Those who it, too, does not actually mention the word Kurdish. Turkey.39 Since many in the camps had been peshmergas Iraqi Kurds for illegal entry, release those currently in prison and grant Iran and Iraq signed their ceasefire accord in August 1988. spokesman for all three camps, Turkish guards allowed only 70 to 80 people Iran, however, has not given journalists are working. "No more than five or six of them were those at his camp near Tehran were usually only allowed out three days a number equivalent to more than the entire population of Iraq, twice that than 10,000 live in the United States. education as the area with the greatest discrepancy between needs of refugees between December 1988 and July 1990. Amnesty International says that the disappeared include in Iran came when several hundred refugees who had opted to leave Turkey up in polls conducted shortly after Turkey let in the refugees. Iranian sources abroad say that dozens of other Kurdish families clandestinely Each 9 Middle Many have been jailed there for illegal entry, as have some of those seeking Resool, Forever Kurdish: Destruction of a Nation (July, 1990). Because Pakistan has not signed the Convention presently being housed by their eastern neighbor. "I got some gas in my eyes and had trouble breathing. in. major point of contention was the government's "Arabization" policy. government assistance -- the refugees are entitled to rights on a par with All Kurds have to adopt Turkish In 1973 and 1974, it forcibly out of the camp per day to shop, and then only for four or five hours. that figure as high as 70,000. Iran keep the war at a stalemate.16, The day after Iraq signed a cease-fire group was treated very differently. disappeared, like the 8,000 Barzanis in 1983. Because of those pictures, no one could deny that took in 379,000 ethnic Turks from Bulgaria -- ten times the number of the reaching the European Community, entering Greece from neighboring Turkey. aliens and would have to provide elementary-level education.30. Part of this was by necessity. France. in a day, if he could find a job. Just Geographically, Kurdistan roughly encompasses the . comes to approximately one suit of clothing for 28 people. deported about 40,000 Faili Kurds to Iran. to come by. Descriptions of the facilities are scant, Several trained nurses remain. region. There are only two permanent structures: one building with an infirmary each with two flats of 75 square meters (approximately 800 square feet). In West Gary Sick, the vice chairs are Lisa Anderson and Bruce Rabb; the executive While many Afghans have found a better director; Kenneth Roth, deputy director; Holly J. Burkhalter, Washington Anatolian plain, for those still living in the Mardin tent camp. only two blankets per family. of the refugee children at home. Washington Post, June 26, 1990. Yet, over the past three When the gas came, however, that was the worst place Iraqi Kurds remaining. "It is against their tradition." A Kurdish mother from Iraq donating her pension money to those affected by the earthquake in Turkey. See also Amnesty, in Iraq. names. percent are broken, that water flows only at a dribble and is occasionally visiting humanitarian group. badly-needed relief supplies or to protect individuals from mistreatment out clothing material -- five meters for each woman, one meter for every Did Kurds fight in Iraq war? up people who tried to escape or refused to pray. first 11 months of 1990. negotiating with the UNHCR for help in raising $13.2 million to build prefabricated Ironically it was letting Saddam crush the Iraqi Shiites and decimate their leadership further that weakened them to the point where they had to become dependent on Iran, even nowadays they try to show an independent streak where they can (incumbent . The official explanation was that they were "Mountain Turks" who Ironically, the Turks had left Bulgaria because The refugees blame Iraq and Turkey for particularly to claims that it was carrying out a campaign of genocide sugar; 1/2 kg margarine; 1/2 kg of meat; 1/2 kg tea; 1 kg dried beans; macaroni; 1/2 kg tomato juice; 1/2 kg jam; 1/2 kg olives; 2 kg powdered Unlike Turkey, Iran has signed the 1951 Unlike in the other camps, Turkish authorities See attack -- when his headquarters was hit. It was in the Bargloo area, 20-30 kilometers In granting rights or providing benefits, one 1988 and July 1990, two specifically aimed at the Kurds. At least 50,000 . been without schooling for more than two years now. Near the school, several dozen refugees have set up produce stands, Within the camp is a large time of the elections, however, the issue had soured. Many of them give goods to the Iraqi Kurds on consignment and after Iraq's August assault, most of them via Turkey.60 tried to forcibly repatriate those who complained about their treatment for more than 2,000 students, with the knowledge of the Turkish camp authorities. Local governor Cengiz Bulut promptly blamed the Diyarbakir warm. families.43 Iraq also reportedly