Rénas Miran, a Kurdish musician who produces different kinds of music, including oriental and Kurdish, saw our video animation “Stand Up for Kurdish Rights” and felt that he “had to do something”. He decided to produce his own soundtrack to …
Posted in Our campaigns, Videos | 1 CommentAn Iranian human rights activist, Freedom Messenger, reported today that two families of Kurdish students were able to meet with their detained relatives on December 20, 2009. At least seven Kurdish students were arrested on December 16th while protesting the …
Posted in Iran, Political Prisoners | 1 CommentOn Thursday morning Turkey’s police arrested 31 (see update below) Kurdish mayors, politicians and human rights activists in a raid ordered by the chief prosecutor’s office in Diyarbakir. According to Turkish officials, those arrested are suspected of ties to the …
Posted in Democratic Society Party, Suppression, Turkey | 2 CommentsThe trial of five Kurds resumed this past Tuesday in Syria’s Supreme State Security Court (SSSC). The five, Monzer Resho, Gewan Mohammed Ahmed, Hassan Khalil Qiddo, Khalil Dahli and Mannan Ahmed Sido were arrested in 2008 and held almost in …
Posted in Political Prisoners, Syria, Trials | 1 CommentThe Kurdish struggle is by far one of the most underrepresented ones in the Middle East, but systematic abuse against the Kurdish minority remains to this day. Our animated video below outlines the issue in 55 seconds. Imagine.
Posted in Activism, Campaigns, Featured, Videos | 1 CommentPro-Kurdish DTP Closed down by Constitutional Court Ankara, Istanbul – BÄ°A News Center – The Constitutional Court ruled for the closure of pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party and imposed a political ban on 37 of its members. Co-chairs Türk and TuÄŸluk …
Posted in Censorship, Democratic Society Party, Discrimination, European Union, Free speech, Human Rights Watch, Leyla Zana, Turkey | Comments Off on Rights organizations criticise closure of pro-Kurdish DTP in TurkeyTurkey’s highest court banned today the country’s main Kurdish party, the Democratic Society Party (DTP). The case has been pending in the Constitutional Court for over two years, since the Supreme Court’s Public Prosecutor demanded the disbanding of the DTP …
Posted in Democratic Society Party, Suppression, Turkey | Comments Off on Turkey’s Constitutional Court Bans the DTP, the Country’s Major Kurdish PartyFollowing the tragic execution of Ehsan Fattahian, we were trying to find multiple sources on other Kurdish victims of severe oppression and crimes. This took us many days and we wanted to make the process simpler not just for us, …
Posted in Activism, Executions, Featured, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Site info | 2 Comments