Category: Activism

In memory of Ibrahîm Ehmed

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Ibrahîm Ehmed was a Kurdish political activist, writer and translator (born 6 March 1914, Silêmanî, Kurdistan). He passed away on 8 April 2000, aged 86 in his hometown. Ahmad studied Law at the University of Baghdad, and graduated in 1937. …

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Turkish Court bans Kurdish New Year Pamphlets

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Diyarbakir’s High Criminal court has banned Newroz celebration pamphlets, the court used Article 6 of Anti-terror law (TMK) to confiscate all posters with slogans reading ‘Either Freedom or Freedom’. It has been claimed that the slogan resembles those of PKK, …

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Targeted killings and International Human Rights Law – convergence or confrontation?

Posted on by Afshin Berahmand

In 1989 the secretary general of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (PDKI), Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou was assassinated in Vienna, Austria, by Iranian agents. His follower in the PDKI, Dr. Sadegh Sharafkandi, suffered the same tragic fate in Berlin, …

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Volunteers needed

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Dear loyal readers and campaigners; Alliance For Kurdish Rights started with the aim of giving Kurdish people a voice in countries where their rights are disregarded and abused. In the beginning of 2012, we promised to give greater coverage of …

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