By M.I. Augustine: From the time Cyrus the Great of Iran conquered Babylon in 539 B.C., all the way until British cartographers created something called “Iraq” in 1920, the area along the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers was never a united political entity. Due to one very important business interest, the British, after WWI, clumsily drew…
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Category Archives: UK
Witnessing HDP Victory in Turkey: Election Monitors Report Back (London, 7 July)
Peace in Kurdistan Press Release: Where: Committee Room 6, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA When: Tuesday 7 July 2015 // 6.30pm – 8.30pm Hosted by Kate Osamor MP KT Comment: Following the abominable ISIS massacre in Kobane – an atrocity that was clearly initiated from inside Turkey – the building of solidarity with the HDP…
Strathclyde Students Honour Kurdish Leader Imprisoned For 15 Years
Peace in Kurdistan Press Release: Leading Scottish writer James Kelman was among the speakers at a ceremony to honour imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan held at the University of Strathclyde Students Association (USSA) in Glasgow on Saturday 20 June. Kelman reflected on history and recalled how, “The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) had been a legitimate…
Delegation from Britain heads to Turkey to observe crucial election
Peace in Kurdistan Press Release: A delegation of election observers from Britain is setting off for Turkey this week to monitor the proceedings of a vital general election whose outcome will determine the country’s future direction for a generation. The campaign has primarily pitted the authoritarian politics of Erdogan’s AKP against the challenge from the…
Democratic Union Party’s Response to UK Government Report 2015
By Saleh Muslim: In March 2015, the UK Government published a report in response to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (titled: UK Government Policy on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq). In this report, the Government outlined its policies towards Iraqi Kurdistan and Syrian Kurds. The report (paragraph 15) unfairly criticised our party, the…
Kurdistan – A Place Where Leaders are Made
British Expertise International Awards Press Release: Kurdistan Leadership Project awarded the British Expertise International Awards Finalist for 2015 The not for profit leadership development project, ‘Kurdistan – A Place Where Leaders are Made’, recently became a finalist for the British Expertise International Awards 2015, in a new category called: ‘Outstanding International Leadership’ sponsored by The Leadership…
Will it be Winning the Battles and Losing the War for the Kurds?
By Dr. Rashid Karadaghi: I fear for Kurdistan. I fear for the future of my people — the Kurds. Given past experiences and current indications, I fear that, in the end, when this bloody war with ISIS is over — and it will be over some day — we will come away empty-handed despite the…
Drop the Terrorism Charges against Silan Ozcelik
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign Press Release: We are extremely concerned by the news that Silan Ozcelik, an 18 year-old woman from the Kurdish community in north London has been remanded for allegedly trying to join the Kurdish resistance against ISIS in northern Syria. Yesterday, Silan was charged with ‘engaging in conduct in preparation to for…
Picket Outside Holloway Prison for Shilan Ozcelik, Imprisoned for Allegedly Wanting to Join Fight Against ISIS, 13th March 2015, 6PM!
KNK Press Release: The Kurdish community and supporters of the Kurdish struggle are incensed at the arrest and imprisonment of 18 year old Shilan (Silhan) Ozcelik, who is accused of wanting to join the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS). The UK government in its steadfastness…
Is NATO behind the creation of ISIS?
By Freeyad Ibrahim: I believe the fact of the matter is that NATO forces, the United States, Britain and France are very much behind the creation of ISIS or ISIL. The general idea is that these were fighters that were initially trained in NATO camps in Jordan. The US and EU, especially the UK, have…
Help A Refugee Child This Winter: Charity Auction, 20 Nov, London
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…
We have the will to fight, give us the weapons to outgun ISIS: Bayan Sami Rahman
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…
Kurdistan: Why International Support is Crucial (Panel discussion with PYD & KRG reps, London 15th Nov)
By SOAS Kurdish Society: Saturday 15th November 2014 5:30pm – 7:30pm SOAS, University of London, Lecture Theatre G2 (details below) Guest panellists taking part in the debate include: Dr Alan Semo – UK Representative of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) Bayan Sami Rahman – KRG High Representative to the UK Michael Stephens – Deputy Director of RUSI Think Tank in Qatar…
Stand Up Against ISIS (Fundraising Comedy Show, London 16th Nov)
Organised by independent Kurdish Youth: On Sunday 16th November at the Flyover venue in Portobello, independent Kurdish youth have organised a fundraising comedy evening titled ‘Stand-Up Against ISIS’ Buy your tickets here: standupagainstisis.eventbrite.co.uk Comedian, Kae Kurd, will host a night of fun-filled laughter accompanied by four UK comedians who are sure to blast you away with jokes….
UK trade unions back the Kobane resistance against ISIS
KT News: Two UK trade unions have issued statements in support of the Kurdish resistance in Kobane. Unite – the UK’s biggest trade union – offers “support and solidarity to the people of Kobane who have been in a relentless battle over the past month to protect their city, their human rights and secular society”….
