Friday morning brought an unusual disruption to the London offices of the international newspaper, The Guardian. Fifteen Kurdish youth stormed the office as they sought a new means of amplifying the Kurdish voice within mainstream media. The group assembled in …
Posted in Activism, Journalists, Turkey | Leave a commentHosni 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 …
Posted in Discrimination, Executions, Free speech, Iran, Iraq, Journalists, Kurdistan, Media, Reports, Suppression, Syria, Terror, Turkey, Violence | Leave a commentKurdistan Region has been called the “Other Iraq,” “the next Dubai,” and is the most stable region of Iraq with a vibrating economy and social life, though primarily enjoyed by the elites and the middle class, which do not make …
Posted in Activism, Discrimination, Free speech, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Journalists, Kurdistan, Media | Leave a commentThe Syrian government recently has intensified its arrests and abductions of the Kurdish activists who speak out against the inequality and discrimination the Kurdish people face in Syria. In 2010, dozens of Kurdish political activists were sentenced to prison on …
Posted in Activism, Amnesty International, Discrimination, Free speech, Journalists, Kurdistan, Political Prisoners, Suppression, Syria, Torture, Violence | Leave a comment