By a Manchester Correspondent: Today Kurds and their supporters all around the world have shown their solidarity with the historic and remarkable resistance of the Kurdish YPG/YPJ army against the ISIS jihadi-fascists. In sunlit Manchester UK several hundred women, men and children joined a lively march through our city centre streets, followed by a rally…
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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…
Resistance in Kobane continues on its 33rd day – London protest, 19 Oct
Kurdish Assembly UK Press Release: Protest March: Sunday 19th October, 1pm BBC, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA Nearest Tube: Oxford Circus The resistance in Kobane continues on its 33rd day as Islamic State attacks once again intensify following coalition bombing. Islamic State militants have been attacking the city of Kobane in Rojava, Northern Syria since…
Tales of Genocide: charity film screening, London 19 Oct
By Karam Kurda: On Sunday 19th October 2014, C4K have organised a charity evening in Notting Hill, London at the Portobello pop up cinema. It is a free event with a wonderful program that includes an exclusive film screening, a seminar, silent art auction, songs and poetry. Doors will open at 6.00pm until 10.30pm The…
Stand Up For Kobanê
By Adina Akkaya: In the sweltering summer of 2014, I and tens of thousands of others from all backgrounds took to the streets of London to march in solidarity with the Palestinians. As innocents lost their lives, a feeling of utter helplessness led me to stand up and be part of a collective voice which…
Support Kurdish Resistance forces of YPG and YPJ in Kobane: London demo, Sat 11th Oct
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UK must supply arms and aid to Rojava Kurds: London protest, Wed 24 Sept
By Ata Mufty: Protest: 1pm, Wed, 24th September, Parliament Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3BD Calling on all the Kurds: we will be gathering on Wednesday 24th September at 1pm for a Gigantic Protest in Parliament Square. According to new information, the situation in Kobani, Rojava is even more serious than previously thought. It is the difference…
Colonial tongue should not hinder Scottish independence
By Arian Mufid: More than three decade ago, in 1980, when the Zanu party won the election in Zimbabwe, the British colonialists of the day were devastated and the conservative nationalist prime minister Margret Thatcher found it very hard to accept. Zanu advocated independence and the eradication of white domination. The British had fought to…
Kamal Mirawdeli to British Prime Minister: There is no crisis because it is our ISIS
By Kamal Mirawdeli: Kurdish writer Kamal Mirawdeli has written a strongly-worded letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron: In his letter Mirawdeli says: I write in these strong words because I have nothing but words and know that words weigh up to nothing in your wonderful civilized world. I am proud to be Kurdish and…
Protest against murder of child bride Dunya: London KRG office, Thurs 5th June
By Ziryan Kamal: On Saturday 23rd May 2014, a 15 year old child bride, Dunya, was brutally murdered by her 45 year old husband in the Kurdistan district of Kalakji.The mother of the child, who sold her daughter to the man, reported the murder to the police just after she went to the scene. Shamefully…
UK premiere of ‘1001 Apples’, in remembrance of the Anfal
By the London Kurdish Film Festival: The London Kurdish Film Festival is pleased to host the UK premiere of the award-winning 1001 Apples – Taha Karimi’s documentary masterpiece at the BAFTA* in central London on Sunday 13th April at 3pm. The event will be an important opportunity to bring together filmmakers, film critics, academics and…
Halabja memorial ceremony, Portsmouth UK, Sunday 16th March
Date: Sunday March 16th Time: 11 am Place: The Garden of Hope, Clarence Parade, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 3A Together with members of the Kurdish community we have invited to this year’s ceremony the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, a local Member of Parliament, Councillors, friends and members of organisations such as the Red Cross and Amnesty…
Prominent UK human rights lawyer and women’s rights campaigner returns from Rojava solidarity visit
Peace In Kurdistan Campaign press release: Margaret Owen, a well-known human rights lawyer and women’s rights advocate has returned to the UK from a solidarity visit with women’s groups in Rojava, northern Syria. Ms Owen spent eight days in the region, which is also known as Western Kurdistan and is currently under the administration of…
The long road to peace and reconciliation in Turkey: Seminar
SOAS Kurdish Society with Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: Opportunities for genuine dialogue between Ankara and the Kurds Seminar on Saturday, 16 November 4-6pm SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG, Room L67, Main Building Speakers: Judge Essa Moosa, International Peace and Reconciliation Initiative, South Africa Akif Wan, Kurdistan National Congress…
