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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.
To: NATO Main Office in Belguim
No to animosity
We are all ready to sacrifice
About the Turkey, Iran and internal terrorists
infringements against Kurdish people
Prison Writings: The PKK and the Kurdish Question in the 21st Century, by Abdullah Ocalan
Translated and edited by Klaus Happel. Transmedia Publishing Ltd., 2011. 180 pages. $35.00.
Leyla Zana writes to Obama and Ban Ki-Moon
MESOP 28.8.2011: Diyarbakir deputy Leyla Zana has sent a letter to the U.S. President Barack Obama, NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, President of the Council of Europe, Herman Van Rompuy and Turkish President Abdullah Gül regarding the most recent policy implemented against the Kurdish people.
ROJ TV trial hearings & & Appeal to join observer missions
Court-case brought against Kurdish television broadcaster ROJ TV opens in Copenhagen & Appeal to join observer missions
Azadi, August 2011 Info*
On Appeal for the Public Opinion
Since its foundation the Islamic Republic of Iran has been violating its national and international obligations. Despite of being the member of some of the key international human rights conventions, the Iranian Islamic regime has been continuously breaching its duties without being held accountable by the international community and institutions.
Press Release: Kurds launch a hunger strike in Ireland
Kurdish Association of Ireland launches a hunger strike in Dublin to protest against the division of Kurdistan and the oppression of Kurds by Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq.
Field report North Kurdistan (Diyarbakir), Nina Henkens
28/06/2011,
Parliamentary elections (12/06/2011)
PJAK’s leader sent letters to German Authorities
BURSSELS, — The General Secretary of the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) wrote letters to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on 28th July.
In the letter Haji Ahmadi condemns the Iranian invasion of South Kurdistan. He also denounces the demand of the Iranian authorities for his extradition to Iran. He says he is ready to be tried in an International Court along with the Iranian authorities.
His letter is read as follow:
Syria’s Kurds want Assad out, says Kurdish leader
Erbil, June 16 (AKnews) – As the anti-government protest gain momentum, Syria’s Kurds are now calling for President Bashar al-Assad to step down says a prominent Kurdish party chief – a change from their previous demand of political reforms.
