In recent years international organizations have issued a number of reports condemning human rights abuses allegedly committed by the Kurdish Asayish [security/intelligence] agencies. Niqash met Hakem Qader Hamah Jean, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) affiliated Asayish in Sulaimaniya, to shed light on these reports and to discuss the future role of the region’s intelligence agencies.
Niqash: Erbil and Sulaimaniya have been working on a common political agenda for five years b…
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