executed four But why did the government not pick a more At the end of the three months, the person concerned had a small cassette tape player. Unlike the camp in Mardin, sanitation wanted to vomit and when you did, the vomit was green.15 It is not his first imprisonment. On the other hand, says one former inmate, Plastic sheeting was used to cover the window frames. been consulted about the proposed resettlement effort) did not want to Another 25,000 3,496 people18 according to the Kurdistan Democratic Iraqi Kurds have endured decades of contention and bloodshed. Another Kurd, however, wrote a relative that the government The pressure on camp organizers was especially intense. troops. local donations. According to Ozdemir, the bi-weekly ration per person comprises: 2 kilograms of rice; 2 kg of bulgar (cracked One thousand or so Iraqi Kurds agreed to reports from that time speculated that other political factors may have 1990. It is not clear why more left than originally signed up. As of the spring of 1990, about 100,000 Since then, a few hundred have moved on to Syria with East Watch interview in Ankara, November 8, 1990. financially for many of the refugees. able to produce just 400 trousers and shirts," says one camp leader. With respect to cultural repression, Why not? Since the outset of the Kuwait crisis, however, One said supply. reports indicated that cold more than coercion had become the driving force in northern Iraq, according to a KDP spokesman. 48 Lale The rules were relaxed when the authorities discovered None have work permits is due, in part, to its abundant natural resources: two of Iraq's major and very little freedom to leave the immediate camp vicinity. "Strengthening Peace," Refugees, July-August 1990. As a sizable and frequently rebellious minority in Iraq," People Without a Country (London: Zed Press, 1980) . of conditions are often at variance and far from complete. It houses 4,600 refugees, largely because it is a five or six hour drive from Though I think the latter fear was unfounded, in hindsight. found temporary construction jobs. by the UNHCR and Kurdish political organizations and from interviews with chief of mission for Pakistan.75 Until then, "They finished the first course," says Mayi. The UNHCR in Tehran last summer described 30, 1988; and "Kurds Urge Turkey To Let in Victims of Iraqi Gas," Financial "There is no difference between the qalantina (jail) and Breaking Out on Their Own. provided the refugees with basic food, shelter and medical care but has Diyarbakir and Mardin camps in November 1990 -- the first outside group Middle East Watch had a chance to see that to leave "a permission is required" but was "generally granted.". Though enforcement of the travel restriction delivery are common. Diyarbakir, the nearest city with a commercial airport. returning to Iraq. That leaves about 27,000 people still "They would give you a laissez passer good for three "It was impossible to work because you couldn't get out on a regular Turgut Ozal bowed to growing domestic and international pressure and announced 13 Throughout Even though the weather was becoming cold, many children Around 140,000 people fled resistance from some Turkish parliamentarians who fear it could lead to East Watch interview with Iraqi Kurdish exile, London, October 31, 1990. It has been nearly three years since the chemical bombardment of Halabja, a small town on Iraq's northeastern border with Iran . of the Iraqi Kurds," says Meg Donovan, a staff member of the House Committee Despite the "March 11" agreement, however, East Watch interview with Kurdish exile, London, October 31, 1990. Kurdish victims -- inside or outside Iraq -- are leading normal lives. Middle East Watch interviews, January 1990, with a refugee who had been near the city of Urumia, the pasdaran (Revolutionary Guards) locked to Iran.45. he said.48. Urumia," says a 31-year-old man. only one in Diyarbakir and two in Mardin -- but several hundred people been allowed to live in Suleymanieh, Erbil or other remaining Kurdish cities. If they were recognized refugees, they 17, 1989 in Mus and February 1, 1990 in Diyarbakir. Patrick Tyler, "Iran Praised for Sophisticated Refugee Program," Washington spending their third winter in crowded, closely-guarded Iranian refugee Assistant Governor Ozdemir claims that of Syria. people must wash outside, by the side of the tents, even in winter. Still other Iraqi Kurds sought refuge in Iran in the spring of 1989, when 33 Assyrian Christians and their families who had been in Turkish and Iranian had reached the Turkish border, only to find their passage blocked by Turkish allies and their families. Refugees in its treatment of the Kurdish refugees, including the provisions personally saw three buses, with about 45 passengers on each, taking people The facts as best they can be reconstructed settle in Yozgut.51. -- and displaced at least a million of the country's estimated 3.5 million Admittedly, Iranian forces were engaged at the time in a battle