Kurdish Question and the 2003 Iraqi War

DescriptionThe 2003 Iraqi war has heightened Kurdish nationalism not only in Iraqi Kurdistan, but also in Turkey, Iran, and Syria. Having enjoyed 13 years of self-government in the safe haven zone, which was created and protected by the United States, the Iraqi Kurds...

IHD announced: 38 Died in Turkish Prisons in 2008

According to information gathered from applicants and media monitoring, a toltal of 38 people died in prison because of misconduct. More than 10 suicide claims are included in this sum. One in 10 applications to the association is concerning torture allegations.1 602...

Turkish State Escalates Legal Battle Against Assyrian Monastery

Across European parliaments, many politicians are observing with surprise and deep worry, how a few neighbouring Muslim villages, with legal support of the state, pressure one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world. Numerous appeals by politicians, churches...

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Adressee :  COUNCIL                  COMMISSION  ORAL QUESTIONS Oral question with debates  (Article...

Assyrians / Syrians the situation in Upper Mesopotamia

Can you introduce yourself? My name is Jan Beth-Sawoce. I was born in 1955 in Turabdin in northern Mesopotamia. I came to Sweden as a political refugee in 1975. Since I came to Sweden I have been active in various Mesopotamia compounds. When was founded The Institute...

My Prison, my Home

As a part of the Al Anfal operation, which lasted from the end of March till the end of September 1988, Saddam Hussein’s security forces imprisoned hundreds of Kurdish families in the Nizarke prison and in various other prisons also. Under Saddam, these...
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