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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.
Yaman from DTP: 800 Kurdish Politicians Arrested in One Year
Peace and Democracy Group Chairman Yaman said: "The AKP government takes revenge by arresting mayors of the provinces they did not win in the elections". He urged the government to stop the operations.
LIST OF MURDERED KURDISH CONSCRIPTS IN THE SYRIAN ARMY
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Presidents and prime ministers and the government in authority!
Our greetings!
Open Letter for Urgent Action
As you may know our Mayor Abdullah Demirbaş is jailed …for more information i send you this call and his open letter.
URGENT APPEAL FOR ACTION ON BEHALF OF JAILED HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER MR. MUHARREM ERBEY
DİYARBAKIR, SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY,
04 JANUARY 2010
Free Kurdish Mayors, Politicians, DTP and BDP Members From turkish Prisons
On December 24th, more than 80 people related to the BDP (Peace and Democracy Party), as well as human rights defenders and members of NGO’s were arrested across Turkey. On December 28th, another 24 people were arrested in Van, and Batman, cities of the pre-dominantly Kurdish south-east of Turkey.
Press Release: For immediate release
EUTCC strongly condemns Turkey’s ban on DTP
EUTCC Patron Leyla Zana banned by Constitutional Court, Turkey
Leyla Zana, an internationally renowned Kurdish politician and spokesperson is banned from joining any political party the next five years.
PES CONDEMNS TURKEY’S DECISION TO BAN THE DTP
The Party of European Socialists (PES) condemns the decision taken by the Constitutional Court of Turkey on Friday 11 December 2009 to ban the DTP, one of the main opposition parties in the Parliament.
GUE/NGL CONDEMNS THE BANNING OF DTP
By Takis Hadjigeorgiou, AKEL CYPRUS, Strasbourg, 15/12/09
