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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 human rights activist Abdul-Hafiz Abdul al-Rahman is released, in Syria
Abdul-Hafiz Abdul al-Rahman was released on Wednesday 1 September 2010 by the third individual military judge in Aleppo. Abdul Hafiz Abdul Rahman is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Human Rights Organization in Syria – MAF. He was questioned at the first session on 30 August 2010, and his case will be returned to court on 19 September 2010.
Kurdish detainee, Riad Ahmad Khalil has died in prison in Syria
The Media Institute of Western Kurdistan Society, the Syrian Committee for Human Rights – MAD and the Kurdish Organization for Defending Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria – DAD report that Riad Ahmad Khalil, born 1968, from Afrin in the province of Aleppo, died in mysterious circumstances on 28 August 2010 whilst in the detention of by Syrian security services. Riad Ahmed Khalil was arrested with his two sons, Ahmad and Damhat, about two months ago by the Political Security branch in Aleppo.
Ahmet Türk: I prefer ‘yes’ from a conscientious and ethical standpoint
Interview wth Ahmet Türk, co-chairman of the BDP-affiliated Democratic Society Congress (DTK)
The Punitive-Justice System that Kurdish Children are Subjected to in the 21st Century Turkey
“IS 25 YEARS NOT TOO MUCH JUST FOR HURLING A STONE”
DTK Announced 5 Steps to Resolve Kurdish Question
Democratic Society Congress Co-Chair Türk stated that with the ceasefire announced by the PKK, the military operations should be stopped as well. He listed 5 steps to be taken to resolve the Kurdish problem, a "democratic autonomy is a project of voluntary unity".
Turkish Government Is Urged to Take Concrete Steps
"The PKK answered our call. This is an important step but it is not enough. Also the state has to take a step. We expect a certain attitude of the political power and the members of parliament to answer our call. We cannot speak of peace where people die. We cannot speak of a solution where there is gref".
Ankara using chemical weapons on PKK?
HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 13 (UPI) — Forensic evidence confirms that militants with the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey were killed using chemical weapons, German forensics experts say.
Turkey Accused of Using Chemical Weapons against PKK, By Daniel Steinvorth and Yassin Musharbash
Turkish soldiers on patrol in a Kurdish area of southeastern Turkey: Did the Turkish military use chemical weapons against the PKK?
Turkish Embassy rejects Archbishop Tutu’s letter calling for a negotiated settlment of the Kurdish question
Cape Town and the Chair of ‘The Elders’ (a group of former world leaders which aims to tackle some of the world’s most intractable problems) called on the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as the political head of Turkey, to use his office and his influence to bring a lasting end to the conflict in Turkey with regards to the Kurdish question.
