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By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: Faisal Mahmud Kharow is an Ezidi from Shingal, Iraq. Twelve members of his family were mercilessly executed and 22 females and a ten-day-old infant boy were kidnapped on August 3, 2014, during the genocidal attack on Shingal by Islamic State gangs. I interviewed Faisal in Germany, where he now lives…
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: Turkey let 200 Ezidis refugees from Diyarbakir Fidanlik Park camp leave Turkey without any documents. They chartered 3 buses and rode 30 hours to the Bulgarian border arriving on Dec. 21 before dark. By early the next morning, they were imprisoned. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin…
By Ava Homa (who received the award on his behalf): The International Center for Human Rights (ICHR) has awarded the 2014 Human Rights Prize to Muhammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, a Kurdish Journalist serving a ten-and-a-half year sentence in Evin Prison. Kaboudvand, an adopted member of PEN International was also named the international journalist of the year…
By Rebwar Rashed: The talks about Iran’s nuclear program and the negotiation between Iran and world powers have overshadowed the human rights issue. Iran’s nuclear program is just one, albeit a big one, of Iran’s many problems which include, for example: suppressing Kurdish people and others, such as the Balochi’s and Arabs; institutional and structural…
By Arian Mufid, Chief Editor: This is a defining moment for the Kurdistan Tribune (KT). After more than 3.5 years as an independent platform for Kurdish news and opinion, KT’s existence is at stake. But with your support, KT can survive and also grow into a media resource belonging to the global Kurdish community. The…
KT News: ISIS has carried out two suicide bomb attacks today within Turkish territory, near the Mursitpinar border gate linking Turkey to Kobanê. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ISIS detonated an armoured vehicle at the border crossing at dawn and that clashes then broke out between the jihadists and Kurdish YPG forces….
By Rauf Naqishbendi: The rise of fanatic Islamist Caliphates has brought a deplorable economic and social epoch to Kurdish history. At the same time, it has heightened the spirit of nationalism, and is issuing an emergency call for unity amongst Kurds. Jihadists from different terrorist affiliations have been ganging up on the Kurds. Although the…
By Hanar Marouf: They say it is the international day for the elimination of violence against women. They say it is one of the days when positive energy is required from women to prove their existence and defeat violence. They say it is a day when leaders propose new plans and promises to the society….
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: As reported by ekurd.net Nov. 20, the European Parliament held a special conference to address the Yazidi refugees (also spelled Ezidi) who suffered a genocidal attack on Aug. 3, 2014, by the Islamic State (also referred to as Daesh, ISIS, and ISID). The European Parliament passed the following Resolution: Urgent assistance…
By Arian Mufid: In 2014 the south of Kurdistan has engaged in figurative hokey cokey over whether it will focus more on assisting Iraq or on becoming an independent Kurdish state. This debate and the promise of a referendum by the president of Kurdistan was muted by the fall of Mosul to ISIS in June….
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: Mass Exodus of Iraqi Yazidis to Turkey On August 3, 2014, the Islamic State (also referred to as Daesh or ISIS) attacked the Yazidis’ (also spelled Ezidis’) homeland in Shengal, Iraq, on the northwest border with Syria. This is the 74th documented massacre against the Yazidis who are neither Muslim…
KT News: Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a report on Universal Children’s Day, 20th November, highlighting violations of children’s right by the Turkish state and society. Here are a few quotes from translations provided by bianet and ANF Children in custody İHD stated that abuse, rape and violence cases are routine in juvenile prisons….
KT News: At least four people were killed today in a suicide car bomb attack in the heart of Erbil, the capital of south Kurdistan. Mayor Nawzad Hadi told Rudaw TV that the bomber had tried to enter the Erbil citadel grounds but failed, and so he detonated his explosives-packed car outside the complex. The…
By Rescue4Children: Rescue4Children charity auction event will be raising funds towards humanitarian aid for refugee children and internally displaced families living in the various camps of Iraqi-Kurdistan and Syria Thursday 20 November Saint Mary’s Church – Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 9ES Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about it…
KT Report: The KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) High Representative to the UK, Bayan Sami Rahman, told an audience in London last night that, following their recent successes in Zumar and Shingal, Kurdish peshmarga forces need more material support from the West. “We are not getting the tanks and helicopters we need to inflict a strategic…
