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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.
Mayor Abdullah Demirbaş is seriously ill, but kept in prison
Abdullah Demirbaş, Mayor of the Kurdish capital of Diyarbakir-Sur was arrested in late December 2009 by the Turkish police. He was arrested on baseless allegations.
ROJ TV CANNOT BE SILENCED!
Telecasts of Roj TV, which has the most long-established broadcasting tradition, were gone off the air in recent days, following a raid arranged by the Belgian police forces.
Masrour Barzani: “The elections in Iraq are a good indication of the practice of democracy”
written by: Roni Alasor, 31-Mar-10
IHD (The Human Rights Association in Turkey) 2009 Report: 24 Deaths in Prisons in 1 Year
The Human Rights Association (IHD) issued its annual report on rights violations in Turkish prisons in 2009.
Kurds and the Iraqi election
"Despite all the gains Kurds earned in the post-Saddam era, they are still far from where they are supposed to be. Kurds still do not have the right to self-determination, and there is still not a real federal system in Iraq…"
Azad Amin
Turkey : Merkel must speak out energetically for Kurdish to be a language of instruction
SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES
PRESS RELEASE Göttingen, 25.03.2010
Proposed changes to Turkey’s Constitution
The ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, has proposed amendments to the Turkish Constitution. Here's rundown of what the changes include.
Iraq’s divided vote may deepen Kirkuk dispute, By Mustafa Mahmoud
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – A dispute between Kurds and Arabs over Iraq's oil producing city of Kirkuk may deepen after a strong election challenge by Iyad Allawi's Arab nationalist Iraqiya to the Kurdish ruling bloc.
SKS raises issues for UN and UK, EU and USA Governments in relation to Kurds in Syria
International Support Kurds in Syria Association – SKS