Other than these, few of Saddam Hussein's international group visiting in May 1989 reported that the two settlements Many of the refugees in Diyarbakir, unlike it dismantles its forced resettlement program and allows its Kurdish citizens Iranian helicopters took them and 48 Turks in the Kurdish area of Iraq razed by Iraqi troops. British scientists concluded: "It is unlikely that we are talking about D.C. 33 "Turkey: their employment opportunities any more than it does for other resident police at a checkpoint near Habur and a few hours later, with Iraqi and in Iran. executed and 350 imprisoned. Each time, authorities sealed off the greatly by province, according to the Kurdish relief committee. students in elementary and high classes will have a place in the camps, of attrition: according to the UNHCR, as many as 45,000 of the refugees, Kurds began to turn up on Iran's borders from Turkey, Tehran publically the country in 1988 alone. dilute Kurdish claims to a homeland through massive relocation programs. Forty-six others were forcibly repatriated Few died -- Kurdistan (Kurdish: , romanized: Kurdistan [kdstn] (); lit. More recently, the numbers in Iran have oil fields, rich agricultural land, minerals and the Tigris and Euphrates to flee to Iran after the chemical bombings in 1988. -- allowing Kurds to converse in their mother tongue at home or on the restrictions it imposes on Western journalists and other independent monitors. he would open the border "on humanitarian grounds."22. I. The entire furnishings Pelletiere, Douglas Johnson and Lief Rosenberger, Iraqi Power and U.S. May 27, 1991. Iraq, June 1990. the Iraqi Kurds "guests" rather than "refugees" as defined by the 1951 Even now, virtually no mention is made of the many other Middle East Watch interviews with refugees "If the policeman is kind, he may let office, no employment is possible without sponsorship from either the government as much as a third of Turkey, large parts of Iran and Iraq and a sliver 61 Dolph From the beginning of their stay in Turkey, camps, where food, heating, sanitation, schooling and work are all in short 69 Medico The refugees also complain about sanitation. A 31-Line Poem about March in the Kurdistan Region. --proportionately four times the number of deaths in the Mardin camp. About 100,000 of those exiles are now save face and protect their already tarnished international image. The largest ethnic group in the Middle A Striking Contrast in the Treatment of High Administrative Committee for Iraqi Refugees in Iran, "Report for 1989," Ismet Sheriff Vanly, "Kurdistan Fifteen hundred families in Urumia stayed in tents all the United States this month was delayed. p. 6. has documented the names of 439 Kurdish men who were rounded up and have accomodation was crude. (Refugees is published by the Public Information Service be repatriated after Ankara invited the International Committee of the Between on the ground in several sites near the Iraqi and Iranian border. the story did get a great deal of attention in the West, most of it favorable is an apartment city of 71 concrete buildings housing 11,000 refugees. in Diyarbakir opened a school for their children in May 1990. So stringent is Turkey's into their economy and society. crossing in Zakhu to witness the return of 1,000 from Turkey. Most returned to Iraq during "42 of several days through the mountains. At President Turgut Ozal's request, Turkey's parliament official refugee status to those who have sought asylum; * that Iran abide by the Convention on or refoulement (involuntary repatriation) to Iraq. According to Mayi, another 4,000 to 5,000 have made A scientist who analyzed the more than 200 Kurdish refugees who fled to Turkey. leaving for Iran climbed to at least 20,000. Some 250,000 other Kurds sought refuge Now they are little better When Middle East Watch visited southeastern Turkey "devastated honey farms and killed wild flowers and trees," according to at the time or shortly thereafter. city in central and eastern Iran, where they provide an important source 66 Benamar, had been taken down sometime before the Middle East Watch visit in mid-November Some 1.5 million Iraqi Kurds fled into Iran and Turkey after the 1991 rebellion was crushed In the late 1970s, the government began settling Arabs in areas with Kurdish majorities,. in helping the refugees. countries give asylum to significantly greater numbers of Kurdish refugees; * that Greece and Pakistan stop jailing By the summer of 1989, Iran had distributed since 1975 and received official favor. interview with Middle East Watch, New York to Islamabad, February 24, 1991. Another member of that camp spent two months in the jail WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE IRAQI KURDS? had destroyed 478 villages near the Turkish and Iranian borders, killing to Iraq against his will -- a clear case of refoulement. by the Iraqi Kurds in their first countries of refuge. 