Press Release: Escalation of Violence in Syria: Attacks on Alawite Minorities and Kurdish Regions

Press Release: Escalation of Violence in Syria: Attacks on Alawite Minorities and Kurdish Regions

December 27, 2024 Alarming violence has been reported in Syria in recent days, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis and the fragility of the region. According to …

Best Wishes for 2025: Together for Justice, Freedom, and Equality

Best Wishes for 2025: Together for Justice, Freedom, and Equality

Dear friends, partners, human rights defenders, dedicated men and women, and all victims of human rights violations, As this year comes to an end, the …

Statement: Swiss Recognition of the Yazidi Genocide: A Decisive Step Towards Justice and Against Impunity

Statement: Swiss Recognition of the Yazidi Genocide: A Decisive Step Towards Justice and Against Impunity

December 17, 2024 The Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme (Zagros Human Rights Center) welcomes the courageous decision of the Swiss National Council to …

130 Civil Society Organizations Call on the United Nations Security Council to Protect Civilians, Intervene Quickly to End the Military Escalation in Northern Syria, and Strengthen the Humanitarian Response

130 Civil Society Organizations Call on the United Nations Security Council to Protect Civilians, Intervene Quickly to End the Military Escalation in Northern Syria, and Strengthen the Humanitarian Response

The undersigned organizations warn of the repercussions of the recent military escalation in Northern Syria and call on all parties to the conflict to ensure …

Report on the Side-Event: Representation and Self-Representation of Minorities in Iran, Iraq, and Syria in Public Spaces and Discourses

Report on the Side-Event: Representation and Self-Representation of Minorities in Iran, Iraq, and Syria in Public Spaces and Discourses

Introduction The side event held on November 29, 2024, during the Minorities Forum focused on the theme of representation and self-representation of minorities in Iran, …

Call for an Inclusive Dialogue for a Sustainable Resolution of the Kurdish Issue in Turkey

Call for an Inclusive Dialogue for a Sustainable Resolution of the Kurdish Issue in Turkey

October 22, 2024 The Zagros Human Rights Center wishes to express its support for the recent call by Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Action …

Statement of the Zagros Center for Human Rights on the Commemoration of October 7, 2023, and the Situation in the Middle East

Statement of the Zagros Center for Human Rights on the Commemoration of October 7, 2023, and the Situation in the Middle East

October 7, 2023, marks a grim anniversary in the Middle East. One year after the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, the scars of this …

Statement by the Zagros Center for Human Rights on the Commemoration of the Kurdistan Independence Referendum

Statement by the Zagros Center for Human Rights on the Commemoration of the Kurdistan Independence Referendum

On September 25, 2017, the Kurdish people of Iraqi Kurdistan overwhelmingly voiced their legitimate desire for freedom and sovereignty through the independence referendum. This historic …

Joint Statement of Human Rights Organizations Condemning the Death Sentence of Pakhshan Azizi: We Demand the Immediate and Unconditional Revocation of Pakhshan Azizi’s Death Sentence and Her Release.

Joint Statement of Human Rights Organizations Condemning the Death Sentence of Pakhshan Azizi: We Demand the Immediate and Unconditional Revocation of Pakhshan Azizi’s Death Sentence and Her Release.

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, express our deep concern and strong objection to the situation of all political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of …

Statement of Support for the Rights of Kurdish Iranian Activists and Political Refugees in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Statement of Support for the Rights of Kurdish Iranian Activists and Political Refugees in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region

September 7, 2024 We, the undersigned organizations of this statement, express our deep concern about the alarming and dangerous situation of political refugees, members of …

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130 Civil Society Organizations Call on the United Nations Security Council to Protect Civilians, Intervene Quickly to End the Military Escalation in Northern Syria, and Strengthen the Humanitarian Response

The undersigned organizations warn of the repercussions of the recent military escalation in Northern Syria and call on all parties to the conflict to ensure the protection of civilians, halt violations, and respect International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Since November 27, 2024, the terrorist-designated group “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham” (HTS) launched a …

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Joint Statement of Human Rights Organizations Condemning the Death Sentence of Pakhshan Azizi: We Demand the Immediate and Unconditional Revocation of Pakhshan Azizi’s Death Sentence and Her Release.

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, express our deep concern and strong objection to the situation of all political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran who are sentenced to or at risk of being sentenced to death, and we fundamentally oppose this inhumane and cruel punishment for all individuals. …

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Written statement : The Situation of the Kurds in Iran

Human Rights Council Fifty-seventh session 9 September–9 October 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Written statement submitted by Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status The …

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CERD 113th Session: Joint Statement on the Evaluation of Iraq

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Joint Statement on the Evaluation of Iraq Geneva, August 2024, 113th session   Maloca Internationale and Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme are two NGOs with ECOSOC status active in the field of minority law, with annual conferences on the Middle …

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Minorities in Iran have been disproportionally impacted in ongoing crackdown to repress the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, UN Fact-Finding Mission says

05 August 2024 Ethnic and religious minorities in Iran, in particular Kurd and Baluch minorities, have been disproportionally impacted by the Government’s crackdown on protesters since 2022, the direct result of long-standing discrimination that must end immediately, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran said in a new advocacy paper …

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