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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.
About 40 Kurds Detained In Turkey Over Rebel Links – Source
Tuesday April 14th, 2009
“DTP Operation Violates Right to Defence”
Lawyer Muharrem Erbey of Diyarbakir's Human Rights Association says that the DTP members arrested do not know what they are being accused of. More than 250 people are said to have been detained, and around 80 arrested.
On 14 April, 53 members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) were taken into custody. A court has decided on the arrest of all but two of them. They were taken to the Diyarbakir D Type prison.
PETITION CAMPAIGN: HANDS OFF ROJ TV
The Turkish State has caused a new diplomatic scandal at an international level in the NATO meeting by making the cancellation of our RJ TV's licence a point of bargain. The Turkish State has caused a diplomatic scandal by requiring the cancellation of ROJ TV's licence in return of the President of Denmark Mr Fog Rasmussen's election as Secretary General of NATO. The Turkish State has not only made the members of the NATO an instrument for its own interests, it has also clearly shown how cruel, unjust, and tyrannically it treats the Kurdish people.
“Children on Trial are a Problem for Whole of Turkey”
Biamag – Istanbul,Turkey, 16 April, 2009
Minister hopes for cooperation on PKK
ISTANBUL – Iraq's national security minister Shirwan al-Waili said Saturday that Iraq, Turkey and the United States had agreed to step up intelligence sharing to help combat Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.
Iran issues death penalty for 15 PJAK members
Iran, which has been scrutinizing the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK), whose members fight against government forces in Iran's Kurdish-populated areas, has sentenced 15 PJAK members to death. The PJAK operates as a front for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers'...
Kurdish Yekiti Party in Syria – UK Branch
Report for the period to January 2008 – March 2009
Turkey’s PKK-DTP Operations Further Complicate Kurdish Solution, Lale Sariibrahimoglu
Simultaneous operations recently conducted in twelve Turkish cities against what police sources described as urban networks of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in which 120 people were detained, including senior members of the pro-Kurdish Kurdistan Society Party (DTP) represented in the Parliament, was widely seen as jeopardizing attempts to find a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question.
Civil society organizations protest arrest of DTP members
Several civil society organizations protested yesterday in front of pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) headquarters in Ankara over the latest operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in which more than 50 DTP members were arrested.
