Letter to Human and refugee rights activists and organizations Mostafa Salimi executed after being deported back to Iran Mustafa Salimi, a 53 year old was a Kurdish political prisoner, was sentenced to death in Iran after escaping prison during the COVID -19. After spending 17 years in prison, Political Prisoner Salimi escaped …
Read More »Social Assistance Network To aid those infected by coronavirus pandemic
Social Assistance Network To aid those infected by coronavirus pandemic We are a group of volunteering civil servants, nurses and doctors who would like to announce the formation of the Social Assistance Network to assist coronavirus patients and those who are in danger of being infected across the globe. Through this …
Read More »Statement: We need action, not scapegoating on Covid-19
The Covid-19 Pandemic, combined with the failure of the British Government to properly protect its population, and a major economic crash has created situation where the most abhorrent forms of racism are set to thrive
Read More »On March 8, 2020, let’s rise against degradation of women and sexual abuse of female children!!
Freedom and equality -seeking women and men! Defenders of women’s and children’s rights! We congratulate all women and men on March 8, as a day which marks the protest against gender inequality, discrimination and oppression against women. Despite the fact that some individual and civil rights and basic demands of …
Read More »IFIR condemns Iraqi government threat to dissolve OWFI
International Federation of Iraqi Refugees-IFIR understands that the Iraqi Government has threatened to dissolve Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI). The General secretariat of the Iraqi council of ministers have also filed a lawsuit against the president of OWFI.
Read More »13 people missing as boat sinks off Greek island of Paxi on 11January 2020 19January2020
To Watch The Med 13 people missing as boat sinks off Greek island of Paxi on 11January 2020 19January2020 Dear/Sir/Madam The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees-IFIR was contacted by the concerned families who fear that their family members may have drowned. They say they spoke to their family members one hour …
Read More »12 people die as boat sinks off Greek island of Paxi
The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees-IFIR was contacted by the concerned families who fear that their family members may have drowned. They say they spoke to their family members one hour before they boarded a boat on the 11 January 2020, which was heading for the Italian coast. Unfortunately the …
Read More »Kurdish woman 5 months pregnant held at Zurich Airport
25 November 2019 IFIR Press Release International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) was informed by Mr Karwan that he and his pregnant wife and two children (who are only three and one years old) have been held in Zurich airport since the 12 October 2019. Mr Karwan is very unwell …
Read More »IFIR press release:THE BODIES OF39 REFUGEES FOUND IN LORRY CONTAINER
23 October 2019 39 bodies were found inside a truck at Waterglade Industrial Park near Grays Essex at 01.40 on Wednesday morning. The people are believed to be refugees who were seeking safety in the UK. The truck is believed to have docked in the UK at 1230am Purfleet a …
Read More »Stop besieging the Makhmour Camp
After the killing of Osman Kosa, an employee at the Turkish consulate working at the Iran desk of Turkey’s national spy agency on 17th July 2019 in the Huqqabaz restaurant in Arbil.The security forces of Arbil are besieging the Makhmour Camp of refugees for more than a month now.
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