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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.
Information fila on the hunger strikes of Kurdish political prisoners in Turkish jails
‘ Behind these cold walls we have nothing to sacrifice but our bodies, and we will not refrain from doing this for the freedom of our people and a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue. Our morale is soaring, we are strong and cannot be defeated by the enemies of democracy and an honourable life.’
Intellectuals hold the government responsible for deaths nearing in hunger strikes
Signature campaign: Academics around the world support hunger strikers,
Call to Mass Demonstration in Brussels on November 3,
Reuters: Risk of death close for Turkish hunger strike,
Ten thousands crying out 'Your demands are our demands' in 23 centers.
Sing a petition in support of Kurdish hunger strikers
PETITION, — Over 700 Kurdish political prisoners are currently on hunger strike in Turkey, with some of them now having refused food for 49 days. The situation is reaching a crisis point, and now around the world people are beginning to show their support for the strikers and their demands.
Kurds seek UK backing over Iraq ‘genocide’, By Glenn Campbell
Iraqi Kurds in Britain have begun a campaign for the mass murder of their people in Iraq in the late-1980s to be formally recognised as genocide.
Iranian Border Guards arrested 78 Kurds
NEWSDESK, 28 October 2012— The head deputy of Iranian Border Guards announced the arrest of dozens of people on the border calling them as the borders’ transgressors.
Turkish Kurds’ jail hunger strikes fails to move Erdogan government
Political inmates' strike enters 43rd day as PKK and allies condemn Ankara over denied civil rights and armed conflict, Constanze Letsch, in Istanbul, guardian.co.uk, Thursday 25 October 2012 17.21 BST
Turkey: The Rights of Prisoners on Hunger Strike Must be Respected
Defend International (DI) is alarmed by reports that hundreds of Kurdish political prisoners in Turkey have started a hunger strike to protest prison conditions, unfair trial practices and racial discrimination while the Turkish authorities continue to deny the prisoners access to qualified medical care.
Appeal Letter: In Solidarity with the Kurdish Hunger Strikers in Turkey
Dear Mr. Aydin Topcu, Turkish Consul General in United States:
The Kurdish Human Rights Advocacy Group expresses its deepest concern for the health of the 700 Kurdish prisoners, currently on hunger strike in a Turkish prison.
Ten thousands crying out ‘We won’t remain in silence towards deaths’ in rally / Feleknas Uca in Batman
28.10.2012 – BATMAN (DIHA) – Ten thousands of people cried out “the freedom of Ocalan” in the massive rally that BDP Batman provincal organization organized to support the indefinite-irreversible hunger strikes of the imprisoned members of PKK and PAJK,
