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By Kirmanj Gundi: Dear Mr. President: When America decided to invade Iraq and topple its tyrannical regime, America was in need of assistance from all of its friends in the region, particularly America’s long time ally, Turkey. To expedite the toppling of the regime, America asked Turkish authorities for permission for American ground forces to pass…
By Mufid Abdulla: After 17th February and the massacre in front of the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Sulaymani, Gorran faced a welter of accusations of stirring violence and so on. Gorran has defended itself and embarked on a political campaign to defeat the objectives and machinations of the two ruling parties over…
By Ibrahim Mustafa: Time: 17:00 – 19:00 Date: Tues 6th September 2011 Venue: House of Commons, Committee Room 2, Westminster, London SW1A 0AA In the name of the Syrian Kurdish community in Britain we cordially invite you to attend a meeting to discuss the current situation in Syria. As the death toll mounts daily and Asssad’s regime continues to massacre…
By Christian Sinclair & Sirwan Kajjo: Over the weekend of July 16-17, representatives of the opposition to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad met in Istanbul to choose a “National Salvation Council.” Among the diverse attendees were delegates speaking for Syria’s Kurds, the largest ethnic minority in the country at more than 2 million…
By the Committee to Protect Journalists: New York, August 31, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Monday’s brutal assault on Kurdish journalist Asos Hardi and calls on Kurdish authorities to immediately take steps to bring the perpetrators to justice. Hardi, director of the Awene Press and Publishing Company which houses the independent newspaper Awene, was…
By Shwan Zulal: The Iraqi Cabinet has finally approved the draft Hydrocarbon Law and it will soon be read in Parliament. This latest development comes against the backdrop of another draft oil law, which was introduced by the Iraqi parliamentary committee for energy, pushed by the Iraqiya List and the Kurds. Incumbent MPs walked out…
By Mufid Abdulla: The four new decrees announced by the President of Kurdistan on 28th August reflect the challenge facing a president struggling to restore confidence in his coalition and seeking to renew negotiations with the opposition parties. Masud Barzani has previously disappointed those who hoped that his 21st March speech about reform signalled a real…
By Human Rights Watch: (Beirut) – The Kurdistan Regional Government should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into the attack on the prominent journalist Asos Hardi on August 29, 2011, and prosecute whoever is responsible, Human Rights Watch said today. Hardi is the director of the Awene Press and Publishing Company, which publishes the…
Asos Hardi, the Editor-in-Chief of the local Kurdistan Region newspaper Awena, was tonight attacked by a gang of unknown armed men who were waiting for him outside his office and battered him about the head with pistol butts. The Awena newspaper is located on Salm Street, Sulaymani. Asos was attacked as he left work and…
By Amnesty International: The killing several days ago of an Iraqi Kurdish family of seven, including two women and four children, when the vehicle they were travelling in was attacked in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, reportedly by a Turkish warplane, must be promptly and independently investigated, said Amnesty International.
A Kurdish politician was reported killed today after being struck by a tear gas cartridge fired by military police to disperse protesters near Turkey’s border with Iraq/south Kurdistan, according to reports by AFP, AP and Now Lebanon. The protesters were demonstrating against Turkey’s recent air strikes. Yildirim Ayhan, a provincial assembly member of the southeastern…
By Mufid Abdulla: Developments in Kurdistan and Iraq The Kurdish issue has been a central question confronting Iraqi governments ever since the state of Iraq was established in 1920. This problem has had both internal and external aspects. On the basis of our history, our Kurdish nation is differentiated from the Arab nation – linguistically,…
By Sharif Behruz, Medya News: 27 Aug 2011 – In protest at the diversion of many rivers that feed one of the largest salty lakes in the world – Lake Orumieh in north western Iran – residents of the city of Orumieh poured to the streets (see video) of the city despite the heavy presence of…
By Abdulmajeed Nizamaddin Gli Rudaw: On Sunday, shocking photos of seven family members killed by a Turkish air strike emerged on social media websites. Turkey has made no apology, saying that it is pursuing Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels who maintain bases in the mountains of Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region. An incident like this could go…
By Defend International: DI is deeply concerned over the Turkish and Iranian military actions inside Kurdistan region in Northern Iraq. DI urges both the Turkish and Iranian authorities to respect the territorial integrity of Iraq, to refrain from taking any military actions that could undermine regional peace and stability, and to fulfill their international obligations…