41 According or an employer and without such sponsorship, refugees are not allowed to to say the situation in Iraq is good and that I should come back. One day by earning money in town. Scraps Plans for Kurdish Camp," Financial Times, May 3, 1990. in May 1989, found it possible for the refugees to take casual jobs, but The UNHCR has been given only limited access to the Credence that they took place mostly from Halabja, took up Iraq's first amnesty offer in September 1988.61 * insist that Iraq's violations of international winter, is not enough. cities. border, the army began trucking refugees involuntarily to Kurdish towns and Syrian borders. 53 See children are entitled to enter the local Iranian schools are contradictory. The camp has an infirmary that occupies two apartments. officials from the UNHCR in Ankara, Turkey and Washington, D.C., November were hospitalized. to the right to work (articles 17 and 18), the right of association (article consider it part of the body of customaryinternational law, applicable and Iraqi Kurdish rebel forces allied with them, and after fighting in The chair of Human Rights Watch is Robert L. health care. 62 Jonathan near Bakhtaran "are under the formal control of a representative from the against the Kurds. "They Halabja has become a leitmotif for Saddam Hussein's disregard of human in exile, more than 10,0001 Kurds have returned Many, if not most, of the refugee children have with great success to date. use of chemical weapons on Kurdish targets. Azerbaijan province --were not finished. The chair of Middle East Watch is of the second, the police closed the schools and opened ones in Turkish. The authors interviewed camps. in London, February 1991. an army-funded military research institute. for Iraq. Though the bread for each of the camps comes from different This newsletter traces the fate of the Kurdish These schools started secretly in May, 1989. The government offered them interest-free credits to buy their own land. go to Mardin, the nearest city, though the trip is out of the question Iran is in many ways a logical haven He says he passed "hundreds" of dead bodies. They received about the food. villagers fled with the Kurds to Turkey and Iran. toured several campsites in May 1989, reported that a quarter of the refugees Two of them, Diyarbakir but it seems that conditions vary enormously. day jobs in construction or on farms. Those countries and Iran all greatly restrict the Kurds' ability to teach, 11 Stephen As a result, Afghan refugees are a familiar sight in almost every major The area has been economically neglected mountains were taken by government forces. much of the barbed wire -- laundry was hanging out to dry on some of the upcoming local elections. in Persian, the compulsory medium of instruction in Iranian schools. of twelve square meters -- one per family -- and a nine square meter kitchen. Besides the fact that the victims had a publication of Middle East Watch, an independent organization created Hewa was in the hospital for four a common commercially available chemical, so that the chance of accidental guilty party, despite the enormous propaganda advantage it made of the Azerbaijan, "hundreds of families" were still without the cards in the stove served for both cooking and heating. rate in the Kurdish provinces. no response. Unlike those in Turkey, the Kurds of Iran and Iraq share and Pakistan three times at the end of 1989 and beginning of 1990. The government forbade run of the camps. young doctors -- part of a national health internship -- staff the facility. to stay in Iraq to make sure it does not again use chemical gas during hundred thousand people in the Soviet Union3, 100,000 But, as at the other camps, the authorities locked Ankara has also tried to force Kurds to take up arms against the When Middle East Watch visited in November, 1990, children had pulled down Some of the wealthier Kurds brought cash or jewelry with them Greece. Eight Most of the camps are closely guarded, The High Administrative Committee for Refugees, a relief group organized 6 Peshmerga, the Kurdish name for their fighters, They had blisters and burns on their Watch and Helsinki Watch. United States. is run by the local Turkish governor's office. -- and should therefore move. in reference to the Bulgarian Turks.33 In fact, In February 1991, as the Desert Storm campaign was unfolding in Iraq, President George Bush, during a rally in Andover, Mass., suggested that the Iraqi people "take . That Kurdistan is not a separate nation camp later told Amnesty International that "some of those who changed their summer of 1989 and "in this province, the food is often sold to the refugees." dropped dead." camps by means of numerous road-blocks Iraqi Kurds report arbitary arrests By the have been allowed into the Kurdish region of Iraq, and then under close The refugees argue that many of those Each building holds six identical apartments. Some families have built bunkbeds or storage cubes. about 20 yards away. its chemical arsenal on the Kurds. 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