The following video was taken in the town of Hakkari, Turkey (Colemerg in Kurdish) on March 17, 2010. The footage shows how Turkish police forced children who were celebrating Norouz (new year) to remove Kurdish colors (red, yellow and green) …
Posted in Culture, Turkey, Videos, Women, Youth | 3 CommentsFollowing the March 21 shooting at Kurds celebrating Norouz (new year) in the town of Ar-Raqqah, which left at least one person dead, the international human rights organizations Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have issued statements today. According to …
Posted in Human Rights Watch, Suppression, Syria, Terror, Violence, Youth | Comments Off on Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Issue Statements on the Syria Norouz ShootingIn the past 3 months, violations of human rights has increased more than ever in Kurdistan. Arrests, prosecutions, imprisonments, unjust executions and executions of political prisoners have been common practice by the Iranian regime. There have also been numerous reports …
Posted in Iran, Political Prisoners, Suppression | Comments Off on Increased Repression of Kurds All Across IranReports coming out of Syria indicate that intelligence security forces have opened fire on Kurds celebrating Norouz yesterday in the town of Ar-Raqqah in Northern Syria. According to Kurdish reports, 15 minutes into the celebration members of the Baath party …
Posted in Syria, Terror | 2 CommentsThe Diyarbakir Prosecutor’s office filed indictments this Thursday against Ahmet Turk and Aysel Tugluk, former members of the recently disbanded DTP party. The two Kurdish former lawmakers were accused of incitement and spreading propaganda for the PKK. The indictments demand …
Posted in Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on Turkish Prosecution Seeks Life Sentences for Two Former Kurdish Members of ParliamentSyria: Syrian Kurdish human rights activist detained: ‘Abed al-Hafith ‘Abed al-Rahman URGENT ACTION SYRIAN KURDISH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DETAINED ‘Abed al-Hafith ‘Abed al-Rahman, a 44-year-old Syrian Kurdish human rights activist, has been held incommunicado since he was detained by members …
Posted in Call to Actions, Political Prisoners, Syria | Comments Off on Amnesty Intl Urgent Call for Action: Syrian Kurdish human rights activist detainedTomorrow, March 16th, marks the 22nd anniversary of the Halabja poison gas attack which was carried out as part of the Al-Anfal genocide campaign to terrorize the Kurdish population and peshmerga rebels in northern Iraq. The attack, which was executed …
Posted in Activism, Genocide, Iraq, Suppression, Terror | 1 CommentOne of the most common traits of every individual genocide is it is consistently negated by its perpetrators. This is mainly rampant in societies that do not possess democratic system of power. A very lucid instance is the republic of …
Posted in Genocide, Iraq, Suppression, Turkey | Comments Off on On Turkey’s Genocide of the Kurds