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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.
Turkey’s Kurdish rebels extend ceasefire
TUNCELI, Turkey, June 1 (Reuters) – Kurdish rebels fighting the Turkish military have extended a unilateral ceasefire by six weeks to pursue a peaceful resolution of the conflict, a website close to the group said on Monday.
Amnesty International Report: No Improvements in Turkey
28 May 2009,
In its annual report, Amnesty International cites many cases of human rights violations. The rights of human rights activists, refugees, homosexuals and transgender people, children and others were not respected.
Iran extends its influence in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Reza Hossein Borr
The Islamic Republic of Iran is taking advantage of a lapse in American politics when President Obama is formulating his new Middle East policies to actualize its expansionist policies in the Middle East. Just a few days after the summit meeting of American president with the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan, president Ahmadinejad invited the presidents of both countries to Iran in a comprehensive show of unity. The president of Iran was able to emphasize the strategy of regional peace and security by the governments of the region while both Pakistan and Afghanistan are heavily dependent on America for their survival.
Urgent call for the release of Remzi Kartal and Eyyup Doru to Turkey !
To the Spanish Embassy of Brussels,
Concerning : Urgent appeal against the extradition of Remzi Kartal and Eyyup Doru to Turkey
A peaceful solution to the ‘Kurdish question’ in Turkey: Lessons of the ‘Northern Ireland question’
Zafer Yörük , The Kurdish Globe, 23 May 2009
Flemish parliament resolution calls for closer ties with Kurdistan Region
Brussels, Belgium (KRG.org) – The Flemish parliament has unanimously passed a resolution calling for closer political, economic and cultural cooperation with the Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The resolution was proposed by four MPs in the Flemish parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee shortly after they visited the Region in April on a fact-finding mission.
Dutch politicians interested in the Kurds
On Wednesday 13 May 2009, there was a round-table meeting about the current political situation in the Iraqi Kurdistan and the situation of Kurds in general in the House of Representatives of The Netherlands. The meeting was attended by several members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Dutch Parliament, intellectuals, journalists and students of various Dutch Universities.
Testimony crisis may hinder solution
Only a few days after pledges by the government to solve Turkey's Kurdish question, hopes for an end to the long-standing problem seem to have been suspended due to a parliamentary crisis that erupted following an official notice ordering five pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) deputies to testify as part of ongoing legal cases in which they are implicated.
URGENT APPEAL FROM THE KNK AGAINST THE EXTRADITION OF REMZI KARTAL TO TURKEY
The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has just published its statement concerning the decision of the Spanish Government on Friday, the 8th May, to approve the extradition of two Kurdish political activists, Remzi Kartal and Eyyup Doru, to Turkey.
