Category: United Nations
Posted on October 3, 2014 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
The Women’s Initiative for Peace (based in Turkey) is calling on everyone to take a stand against Turkey´s proposal of creating a buffer zone in Syria. The statement can be read in full below: Urgent Call: Stand Against Demands for …
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Displacements,
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Syria,
Turkey,
United Nations,
Urgent |
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Posted on September 7, 2014 by Xoncha Nouri
We left Erbil in the morning two weeks ago to meet the Yezidis who had managed to escape ISIS terror, Shoresh Rahem, KRG’s representative in Sweden, another friend and I. The camps in Duhok and Zakho were filled with people …
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Call to Actions,
Displacements,
Genocide,
Iraq,
Kurdistan,
Syria,
United Nations,
Urgent |
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Iraq,
ISIS,
Kurds,
UN,
Yezidis |
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Posted on August 10, 2014 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
The disastrous situation in Kurdish cities in Iraq and northern Iraq continues after The Islamic State (IS) a week ago took control of cities in the area. Up to 150,000 Yezidi Kurds are still trapped in the mountains and they …
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Call to Actions,
Discrimination,
Genocide,
Iraq,
Kurdistan,
Terror,
United Nations,
Urgent |
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Iraq,
IS,
Kurd,
Kurdistan,
Yezidi |
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Posted on August 3, 2014 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Militant fighters from the Islamic State (IS) have on Sunday attacked the Yezidi village Siba Sheikh Khidir and surrounding villages, writes Êzîdî Press. Kurdish peshmerge units and armed Yezidi residents joined forces to resist IS advancing into territory under Kurdish …
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Displacements,
Iraq,
Kurdistan,
Terror,
United Nations,
Violence |
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Iraq,
ISIS,
Kurdistan,
Kurds |
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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 |
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Kurds,
Rojava,
Syria,
UN |
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Posted on March 18, 2011 by Minhaj Akreyi
The operation was called “Anfal Campaign;” Anfal means “Spoils of war” in Arabic. This was a genocidal campaign that was followed by a series of systematic attacks against the Kurdish population and their means of livelihood – villages, agriculture, infrastructures, …
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Arabic,
Discrimination,
European Union,
Genocide,
Iran,
Iraq,
Reports,
Syria,
Turkey,
United Nations,
WMD |
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Posted on March 12, 2011 by Minhaj Akreyi
Kurdish language has been banned in Turkey since the creation of its modern borders in 1923. The Kurds were not allowed to speak their mother tongue, not even in their own homes, in the streets, in any social gatherings, let …
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Culture,
Discrimination,
Free speech,
Genocide,
Kurdistan,
Suppression,
Turkey,
United Nations |
Comments Off on 19th Century mentality in 21st Century: Kurdish language still banned in Turkey
Posted on February 4, 2011 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern over what the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is calling an ‘execution binge’ taking place in Iran. A number of reports have indicated that since the start of …
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Executions,
Featured,
Iran,
Political Prisoners,
Prisoners of Conscience,
Suppression,
Torture,
United Nations,
Violence |
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