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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.
Kurdish lessons prohibited in Meriwan University
MERIWAN, — Kurdish lessons have become banned in Meriwan University, report said, while the students are forced to sign contracts of abstention from any political activities.
Several occasions of forest fires just in a week
MERIWAN, — Deliberate ignition of Kurdistan’s forests by the Iranian Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) continues relentlessly, local sources report, to deprive ostensibly the Kurdish guerrillas of the natural shelters.
Security Forces killed a kolber and wounded another one
NEWSDESK, — Iranian Security Forces killed a kolber and wounding another one, local sources said, amid the increasing height of violence inflicted upon this sector of society.
A Kurdish kolber gunned down by Border Guard
SERDESHT, — A Kurdish kolber was gunned down by the Iranian Border Guards on the Serdesht region, local sources report.
Brother of a slain guerrilla arrested
MAKO, East Kurdistan, — Yosof Shemis brother of Bekir Shemis, a Kurdish guerrilla who lost his life in battle with Turkish army in Shemzinan, was arrested by Iranian Security Forces.
Deriyan Dam project destroys Kurdish historical sites
HEWRAMAN, East Kurdistan, — The occupying powers of Kurdistan not have only deprived the Kurds of their very basic rights; but have also proved ruthless in dealing with the natural life and environments of Kurdistan.
Iranian security forces shot 2 civilian Kurds
KAMYARAN, — Two civilian Kurds were wounded when the Iranian security forces opened fire on their vehicle in Kamyaran, local sources said.
Two Kurds disappeared since their arrests
NEWSDESK, — Two Kurds from Pawe and Bane cities in East Kurdistan have been disappeared after they were arrested by the Iranian Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), report said.
Swedish MP meets PJAK guerrillas
NEWSDESK, — Few days after the publication of a news on Kurdish-Swedish politician Evin Cetin in Swedish newspaper Express, showing her dancing among the Kurdish guerrillas of PJAK (Kurdistan Free Life Party) a widespread brawl sparked among certain Swedish political circles.
