Aleppo, Syria: One of the most diverse cities of Syria didn’t see any of the supposed ceasefire that was supposed to be implemented across Syria over Eid al Adha. Aleppo, which hosts a large Kurdish minority and has been the …
Posted in Protests, Syria, Torture, Uncategorized, Violence | Comments Off on Kidnappings and Conflicts: Kurdish Civilians Heavily Affected in SyriaAs the Muslim world celebrates the Feast of the Sacrifice, more than 700 Kurdish political prisoners continue their hunger strike against the Turkish government. Today marks the prisoners 45th day. Their health is deteriorating rapidly and many may now have …
Posted in Hunger Strikes, Kurdistan, Political Prisoners, Turkey | Tagged Kurdistan Kurdish Hunger Strikes Turkey Human Rights PKK Ocalan Political Prisoners | 2 CommentsEw berî her tiştî mirovbû û bi hesanî xwe berda dilê kesê kurd, wek dengê req reqa tavan û şewqa birûskan, deng û şewq daye her çar perçên Kurdistanê. Before anything he was a human and with ease he let …
Posted in Culture, Discrimination, Kurdistan, Syria | 2 CommentsTurkey has dominated mainstream news reports about the Syrian conflict, as Turkish and Syrian forces exchange fire for the second week in a row. The resulting increase in tension has threatened to spill into an all-out war, one that would …
Posted in Kurdistan, Syria, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on Kurdish Protests in Syria: Playing Politics with Human RightsOn September 18th the Danish police conducted a search in a Kurdish community center in Copenhagen in order to find evidence of money transactions between Kurds in Denmark and the Kurdish rebel group, PKK. 8 Kurds were arrested for having …
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