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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.
The Kurdish struggle for freedom and democracy in Turkey
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: Campaign for a political solution of the Kurdish Question
Springtime always signals an upsurge in activism among the Kurds. Newroz, the ancient festival that falls on the 21st March, represents hope and renewal for the Kurdish people.
BDP start the indefinite sit-down strike in kurdish citys
BDP Statement 23.02.2011 – Democratic Solution Tents have been established on the initiative of the “peace mothers” in all cities of the Kurdish region on 18 March 2011.
Kurdish call for civil disobedience
Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) leader Selahatin Demirtaş made an announcement, calling on Turkey's Kurdish population to stage acts of civil disobedience.
16/03/2011, The Halabja Genocide and the Anfal campaigns
REMEMBERING THE HALABJA GENOCIDE AND THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST KURDS IN IRAQ
Wednesday 16th of March, 2011/ Room ASP 3G2, 15h00 – 18h30
2010 progress report on Turkey
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European Parliament resolution of 9 March 2011 on Turkey’s 2010 progress report
Turkey’s Unity Threatened: Polarization Over Kurdish Policy, Tulin Daloglu*
While the Arab world is swept by a series of revolutions ending the long lasting status quo in the region, Kurdish separatists announced the end of a six-month cease-fire this week in their nearly 30-year fight against the Turkish state.
Campaign of arrests against Kurdish women in Syria
Syrian Committee for Human Rights – MAD reports that supporters of the Democratic Union Party – PYD, and the organisation of Sittar Women in Damascus have been arrested during February 2011: Farhan… Read more
TURKEY: THE KCK-TRIAL, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE NAME OF THE LAW?
ACCOUNT OF A POLITICAL TRIAL
The Kurdish Struggle in Iran: A Lost Cause?
The Kurds’ ongoing struggle for more cultural and political rights in Iran is more isolated and fragile than ever before, with countless splits occurring in the Iranian Kurdish parties and often ferocious in-fighting.
