KT News: Following a controversial decision by a judge last week in the Sakar murder case, the Zhyan Group for Protecting Women is holding a protest outside the Suli court tomorrow at 8 am calling for ‘Laws to bring women’s killers to justice’. They are protesting at the judge’s decision to release Sakar’s father, the…
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‘Who are the Kurds?’: Book launch, London, 9 March
By Kurdish Book Club: As part of a series of seminars, the Kurdish Book Club is pleased to invite you to the launch of “Who Are the Kurds? The History of Kurds and the Origin of their Language from the Dawn of Civilization to the Tenth Century A.D” by Soran Hamarash. Date: Sat 9th March 2013…
Lawyers on trial in Turkey: Implications for establishing peace and justice – London meeting
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign supported by the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) and CAMPACC Date: Thursday, 28 February, 6.30-8pm Venue: Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Westminster, SW1 IMPORTANT Please try and arrive at 6pm to make sure you leave enough time to get through security Hosted by Lord…
Kurdish population in Turkey: Time for justice and a roadmap towards reconciliation – London meeting
Hosted by the Law Society: Date: Wednesday, 20 February, 17.30-20.00 Venue: The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL This seminar of the Law Society, arranged in conjunction with Human Rights Watch, will bring together international and Turkish lawyers. Speakers include Emma Sinclair Webb, author of the Human Rights Watch report, Professor Francoise Hampson of…
Second anniversary of state killings in Suli – London protest
Date: Friday 15th February 2013 Time: 1-2 pm Venue: 23 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6LB (Nearest tube station: Victoria) The Freedom Umbrella group is organising a protest outside the London office of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to mark the second anniversary of the deadly attack by militiamen on unarmed demonstrators in the city of Suli. Bookmark on Delicious…
‘The Kurds in a Transforming Middle East’ – seminar, Conejo Valley
By KNC-NA: With Prof. Hisyar Ozsoy, University of Michigan, Flint, and Luqman Barwari, President of the Kurdish National Congress, North America Dr. Hisyar Ozsoy will be the keynote speaker on the topic, “The Kurds in a Transforming Middle East”. The event will be held at the Conejo Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on January 26, 2013…
Invitation to ‘Kurds in the Changing Middle East’ Conference
By Kurdish Academic Forum: You are cordially invited to the ‘Kurds in the Changing Middle East Conference’ which will be held at the The School of Oriental and African Studies on 17-18 November. Among speakers are Salih Muslim, the leader of the PYD, Gultan Kışanak, co-chair of the BDP and Peace Negotiator Brian Currin. The Middle…
Urgent Appeal: Support the demands of the Kurdish Hunger Strikers in Turkey!
Press Release: “The hunger strikes constitute an indication that the Kurdish issue has reached an intolerable level!” - Metin Bakkalci, head of the Human Rights Foundation in Turkey Demonstrate outside 10 Downing St, London: 12 noon Wed 24th Oct 2012. Hundreds of Kurdish political internees, incarcerated for campaigning for Kurdish rights in Turkey are on day 43 of possibly…
Syria and Kurds at the crossroads of change: LA seminar, 6th Oct
By Kurdish American Education Society-Los Angeles: Seminar Announcement Democratization in Syria, Perspectives and Prospects, Syria and Kurds at the Crossroads of Change: Oct 6, 2012 at the California State University, the University Theater (UT) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it Subscribe to the…
‘Mass political show trials in Turkey’: UK public meeting
By Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: Date: Tuesday 18 September 2012 Time: 6.30-8.30pm Place: Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ (nearest tube: Holborn) Chaired by: Prof Bill Bowring, Birkbeck College, President of the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) and International Secretary of the Haldane Society of Socialist…
Mass trial of 36 Kurdish lawyers in Turkey: Report and London public meeting
By Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: On 16 – 19 July 2012, thirty-six Kurdish lawyers, representatives of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, were tried at Istanbul High Criminal Court. They were arrested in November 2011 and charged under the Anti-Terror Act of ‘being a member of an illegal organisation’ and ‘passing orders of Abdullah Ocalan’. Margaret…
Kurdish leaders to speak in Cape Town
By Mansoor Jaffer, KHRAG: Three leaders of the Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) in Turkey are in Cape Town this week and will speak at a Symposium organised by the Kurdish Human Rights Action Group South Africa (KHRAG). The symposium is titled “The Kurdish Question – Current situation in Turkey”. It will take place at…
Kurdistan Careers Conference 2012
By KCC2012: Erbil: 28th, 29th August Sulaimani: 31st August, 1st September The Kurdistan Careers Conference 2012 (KCC2012) will be the first event of its kind in Iraq to create a forum that brings together students, graduates and professionals with local and foreign companies operating in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to explore employment opportunities. KCC2012…
The Jews of Kurdistan: ‘My Father’s Paradise’
London Talk and Book Signing with award-winning author Ariel Sabar and his father Professor Yona Sabar, one of the world’s most sought-after experts on Aramaic. Thursday 28th June, 7pm (doors open 6pm) Royal Geographical Society, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AR There will be an exhibition of outstanding historic images of Kurdistan in the 1940s from the archive…
London seminar on second anniversary of murder of Sardasht Osman
The Freedom Umbrella is holding a seminar on the second anniversary of the murder (on 4th May, 2010) of the young Kurdish journalist Sardasht Osam. This event is open to the public: Date: Saturday 5th May 2012 Time: 7-10pm Venue: River Court Methodist Church, King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9JT Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about…
