Faili Kurd News Today

Attorney general applies to have case heard by high court to end legal uncertainty on detainees who refuse to cooperate on deportation

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The United States diplomatic mission in Erbil commemorated on Sunday the genocide against Faili Kurds over four decades ago at the hands of the former Iraqi regime, affirming their commitment to supporting minorities in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. Faili Kurds have been subjected to systematic displacement since the establishment of the modern Iraqi state, ramping up during the rule of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr between 1970 and 1975. Bakr was the head of the Ba�...

Last modified on Fri 18 Dec 2020 14.02 EST The jungle north-east of Christmas Island’s immigration detention centre is dark and unforgiving. A person, seeking refuge or release, can disappear from sight in just a few steps. The terrain runs steeply downhill to the nearby roiling sea. Jagged basalt rock, slippery and sharp, marks the descent. Treacherous country at any time of day. But how a refugee under Australia’s protection came to be there, running weakened, staggering and disoriented t...