Society For Threatened Peoples Press Release: STP publishes report on research visit to Kurdish enclaves The people living in the autonomous Kurdish regions – which are frequently attacked by Islamist terror militias – are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance from Western Europe to ensure that their “oasis of peace” in northern Syria will continue…
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Turkey’s Detention of Journalists Who Showed Solidarity With Kurdish Newspaper Widely Condemned
KT Report: There has been widespread condemnation of the Turkish authorities following the arrests yesterday of two journalists and a human rights activist who had supported a campaign of solidarity with the pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem. An Istanbul court ordered the pre-trial detention of Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Turkey representative Erol Önderoğlu, Human Rights…
Kaboudvand Ends his Month Long Hunger Strike in Iran
By Dr. Amir Sharifi: Thank you for your expressions of solidarity with Mr. Kaboudvand and participating in the campaign to save his life. Your efforts have been consequential and successful. According to Mr. Kaboudvand’s family members and human rights organizations, Mr. Kaboudvand has ended his hunger strike after receiving assurances that his prison sentence would…
International Appeal: Forced Disappearance of DBP Executive in Police Custody
By HDP Foreign Affairs Commission: Not a single day seems to pass without the war which the AKP government has launched against the Kurdish people in its drive to further entrench its hold on power acquiring new dimensions. Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Şırnak Provincial Executive Mr. Hurşit Güler has been forcibly disappeared after being taken into police custody…
UNITE, Britain’s Biggest Union, Sends Solidarity To DBP Conference
By Simon Dubbins: Dear Friends and Comrades of the DBP, On behalf of General Secretary, the Executive Council and the 1.4 million members of UNITE the union I send you our fraternal greetings and warmest wishes of solidarity for your annual conference. I am extremely sorry that we are unable to be physically present with you…
The International Silence on Turkey’s Onslaught on Kurdish People is Harming Democracy and Peace
By Rebwar Rahid: On May 20, 2016, the Turkish Parliament, under the majority of Erdogan’s AK Party, took another step towards strengthening a totalitarian system in Turkey by voting for legislation removing the parliamentary immunity of 148 members of the Parliament (MPs). Most of the charges though are directed at the members of the Peoples’…
How The Gorran Movement Fell Out Of Love With Change
By Arian Mufid: In 2009 when the Gorran movement gained 25 seats, a fresh chapter in Kurdish politics began with the promise of an era driven by the aspirations of young people seeking to build a new type of party unprecedented in the south of Kurdistan. The man behind this movement was Nawshirwan Mustafa, the…
Kurdish Artist Challenges Stereotypes and Empowers Women
By Karen Dabrowska: “Go for it!” That is the loud and clear message from Kurdish artist Evar Hussayni as she inspired the young people who came to her art class in London’s P21 Gallery. The theme of the class was identity. “Identity to me is so important as a Kurdish woman,” Hussayni said. “ Whereever I…
‘My daughter’s name was Cizir’ …The Purging of a People: Kurds in Turkey and How to Support Them
By Z.S.: ‘Kurds have no friends but the mountains’ says the old Kurdish proverb. History and current events in Turkey serve as testimony to this sad conviction. Since 6 August 2015, there have been 58 officially confirmed, openended and roundtheclock curfews in cities that have a Kurdish majority in Turkey. These have taken place across seven…
Yazidi Girl Blinded on Her Final Escape from Daesh
By Dr. Amy L. Beam: Eighteen-year-old Lamya Haji Bishar was captured by Daesh (ISIS) on August 15, 2014, when they attacked her village of Kocho on the southeast side of Shengal Mountain. She was immediately separated from her mother and held in Tal Afar for 20 months before her escape was organized. Her 12-year-old brother…
The Task of the Kurdistan People on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement (16 May 1916)
By the Executive Council of the Kurdistan National Congress / KNK: Kurdistan is a rich and a fertile land. Therefore, it has been subjected to aggressions and occupations. The richness of Kurdistan has always attracted both neighboring countries and other countries far away in a colonial-interest manner. They all have exploited Kurdistan and have tried…
Rojava: Feed the Revolution Appeal
By Rojava’s Komîteya Alternatîf: Threat of Famine Support the appeal Rojava is a territory in northern Syria inhabited by roughly 4 million Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians, Ezidis and many other ethnic minorities. After the outbreak of the Syrian civil war the people of Rojava set up a democratic self-administration and set in motion a social revolution…
Trade Unions Launch Freedom for Ocalan Campaign
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign Press Release: On 25th April 2016, the trade unions, GMB and Unite, joined forces to launch a campaign to free Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan from prison. The launch took place at a meeting at the Houses of Parliament packed with members of the Commons and the Lords, Journalists and members of…
Turkey’s State Terrorism Continues!
By Rebwar Rashed: While the West is busy with thinking about stopping the stream of refugees into its own territories, Turkey actively engages in aggravating the political, social and economic life of everyone in the area. The political chaos is very beneficial for Turkey. It gives Turkey an upper hand. Turkey’s enmity against all of…
Kurds All Set to Reshape Middle East
By Manish Rai: Kurds despite being the one of the largest ethnic group in Middle East numbering perhaps 35 million were denied a nation of their own as a result of the deliberate Anglo-French carving up the map of the collapsed Ottoman Empire following the First World War. Kurdish culture predates the birth of Islam…
