Monthly Archives: March 2011

“Without me, there will be civil war, there will be chaos:” The last card of unpopular dictators

Posted on by Minhaj Akreyi

Hosni Mubarak, the ousted president of Egypt who ruled for 30 years, is said to have accumulated $70 billion from corruption and Egypt has been under Emergency Law as long. Under the law, the police power was extended, constitutional rights …

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Civil Disobedience is responded with assault in Turkey

Posted on by Minhaj Akreyi

The Kurds of Turkey have started a “sit-in” protest against the Turkish government’s lack of interest and seriousness in solving the Kurdish issue. The Kurds, who make up 20-25 percent of Turkey’s population, demand to have public education in their …

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Kurds Join the Syrian Protest Movement (Videos)

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

Protesters chant “God, Syria and just freedom” and then “freedom, freedom”, March 21, as Kurdish flags fly in the background. The chant is a take on the Baa’thist chant “God, Syria and Assad”. Video from al-Qamishli on March 20 during …

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Anfal and Halabja: The Kurdish Genocide in Iraq

Posted on by Minhaj Akreyi

The operation was called “Anfal Campaign;” Anfal means “Spoils of war” in Arabic. This was a genocidal campaign that was followed by a series of systematic attacks against the Kurdish population and their means of livelihood – villages, agriculture, infrastructures, …

Posted in Arabic, Discrimination, European Union, Genocide, Iran, Iraq, Reports, Syria, Turkey, United Nations, WMD | 6 Comments