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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 fears Israeli-lobby and tighten relation with Armenia
After Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's attack to Israel, Turkey fear that pro-Israel lobby in Washington will not support Turkey longer in US Congress where Armenian genocide can be passed for recognition. Now Turkey searching more active diplomatically ties with Yerevan to cool down the Armenian lobbies in US and Europe.
Armenian Diaspora rejects Turkish “excuse” initiative
European Armenian Federation rejects the newly launched initiative from Turkish intellectuals to "apology" for the Armenian genocide during 1915-1923, and asks for formal recognition of Armenian genocide by the Turkish state.
Kurdish Question and the 2003 Iraqi War
Mohammed M.A. Ahmed – Michael M. Gunter, History,
ISBN:1-56859-176-4(softcover).
IHD announced: 38 Died in Turkish Prisons in 2008
There have been 3 thousand 519 applications regarding rights violation allegations in prisons, said Turkey's Human Rights Association (IHD) in its annual report published today.
Turkish State Escalates Legal Battle Against Assyrian Monastery
Tur Abdin, Turkey (AINA) — Contrary to the expectation that the Turkish authorities might change the course of events and establish some barriers to protect the monastery of St. Gabriel from the arbitrary claims of the neighbouring villages, the state itself is now increasing the legal pressure by filing a new claim at the cadastre court in Midyat, claiming further pieces of land that belong to St. Gabriel.
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
PREPRINT FOR FILING A PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION: Payment of compensation by the Czech state to Dr. Uzunoglu
Assyrians / Syrians the situation in Upper Mesopotamia
Gabar Çiyan / Zarathustra News
My Prison, my Home
A film by Mano Khalil, 2009
26 security officers were killed in Baluchistan, Reza Hossein Borr
26 security officers were killed in Baluchistan in two separate incidents, Iranian officials sites reported. The first incidents was organised by People's Resistance Movement of Iran, Jondollah, in Sarawan on 20th of January.
