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Quite some interesting information and news from the Kurdish regions – Bakur (Turkey), Başȗr (Iraq), Rojava (Syria) and Rojhilat (Iran) – is rarely, if ever, reported by the mainstream media.
The Kurdish Institute tries to fill this gap by reporting on a regular basis through its own news page recent facts and events, both from the Kurdish regions and from the rest of the world.
Interview with YPG commander Miss. Meryem Kobane
In a new report <http://ozgur-gundem.com/?haberID=114914&haberBaslik=Yaz%C4%B1lmam%C4%B1%C5%9F%20bir%20destan&action=haber_detay&module=nuce> from Özgür Gündem, Ersin Çaksu interviews Meryem Kobanê, the General Commander of the YPJ in the Kobanê...
GoPetition : Imminent Humanitarian Crisis in Kobani-Syria
Since 1950s consecutive governments in Syria including the current regime have been systematically violating human rights and committing ethnic cleansing, humiliating and discriminatory measures against Kurds. Under the Ba’ath’s rule, Syrian authorities continued to...
Kurdishinfo.Com : News & Information About Kurds and Kurdistan
INDEX • Lift The Ban on PKK! Show Your Support By Joining The Signature Campaign! • KCK calls on people to vote for Demirtas • KNK condemns expulsion of Christians from Mosul • Syriacs call for joint struggle against ISIS savagery • Woman from Rojava...
Solidaires avec les chrétiens d’Irak
Appel à la communauté internationale pour sauver les chrétiens d'Irak Depuis quelques semaines – et particulièrement ces derniers jours –, une population entière de chrétiens d’Irak fait l’objet d’une extermination ethnique et religieuse déclarée, au nom de l’islam,...
LIFT THE BAN ON THE PKK – SEND A POSTCARD TODAY
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign today received a new batch of postcards ready to be sent by YOU to Theresa May at the Home Office. The postcard was specially designed and includes text on the back that urges her to delist the PKK from the list of terrorist organisations....
Iran: More arrests of journalists shine spotlight on continuing restrictions on freedom of expression
London, 30 July 2014 The continued detention of three journalists, arrested in Iran last week, is yet another sign of increased pressure on the media and restrictions on free speech in the Islamic Republic of Iran, PEN international, the world association of writers...
Rojava revolution: building autonomy in the Middle East, By Sardar Saadi
Kurdish rebels are establishing self-rule in war-torn Syria, resembling the Zapatista experience and providing a democratic alternative for the region. With the rise of jihadist groups in the Middle East, I find myself troubled with the question of how the politics of...
More people flee to South Kurdistan
The UNHCR is to set up new refugee camps to accommodate the thousands of mainly Turkmen and Arab residents fleeing the savagery of ISIS gangs in the cities of Mosul and Tal Afar to the Federal Kurdistan Region. While there was a quiet Eid at the Khazir camp 25...
After Mosul, now Baghdad’s Christians targeted
Following the mass exodus of Christians and Shabak and Yezidi Kurds from Mosul after it was captured by ISIS, faith groups living in Baghdad are now under threat. Observers are concerned that due to the large number of Christians who have fled to the Federal Kurdistan...
