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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.
JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN INITIATIVE
REPORT ON CHILDREN Who found themselves on the wrong side of the law, “25 years for throwing a stone, isn’t it too much?”, February 2009, Diyarbakir, www.cocuklaraadalet.com
ECtHR decision about Batasuna might reflect on DTP
Following a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) confirmation of a ban on the Basque separatist party Batasuna, a decision regarding the closure case against the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in the Constitutional Court can now be taken, a government source has said.
Kurdish human rights activist on trial after criticising arrest of children
SOURCE: IPS Communication Foundation
Slavs and Tatars
(between West and East)
Iran: Nationalities demand federalism – Mullah regime has lost support
Mullah regime has long since lost the support of most of the people – Nationalities are demanding federalism on the European pattern
Turkish PM says pro-Kurdish DTP must declare PKK a terrorist group
ANKARA – The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, or DTP, must declare the PKK a terrorist organization before it can expect a meeting with the government, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.
Statement : Kurdistan Region – EU Mission’s reaction on the latest Council of the European Union conclusions on Iraq
KRG – EU Mission – Brussels: In a response to the Council of the European Union’s conclusions of 15 June 2009 on the current political situation in Iraq, the Kurdistan Region – EU Mission issues the following statement.
The Situation of the Yezidi Minority
A short report Edited by Dr. Mirza H. Dinnayi, Former Iraqi President’s Advisor for Minority Affairs, Coordinator of Yezidi Community in Europe
Kurdish newspaper receives two-month publication ban
(BIANET/IFEX) – An Istanbul court has convicted the daily newspaper "Günlük" of "spreading PKK propaganda" in two issues of the paper. According to journalist Ragip Zarakolu, Kurdish media is targeted frequently.
