Salem-News.com Foreign Affairs One story about Masrour Barzani that has mostly stayed off the radar, involves a failed relationship with a 19-year-old girl who was murdered in October 2012.
Masrur Barzani, photo: swedenkurd.wordpress.com
(SALEM, Ore.) - Masrur Barzani, son of Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani, may fill his father's role someday, even though he is a criminal in nations like Austria where he has been charged with Murder.
Human rights organizations say the spy agency he runs is ruthless and known for things like torture and suppressing journalists.
A 2008 article from the blog MusingsonIraq (http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2008/08/son-of-kurdistan-president-goes-on.html) explains how the son of Kurdistan's President ended up in big trouble, "In August 2008 Masrur Barzani, son of Kurdistan regional President Masoud Barzani, went on trial in Austria for attempted murder.
In February, the younger Barzani was arrested along with five of his bodyguards in Vienna for shooting Kurdish opposition writer Dr. Kamal Sayid Qadir. Qadir was seriously injured in the incident.
He is an international law expert and professor in Austria, and a critic of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Kurdish officials originally denied that Masrur was even in the country, but he is now on trial for the attack."
The article states that after his release in December 2006, Dr. Qadir filed a lawsuit against Masrur Barzani and four other KDP officials in Austria.
"The suit charged them with kidnapping and torture. Qadir also continued to write critically about Kurdish rule. In a June 2007 piece for the Middle East Quarterly, he charged the Kurdish authorities of corruption, nepotism, torture, political assassinations, and other abuses. It's these actions that probably led to his shooting in Vienna in February 2008 by Masrur's men."
With regard to Kurdistan leader's illegal actions against its own citizens, Amnesty International (AI) wrote, "Since 2000, thousands of people have been detained arbitrarily and held without charge or trial in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in some cases for more than seven years.
"The vast majority were suspected members or supporters of local Islamist organizations, including both armed groups and legal political parties that do not use or advocate violence as part of their political platform. Some were tortured or otherwise ill-treated in detention."
AI reports that politically motivated arrests are carried out by members of the Parastin, the intelligence agency of the KDP. The Parastin is headed by Masrour Barzani, son of the KRG's President.
Their report explains that the Parastin are reported to have committed serious human rights abuses in the secret detention facilities that they run.
"They are also reported to have threatened journalists, writers and academics who have spoken out against alleged corruption within the KDP".
One story about Masrour Barzani that has mostly stayed off the radar, involves a failed relationship with a 19-year-old girl who was murdered in October 2012.
According to a source that requested not to be named, the girl, who was Lebanese, was raped and murdered by the son of Kurdistan's President after her family rejected his involvement with her.
Sources say that on the day of the girl's murder, Masoud Barzani took an unexpected trip to Italy's capital, Rome, where he was able to settle the matter and cover up another big scandal for his family.
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