On the late afternoon of Friday 26th April, Kurdish police forces in the City of Raniye in the Northern city of Kurdistan was alerted by the hotel “Bethoween” about an incident. The police found Mr Afsaji’s strangled body and pronounced him dead at the scene. This tragedy happened in a time that …
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Antonio Guterres The Secretary of United Nations – Klaus Welle The General Secretary of the European Union Parliament An urgent letter on the dreadful life situation of the refugees in Turkey , Date: 16/04/2019 I am writing to complain about the conditions the Syrian and Iraqi refugees …
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Avan had moved several times prior to her murder in Stoke in Trent to try and get away from her husband a failed asylum seeker. Avan was found face down in her kitchen stabbed 33 times. Dana Abdullah pleaded guilty to Avan’s murder and was given a life sentence. The Judge said …
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On Wednesday 21/02/2019, at Nine o’clock a delegation of IFIR visited the Governor of Sulaimani Dr. Haval Abubakir in his office. The Delegation consisted of the IFIR secretary Dashty Jamal, member of the IFIR secretariat Aso Goran, the Representative of IFIR in Kurdistan Amanj Abdullah and the office manager of IFIR in Kurdistan …
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The office of IFIR of Kurdistan held a meeting in Sulaimani on 19/02/2019. The attendees of the meeting were the IFIR secretary Dashty Jamal, the Representative of IFIR in Kurdistan Amanj Abdullah and the office manager of IFIR in kurdistan Hawzhin Muhammad. In the meeting, some practical steps were discussed to …
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Today 10.02.2019 the body of Aram Ali was returned earlier today from Birmingham City to Sulaimani International Airport at 03:15 am. Aram Ali’s body was received by his family, friends and the IFIR branch in Kurdistan. IFIR branch in Kurdistan expresses its deepest condolences and fully supports Ali‘s Family …
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IFIR is writing to inform all IFIR clients, deportees, humanitarian, refugee organizations, political parties, refugee relatives that Mr. Ari Jalal and Mr. Baxtyar Omer no longer work IFIR, as a consequence they have no eligibility or responsibility within IFIR anymore. IFIR understands that they have formed their own organization. Dashty …
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Mr Saman a 30 year old refugee who came to the UK 3 years ago was found dead in a hotel room in Bradford on 7 January. IFIR was informed that Mr Saman had been experiencing serious mental health issues which led to him being put in a mental health …
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RIP Noel Hudson International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) is very sad to inform you that our dear friend Noel Hudson died yesterday morning (17 January) at St George’s Hospital. Noel was a fierce advocate and campaigner for Equality and Human Rights. He however, had a special interest in rights …
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16 January 2019 IFIR Press Release International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR) was informed by Fareidun’s family that “Mr. Fareidun Afsaji who has been in Iraqi Kurdistan (Sulaymaniyah) has disappeared. His family stated that Fareidun left Finland mid-December last year. His family last received a missed call from him on …
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