KNK Press Statement: Today, thousands of people have gathered in Strasbourg for the culmination of a huge international campaign calling for the release of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK, on the 16th anniversary of his abduction. An incredible 10.3 million people from across the world signed a petition demanding freedom for Ocalan. Peace in…
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Category Archives: International
Saudi Arabia, Fountainhead of Beheadings
By Dr Jan Best de Vries: Some thousand (1000!) Peshmergas from Bashur have meanwhile died in Northern Iraq, but how many boys of the YPG and girls of the YPJ in Rojava have been slaughtered by the Sunnites of IS who share their superior belief of beheading with the Saudis who have financed them and…
Ebola: a Brief Outline and Some Key Facts
By Dr.Rhwa H. G. Qader: Nowadays, the Middle East (in general) and Kurdistan (in particular) are facing a range of crises, from Islamic State aggression to the economic crisis from the withholding of Kurdistan’s budget by the Iraqi government.These crises have widely become the center of media and public debate, discussed by many politicians, analysts, observers, and…
International Day of Action (Nov 1): Save Kobani! Don’t forget Sinjar and the Nineveh plains!
Society for Threatened Peoples Press Release: The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) supports calls of the exiled Kurds and their friends in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Australia for an international Day of Action on November 1, as a sign of solidarity for the citizens of the northern Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani. On this…
International Call Leads To Global Day Of Action For Kobane And For Humanity
Peace in Kurdistan Press Statement: Join us for a rally in London on Trafalgar Square on 1 November 2-5pm! Hundreds of individuals and organisations representing thousands of members from across the world have signed an urgent call for action appealing to people all over the world to show solidarity with Kobane, which is still under…
Solidarity and Double Standards: Why Palestine but not Kurdistan?
By Zwan Mahmod: The Palestinian cause is well known and many, all around the world, stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people. A people without a state who have been struggling for one for nearly 70 years. This support is generally underpinned by the principle of self-determination. Compare this, though, to the campaign for Kurdish independence…
Current Affairs in Kurdistan
By Dr. Sherzad Al-Khalifa: There are a great deal of events happening in the whole region and very fast. Of course most people from the Middle East unfortunately believe in conspiracy theories and read about the events that they face either as fate (God’s doing!) – therefore, nothing can be done about it – or…
Kurdistan Independence: Gleam of hope for Somaliland
By Mohamed Abdilahi Duale: During the last several weeks, it has become clear that the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan has been fervently debated in the political circles of the international community. This came after ISIS militants occupied many strategic towns in Iraq and the Iraqi military was not able to protect Iraqi citizens from the…
No matter how hard the wind howls at the mountain, the mountain never bows
By Evin Cheikosman: As per my previous blog post, If you control the oil, you control the country, South Kurdistan has decided to push forward with independent petrol exports to the international community through Turkey’s port, Ceyhan. This decision hit a nerve for the Baghdadi government which has threatened to take legal action against Turkey…
How may Kurdistan benefit from the Crimea Crisis?
By Sarkawt Shamsulddin: At the beginning of Crimea Crisis some anti-Russia political analysts questioned Putin’s sanity over the Ukraine invasion. Well, if you study the situation deeper, you will find out that he knows what he is doing. Putin is aware of one single fact, which is that Europe is in need of Russia more…
Israel claims seizing Iran’s shipment of rockets to Gaza, Iran calls this claim a lie
By Ava Homa: TORONTO, Canada – Israel and Iran continue to accuse each other of lying, each government calling the other a terrorist. Israel recently announced that they have seized an Iranian shipment of rockets sailing in the Red Sea off Sudan. The ship allegedly contained Syrian-made rockets and was intended for Palestinian militants in…
KCK: Kurds want to take part in the Geneva II conference as an independent and democratic force
By the Correspondency of the KCK Eexcutive Council: The Geneva II conference on Syria’s future is going to be held on the 22th of January. This conference is supposed to play a role in forming the new Syria. Particularly, an agreement between USA, Russia, and France is expected. But another fact is that the viewpoints…
From Bangladesh to Balochistan: A history of arrest, torture and mass killing
By Meerain Baloch: On 27th October 2013 a group of people began a 750 km long march from Quetta to Karachi carrying placard and banners inscribed with slogans such as “Stop killing Baloch civilians” and “Human rights organization must help for the recovery of Baloch missing persons”. An old man aged 70 led the long march…
