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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.

Iran: Sherko Moarefi..Document – Iran: Kurd at imminent risk of execution in Iran: Sherko Moarefi

15 Apr, 2011

UA: 95/11 Index: MDE 13/035/2011 Iran Date: 30 March 2011

URGENT ACTION

KURD AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION IN IRAN

23 Anniversary of Anfal in which 182,000 Kurds killed

15 Apr, 2011

SOUTH KURDISTAN, — Today is the 23 anniversary of Anfal Campaign in which 182,000 Kurdish civilian were killed by the Iraqi former regime. This cataclysmic campaign was conducted in front of the international community’s eyes and met with the silence of Western powers. That was one of the darkest and the most stigmatic point of the world’s history.

European Parliament : Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

13 Apr, 2011

PUBLIC HEARING on "A 2020 Perspective for Women in Turkey",
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 15.00 -18.30, Room ASP 1G3, BRUSSELS,
Chair: Ms Eva-Britt SVENSSON

09/04/2011, Support Dr. Ismail Besikci

9 Apr, 2011

The Turkish Court has recently sentenced Dr. Ismail Besikci to 15 months in prison for writing an article for a Turkish Journal titled “The right of self-determination and the Kurds.”