As many as 5,000 women and girls are victims of honour killings every year worldwide, often killed by members of their own family. Many honour killings have also taken place in Europe and America including the murder of Fadime Şahindal, …
Posted in Culture, Kurdistan, Violence, Women, Youth | Tagged Before Snowfall, Honour killing, journey, Kurdistan, movie, women | Comments Off on Before Snowfall: An Interview with Hisham ZamanA France-based organisation, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network claims that it has confirmed reports that brothers Ali and Habib Afshari have been executed. They were arrested in late 2010/early 2011 on charges of ‘waging enmity against God’ through ‘propaganda activities’ and ‘membership in a dissident …
Posted in Activism, Executions, Iran, Kurdistan, Political Prisoners, Torture, Trials, Youth | Tagged execution, Iran, Kurdish Political Prisoner, Kurdistan | Comments Off on Iran: Two Kurdish Political Prisoners ExecutedAmnesty International writes: Iranian juvenile offender, Saman Naseem, could be executed as early as 19 February 2015 for crimes allegedly committed when he was 17 years old. He was sentenced to death after an unfair trial. The family of Saman …
Posted in Call to Actions, Campaigns, Iran, Political Prisoners, Youth | Tagged Iran, Kurdish, Political Prisoner, Stop Execution | 9 CommentsThe resilience of the Kurdish people in the face of decades upon decades of oppression has awed many people around the world yet elicited no sufficient, if any, pressure from foreign governments. Living in what is described as an “invisible …
Posted in Culture, Discrimination, Displacements, Suppression, Syria | Tagged Kurdish rights, Kurdistan, Rojava, Syria | Comments Off on From Damascus Street to Kurdistan