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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.
Chemical weapons allegations on European Union’s table
The Commission will continue to follow the issue with a particular interest, said commissioner for enlargement.
08/03/2012, Final Declaration Conference: The Halabja Genocide and the Anfal campaigns
REMEMBERING THE HALABJA GENOCIDE AND THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST KURDS, Thursday 8th of March, 2012,
European Parliament – Rue Wiertz 60 – 1047 Brussels (B)
Turkey: The Politics of a New Democratic Constitution, Michael M. Gunter
Dr. Gunter is a professor of political science at Tennessee Technological University and secretary-general of the EU Turkey Civic Commission, which advocates Turkish accession to the EU as a way to help further democratize Turkey.
European Parliament resolution on the 2011 Progress Report on Turkey
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION, to wind up the debate on statements by the Council and the Commission, pursuant to Rule 110(2) of the Rules of Procedure on the 2011 Progress Report on Turkey – Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Turkey, report on jailed children, by Bunyamin Tamris
On human rights violations, torture and sexual abuse against jailed children in
Pozanti M Type Juvenile Prison in Adana, Turkey-12.03.2012
,,Erdogan runs roughshod over human rights: He does not deserve the Steiger Award!
Open letter to the Mayor of Bochum,
Dr. Scholz, Bochum/Göttingen, March 15, 2012
To the public opinion and press
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
We, the Kurdish community living in Belgium are going to start a 3 day hunger strike on 16th of March till 18th of March 2012 in Brussels to support the indefinite-irreversible Hunger Strikes started in Turkey and Kurdistan since 15th of February by Kurdish Parliamentarians and the 15 Kurdish politicians in Strasbourg started on 1st of March 2012.
08/03/2012, Conference in European Parliament demands international recognition of Halabja genocide
BRUSSELS, March 11 (AKnews) – International recognition of the Halabja genocide, material compensation for the victims and full investigation of the recent attacks against Kurds in Turkey were among the demands adopted in the final declaration of the international conference on the Halabja genocide and use of chemical weapons, which took place in Brussels on Thursday.
12/03/2012, Situation of Kurds in Syria discussed in Belgium Senate
BRUSSELS, March 13 (AKnews) – On the eighth anniversary of the Qamishlo massacre in Kurdistan in Syria, Flemish, Kurdish and Syrian opposition politicians discussed in Brussels the current developments in Syria and the role of neighboring countries.
