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By Reporters with Borders: Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Hamin Ary, the editor of the Erbil-based Kurdish and Arabic monthly Chirpa (Al-Hamsah in Arabic), and the withdrawal of all the charges against him. He has been held since 7 May for reprinting an allegedly blasphemous article by Goran Halmat, a controversial Kurdish writer living in self-exile…
By Mufid Abdulla: It is a year since we launched this website. From the first we told our readers and colleagues that this was not going to be an easy mission. Our fundamental message was that we wanted to establish a new way of journalism for the overall purpose of siding with and representing our…
By bianet: The authorities of the Turkish government, council commission, prosecution office and the opposition parties have made contrasting statements regarding the article published by the Wall Street Journal about U.S. drones recording images before the Roboski massacre bombing. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments…
Comment by The Kurdistan Tribune: On Monday we published a report that President Barzani’s son Mansur recently lost $3.2 million in a Dubai casino. This story was then referred to by Michael Rubin – a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, senior lecturer at the US Naval Postgraduate School and occasional KT columnist –…
By Samer Muscati, FPIF: It was a January evening when his Syrian army unit raided a house near the city of Zabadani, not far from Damascus, the former sergeant recalled. A 70-year-old man wearing a hospital gown was brought to the house, and the soldiers, including a colonel, interrogated him. When he wasn’t able to…
By Kurdistan Independence Movement: Kurdish Independence Movement, or K.I.M., is proud to announce its establishment to all fellow Kurdish compatriots all over the world. Based in Washington DC, USA, K.I.M is a totally independent organization with no political affiliation to any faction or group in South Kurdistan (Iraq). Volunteer Patriot Kurdish youths and students, who…
By Mufid Abdulla: Not a single day passes without bloodshed and tragedy in Syria. Syria is bleeding profusely and its people are dying on an hourly basis. The nature of the dictator and the brutality of the system have been so equipped as to resist any opposition for a long time. The peaceful demonstrations of…
News and Comment by The Kurdistan Tribune: President Masud’s Barzani’s recent visit to Dubai was cut short because his son Mansur had lost $3,200,000 in a Dubai casino. This news has been exploited by Barzani’s enemies and is now all over the Iraqi press. It is very important for the president of Kurdistan to issue…
By Kamal Chomani: PUK and Change Movement members of parliament can save parliament from the passiveness that has infected it and they can also cooperate to increase pressure on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to make reforms more quickly. Last month, the exchanging of positions between the PUK’s Prime Ministry and the KDP’s presidency of…
By Heidi Diedrich, WADI*: Sulaimani, Iraq – In a call to honor the spirit of Law No. 8: the Law Against Domestic Violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRG), more than 50 people gathered in Sulaimani, Iraq on Tuesday, May 8 to discuss a serious plan for the law’s implementation. According to event organizers,…
By Heyrsh Abdulrhman: Corruption has greatly increased in Kurdistan for the past few years, posing a very serious problem. The governmental authority has not had a serious strategy to combat corruption and this has discouraged the people. What has caused the flourishing of corruption in Kurdistan is the two ruling parties. They have frequently been…
By Dr Jawad Mela: To the Kurdish people in Western Kurdistan and to the Kurds in all Syrian cities To the Kurdish parties and organizations in Western Kurdistan and all organizations of young people in Western Kurdistan Dear sisters and brothers, Greetings The conditions of uprisings and revolutions which have passed and are still sweeping across the…
By Mufid Abdulla: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s visit to Kirkuk yesterday has caused a lot of anger and frustration among Kurdish commentators due his statement that Kirkuk has an Iraqi identity. He said this to a cabinet meeting of the Kirkuk council which was boycotted by the Kurdish members who make up a majority. This…
By Mufid Abdulla: While the president of Kurdistan and his party pursues its disputes with Baghdad – over oil revenues, the budget, Kirkuk and the idea, at least, of a Kurdish state – the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP’s) strategic partner, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), is muted and appears unconcerned about these vital issues….
By Harem Karem: In their latest theatrical instigation, Islamists in Hawler (Erbil) have been saddling up their camels for the past week calling for demonstrations in front of Sawaf mosque on Tuesday against Chirpa magazine, following allegations that it has published poems deemed blasphemous. After learning that the local government had refused them permission, Islamists…
