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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.
Behind the Kurdish Hunger Strike in Turkey, by Jake Hess
To hear Mazlum Tekdag’s story is enough to understand why 700 Kurdish political prisoners have gone on hunger strike in Turkey. His father was murdered by the state in front of his Diyarbakir pastry shop in 1993, when Mazlum was just nine years old.
“We are deeply concerned”: Joint statement by international observers of the KCK lawyers¹ trial
The following statement was issued at a press conference on 7 November, by a coalition of international lawyers who observed this week’s KCK trial of lawyers at Silivri, Istanbul.
KCK Trial of Kurdish Lawyers – Istanbul 6th Nov. 2012, Tony Fisher
Background
In November 2011 mass arrests of some 46 Kurdish and Turkish lawyers took place in raids carried out simultaneously in many Turkish cities and provinces.
EFJ: At least 9 imprisoned journalists on indefinite hunger strike
The European Federation of Journalists, of which headquarters in Brussels, representing about 260.000 journalists in over thirty countries launched an international campaign to set free all journalists in Turkey. Also, EFJ drew attention on the hunger strikes in Turkey prisons.
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) launched an international campaign to set free all journalists in Turkey.
see here : http://europe.ifj.org/en/pages/turkey-campaign-set-journalists-free
EU-Kurds protest peacefulyl to support hunger strikers in Turkey
Several thousands Kurds from Germany, France. Holland and Belgium demonstrated peacefully in Brussels as sign of solidarity with the 683 Kurdish hunger strikers in Turkey. The protestors aim to bring Europe’s attention to the situation of the Kurdish political prisoners in Turkish.
Zana urges EU on the situation of Kurdish hunger strikers
The Kurdish parliamentarian Leyla Zana sent an open letter to European Parliament, European Commission and Council of Europe to urge for pressure on Turkey to fulfil its obligations in order to prevent any loss of life of 683 Kurdish hunger strikers in Turkey.
On the Ground Activities in West Kurdistan
Info and Relations Centre Of Democratic Union Party,
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Leaders Warn of Worsening Health Conditions for Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Turkey
Kurdish activists gather in front of the White House in the US capital Washington DC, urging support for Kurdish prisoners on hunger strike in Turkey. Photo by Donald Dogan.
