Speech by EU EOM Chief Observer Viola von Cramon @EUEOMIraq2021 says the case of three journalists in the Kurdistan Region "recently sentenced to six year jail terms negatively impacted the campaign" #Iraqelection2021facebook.com/eueomiraq2021/…
Speech by EU EOM Chief Observer Viola von Cramon @EUEOMIraq2021 also commended Iraqi people for peaceful election, but underlined post-election period should remain peaceful also and complaints about elections to be raised through legal means.
Speech by EU EOM Chief Observer Viola von Cramon says there was disinformation in digital sector (guess she mean social media pages)
Speech by EU EOM Chief Observer Viola von Cramon says EU electoral mission did observe major fraud or election violations, adding that election were mainly orderly and calm.
EU EOM Chief Observer Viola von Cramon says again there are no signs of electoral fraud in #iraqielections2021
EU EOM Chief Observer von Cramon says "we have not observed or witnessed any major fraud violation. Regarding the electoral process on the election day we can only call on everyone to stay calm and to use the legal mechanism for appeals and complaints." #iraqielections2021
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International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), a non-partisan federation of medical groups in over 60 countries, sent a mission to northern Iraq in late September.
“Some indirect evidence for possible violations of the Chemical Weapons Convention was found,” it said in its report.
"Yes, we do assess that Iranians have been on the ground in Ukraine to assist Russia with the drone operations there." - Pentagon Press Secretary defense.gov/News/Transcrip…
"But again, it's just indicative of the kinds of rhetoric that you hear coming from Iran, and from Russia, trying to say that these are not Iranian drones when they clearly are." - Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder
"My understanding is that it's the Russians who are flying the drones. So, yes, they are assisting the Russians in that those operations."
Iran’s long-oppressed Kurdish population has been at the forefront of the month-long anti-government uprising. Now it is bearing the brunt of the government’s intensifying efforts to crush the unrest washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/…
Djene Rhys Bajalan, a professor at Missouri State University who specializes in Kurdish history. “The road to tyranny goes through Kurdistan.”
The 37-year-old businessman in Sanandaj denied accusations that protesters are armed. “The people are fighting with no weapons,” he said, and are being met by security forces with “military-grade weapons.”
“Iran’s Revolutionary Guards forces’ attacks on residential areas in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is part of a long history of lethal attacks on civilians, including during the war in Syria,” said Adam Coogle hrw.org/news/2022/10/1…@hrw
Kanaani was 36 weeks pregnant with their son, whom they named Waniar, her husband said. Following the attack doctors delivered the baby then operated on Kanaani, who suffered injuries to the back of her head and internal bleeding. She died from her injuries - HRW
Waniar suffered brain damage and also died. “My son was healthy [before the attack], until that moment all the sonograms showed he was healthy,” Rahmani told HRW.
"We strongly oppose any Turkish operation into northern Syria. and have made clear our objections to Turkey, specifically because ISIS is going to take advantage of that campaign." - Dana Stroul, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) at @MiddleEastInst event.
"There is no question that ISIS seeks to replicate this attack (Hasakah prison) again on other facilities & to recruit from & terrorize the vulnerable population as a whole. Again this is a reason why we are so concerned about the potential for Turkish operations in N Syria."
"It is essential that we increase our stabilization support to the SDF, the local administration and the Government of Iraq, among other priorities, so that they can safely rehabilitate and integrate Iraqi and Syrian nationals in al-Hol...." - Dana Stroul.
.@ElhamAhmadSDC at @NewlinesInst event says Turkey is trying to get green light from Iran, Russia and US for its operation.
.@ElhamAhmadSDC says Turkey is claiming this operation is project of safe zone and is a humanitarian project. But Ahmad says Turkey is trying to settle Syrian refugees in homes of indigenous people.
.@ElhamAhmadSDC says they are happy with sanction relief for northeast Syria, but she says no companies or local people will invest in the region amidst Turkish threats.