Английская Википедия:Asayish (Kurdistan Region)
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Asayîş or Asayish (Kurdish for security[1]) is the Kurdish security organization and the primary intelligence agency operating in the Kurdistan region in Iraq. The organization was established in September 1993[2] and has been often referred to as an "intelligence agency",[3] "security force",[3] "security service",[4] "security",[5] "secret service",[6] "secret police",[7] or just "Kurdish police."[3] Asayish coordinates and shares information with Parastin u Zanyari, the investigative arms and intelligence gatherers operating in the Kurdistan region in Iraq.
It acts under the command of the Kurdistan Parliament and the Kurdistan Regional Government.[2]
Its official goals according to the Kurdistan Regional Government are the following:
- Counter-drug trafficking
- Counter-terrorism
- Counter-espionage
- Gathering intelligence
- Assessing threats to the region's national security.
The organization has jurisdiction over:
- Economic crimes
- Smuggling
- Political crimes
- Espionage
- Sabotage
- Terrorism.
Issues
In 2009 Amnesty International accused Asayish of abusing human rights, including torture and other ill-treatment, and claimed that the agency was "above the law" in Iraqi Kurdistan.[8] The Kurdistan Regional Government criticized Amnesty by stating: Шаблон:Quote
See also
- List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War
- Kurdistan
- Peshmerga
- List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
- Asayish (Rojava regions)
References
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