Monthly Archives: July 2014
Posted on July 29, 2014 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Ghader Mohammadzadeh, a Kurdish political prisoner, has been transferred to solitary confinement of a central prison in Urmiye, the Human Rights Activists News Agency reports. The reason for the transfer is unknown. According to the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center …
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Extrajudicial Punishment,
Iran,
Media,
Political Prisoners,
Trials |
Tagged
Iran,
Kurd,
Political Prisoners,
torture |
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Posted on July 10, 2014 by Naila Bozo
I wonder if we should collect donations, buy some thousand Armani Privé suits from the Spring/Summer 2014 collection, dress up the Kurdish fighters in Syria, instagram it and hashtag it #VogueArmy. Then maybe we will catch the attention of the …
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Syria,
United Nations |
Tagged
Kurds,
Rojava,
Syria,
UN |
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Posted on July 6, 2014 by Lawen Azad
While the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) turns its attention to political aspirations for independence, the Peshmerga’s fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS), or now just the Islamic State (IS), continues. With the declaration of a Caliphate …
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Iraq,
Kurdistan,
Violence |
Tagged
Kurdistan Iraq ISIS Peshmerga |
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Posted on July 6, 2014 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
The People’s Protection Units (YPG) are estimated to be around 45,000 — 50,000 armed fighters in Western Kurdistan or what is commonly referred to as Rojava. Since the beginning of Syria’s revolution, and what later manifested into a civil war, …
Posted in
Call to Actions,
Iraq,
Kurdistan,
Women |
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