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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.
Three interesting new reports on the Kurds of Iran
New reports by Amnesty International, the Danish Refugee Council and the Iranian Refugees Alliance on the situation of the Kurds in Iran.
Full transcript of alleged Ömer Güney recording
We publish here the full transcript of the alleged Ömer Güney recording which has been circulating on social media.
The date of the recorded conversations is not known. However there are discrepancies between the audio record and the written record on video.
In the written introduction to the video the person who says he is a relative of Ömer Güney alleges that Ömer Güney gave him the audio record, saying "if anything happens to me you will publish these documents." (ANF, 13/01/2014)
Iranian Kurdish hunger strikers’ health failing
URGENT APPEAL by Amnesty International to write letters of support for Kurdish hunger strikers on death row in Iran.
FREEDOM TO JOURNALISTS
In 20 December 2011, 46 journalists were taken under custody in raids organized on residences of journalists and media institution as part of ‘KCK media’ operation. The institutions raided were organs pursuing free media tradition pertaining to Kurdish media, while arrested individuals were employees of this very media. The biggest lawsuit on journalists had thus far been initiated.
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Kurdish Institute Brussels
Boycott Me. Please.BY Martin Kramer
Why the American Studies Association's boycott of Israeli academic institutions — and my small liberal arts college — is so utterly ridiculous.
One rule for Balbay, one rule for BDP deputies
The reasoned judgment of the Diyarbakir 5th High Criminal Court has been published regarding the rejection of requests for the release of BDP Urfa MP Ibrahim Ayhan and Mardin MP Gülser Yildirim on remand in the KCK trials.
One rule for Balbay, one rule for BDP deputies
The reasoned judgment of the Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court has been published regarding the rejection of requests for the release of BDP Urfa MP İbrahim Ayhan and Mardin MP Gülser Yıldırım on remand in the KCK trials.
