türkei. Sie machten Recep Tayyip Erdogan und seine AKP für die Ermordung u.a. von Rechtsanwalt Tahir Elci verantwortlich. Zudem beschworen sie den Kampf der syrisch-kurdischen Volksverteidigungseinheiten YPG und YPJ gegen Daesh und klagten den türkischen Staat der Unterstützung des sogenannten ISlamischen Staates (IS) an.
2.martā Nacionālo bruņoto spēku komandieris ģenerālleitnants Leonīds Kalniņš tikās ar Dānijas Parlamenta spīkeri Piu Kersgordu (Pia Kjærsgaard) un Dānijas Bruņoto spēku komandieri ģenerāli Bjernu Biserupu (Bjørn I. Bisserup), lai pārrunātu reģionālās drošības aktualitātes un abu valstu divpusējo sadarbību militārajās mācībās, starptautiskajā operācijā Irākā un sadarbību karavīru apmācībā.
"Tikšanās ar mūsu ilggadējas sadarbības partneriem no Dānijas ir uzskatāms apliecinājums abu valstu kopīgām vērtībām un izpratnei par aizsardzības spēju stiprināšanu un reģionālo drošību. Ciešā un ilggadējā abu valstu sadarbība ir būtisks pienesums gan Latvijas nacionālo aizsardzības spēju stiprināšanā, gan NATO kolektīvās aizsardzības stiprināšanā,” norāda ģenerālleitnants Leonīds Kalniņš.
Bruņoto spēku komandieris ar gandarījumu uzsver ilggadējo sadarbību starp abu valstu karavīriem: “Dānijas karavīri ir ļoti profesionāli, pieredzējuši un uzticami sabiedrotie. Tāpēc varam būt lepni, ka Latvijas karavīri kopā ar Dānijas karavīriem ikdienā veic uzdevumus gan starptautiskajā operācijā Irākā, gan militārajās mācībās Latvijā un ārvalstīs.”
Vizītes laikā Dānijas Parlamenta spīkere un bruņoto spēku komandieris arī apmeklēja Latvijā izvietoto NATO spēku integrācijas vienību.
Dānijas un Latvijas bruņoto spēku karavīru dalība kopējos vingrinājumos nodrošina veiksmīgu savstarpēju sadarbību, kā arī sadarbību ar citām NATO dalībvalstīm militāro operāciju laikā. Latvijas bruņoto spēku karavīru dalība divīzijas līmeņa mācībās paaugstina karavīru profesionālās zināšanas un sadarbības partneriem sniedz iespēju atkārtoti pārliecināties par mūsu karavīru augsto sagatavotību.
Jau ziņots, ka šā gada februārī Latvijā norisinājās Dānijas divīzijas vadītās starptautiskās štāba mācības “Red Knight 2018”, kurās piedalījās aptuveni 40 karavīru un zemessargu no Sauszemes spēku Mehanizētās kājnieku brigādes, Zemessardzes 2.Vidzemes brigādes un to atbalstošajām vienībām. Mācību mērķis bija pilnveidot štāba personāla iemaņas operāciju plānošanā un vadīšanā, sagatavoties dalībai Dānijas divīzijas mācību ciklā “Saber Knight 2018” un pilnveidot Latvijas uzņemošās valsts atbalsta spējas.
Jau kopš 2016.gada Latvijas karavīri, pilnībā iekļaujoties Dānijas kontingenta sastāvā, starptautiskās koalīcijas Apvienoto spēku militārās operācijas “Inherent Resolve”, īsteno Irākas drošības spēku apmācību pret teroristisko organizāciju “Daesh”.
2013.gada 12.aprīlī Latvija un Dānija parakstīja Saprašanās memorandu par Latvijas Sauszemes spēku kājnieku brigādes iekļaušanu Dānijas divīzijā. Tajā ir iekļautas arī divas Dānijas, kā arī Lietuvas un Igaunijas kājnieku brigādes.
Foto: Armīns Janiks (Jaunsardzes in informācijas centrs)
In Berlin Kreuzberg fand eine Kundgebung und anschließende Demonstration mit rund 1200 Teilnehmern aus Solidarität mit den Toten und Verletzten des Bombenattentates im türkischen Suruc (Pirsus) statt. Darnter auch Hakan Tas, Mitgleider des Berliner Abgeordnetenhauses (Die Linke) und der Berliner Landesvorsitzende der Linke Klaus Lederer. Das Mitglied des Bundestages Sevim Dagdelen (Die Linke) hielt eine Rede.
Bei dem Anschlag in der mehrheitlich von Kurden bewohnten und nahe der Grenze zu Syrien gelegenen Stadt verloren Berichten zu folge Dutzende ihr Leben. Anschlagsziel war ein Kulturzentrum, in dem die türkische, sozialistische Jugend von ihren Plänen zur Hilfe beim Aufbau des zerstörten Kobanes berichtete.
28/06/2021. Rome, Italy. The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab meets the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio while attending a G20 global coalition to defeat Daesh/ISIS summit. Picture by Tim Hammond / No 10 Downing Street
Nel mese di agosto del 2014 oltre 400000 componenti della comunità yazida hanno dovuto abbandonare le loro case mentre Daesh conquistava, devastandole, ampie estensioni di territorio iracheno. Molti di loro sono stati fatti prigionieri e giustiziati, migliaia di donne e bambini sono stati ridotti in schiavitù. Chi è riuscito a fuggire si è rifugiato sulle montagne di Sinjar, per poi raggiungere i campi profughi della regione del Kurdistan iracheno.
Il campo profughi di Khanke – il luogo dove sono ospitate le ragazze autrici delle fotografie e da cui provengono gli scatti – ospita quasi tremila famiglie, fuggite dalla provincia irachena di Ninive. Nonostante il trauma e gli orrori a cui ha assistito, la comunità yazida ha dimostrato caparbietà e una grande capacità di reagire, di cui la mostra fotografica è un toccante esempio.
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