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By Peace in Kurdistan: As part of Peace in Kurdistan’s continuing monitoring of the ongoing KCK Trials in Turkey, solicitor Tony Fisher and barrister Melanie Gingell last week travelled to Istanbul where they observed the latest hearing of a mass trial of 46 Kurdish lawyers. Tony Fisher, a member of the Law Society’s Human Rights…
KT News: A new documentary, out next month, makes the case against huge dam projects, such as the one in north Kurdistan which threatens to destroy the 10,000 year old town of Hansankeyf, one of the oldest continually inhabited places on earth. Film maker Todd Southgate travelled from the deepest corners of the vast Amazon…
By Dr. Amir Sharifi: In the midst of a narrow and snow covered trail, when the dark mist was rising, when an eagle had perched on a mountain rock, in a shroud of mist, a caravan of men was returning to the village. The caravan had just crossed the border that had crossed them a long…
By Mufid Abdulla: In his first public appearance in six months, Bashar Assad, the dictatorial son of a dictator of Syria, greeted his followers in Damascus in Saddamist style. The loyal audience clapped his speech from beginning to end. Robert Fisk, of the ‘Independent’ said it was as if Assad was addressing his soldiers. His…
EUTCC Press Release: The EUTCC (EU-Turkey Civic Commission) positively notes the encouraging developments between the Turkish state and the PKK leader Mr. Abdullah Öcalan. The renewal of talks between the parties and a genuine will from both sides to seek a peaceful solution to the problems can pave the road to peace and a democratic…
KT News: Mass protests against the Iraq government are continuing across the country, including in Mosul, Anbar and Ramadi. Ayad Allawi, leader of the Sunni opposition Iraqiya list, has called on the Iraqi parliament to dismiss the Shia-dominated government and set up a provisional government which would hold early elections. Ibrahim Jaafary, leader of the National…
KurdWatch interview with Faisal Yusuf, Chairman of the Kurdish National Council: Faisal Yusuf (b. 1954 in al‑Qamishli) has been chairman of the Kurdish National Council since 14 August 2012. In the early 1970s, he became a member of the Kurdish Democratic Advancement Party in Syria, later he was in the party’s politburo. In February 2010,…
KT News: Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader, held a rare meeting on his island prison yesterday with two leading Kurdish politicians and a lawyer, according to Reuters. Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Ayla Akat Ata and prominent Kurdish politician Ahmet Turk went with a lawyer to Imrali, where Ocalan has been held…
KT News and Comment: According to reports, the latest talks between the Turkish state and jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan are being led by National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Undersecretary Hakan Fidan. On Monday, Yalçın Akdoğan, chief advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan, said the basis of these talks is to try and…
By bianet: December 28 2012 marked the first anniversary of Roboski Massacre, when 34 Kurdish civilians on the southeastern border lost their lives after a Turkish military air strike. While the official investigation has yet to develop into prosecutions, the beloved ones of the Roboski victims demand justice. December 28, 2011: Television channels broke the…
