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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.
Ehsan Fattahian was executed today morning by the Islamic Republic of Iran
I have never been afraid of death, even now that I feel it closest to me
I have never been afraid of death, even now that I feel it closest to me
Last ray of sun at sunset/
is the path that I want to write on/
The sound of leaves under my feet/
say to me: Let yourself fall/
and only then you find the path to freedom./
Iran must halt imminent execution of Kurdish Ehsan Fattahian
Amnesty International, 10 November 2009,
The Iranian authorities must halt the execution of a Kurdish man sentenced to death for "enmity against God" in connection with his alleged membership of an illegal opposition group, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
President Barzani meets EU leaders and Policymakers in Brussels
Brussels, Friday 6 November 2009 – Kurdistan Region’s European Union Mission:
Aram Tigran: The gold bridge passed away
The legendary Armenian Kurdish musician Aram Tigran will be buried in Brussels on Monday after the refusal of Turkey to respect the last wish of the great singer to be buried in the land of his ancestors, Diyarbakir.
Press conference on Tuesday, 27 October 11.30 – 13.30
PRESS RELEASE,
THE AKP REFUSES VISAS TO THE EUROPEAN PEACE GROUP,
at the The Passage Room, International Press Center – Residence Palace,
Rue de la loi 155 -1040 Brussels
Turkey loses European court case for press freedom
A European Court of Human Rights decision finds Turkey guilty for closing four newspapers that were considered propaganda in favor of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. An activists for freedom of the press finds the ruling just, saying the closing of newspapers is no solution
DRAFT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION ON THE SITUATION ON IRAN
by Véronique De Keyser, Richard Howitt, Ana Gomes, Gianni Pitella
on behalf of the S&D Group
PKK group to surrender to Turkey for Kurdish rights
ISTANBUL, Oct 18 (Reuters) – A group of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas is expected to surrender to Turkish military forces on Monday in a gesture of support for Turkey's Kurdish initiative, a PKK official said late on Saturday.
