Monthly Archives: June 2010
Posted on June 20, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
A recent article in the Kurdish Globe highlighted the conditions of Syria’s Kurdish population, which numbers somewhere between 10%-15% of the general population. The Kurdish identity is denied by the Baath regime, the use of the Kurdish language is very …
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Culture,
Suppression,
Syria |
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Posted on June 15, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Alkarama has just received preliminary information indicating the death of 25 men of Kurdish origin, under mysterious circumstances while they were performing their compulsory military service. The exact number of deaths in recent years under similar circumstance has yet to …
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Extrajudicial Punishment,
Syria |
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Posted on June 9, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Opinion piece cross-posted from MideastYouth.com, written by Behar. The hypocrisy of the world never ceases to amaze me! In the world of politics, it’s all but expected that a nation should pursue its own interests at the cost of others, …
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Culture,
Discrimination,
Displacements,
Genocide,
Turkey |
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Posted on June 9, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
The following article is contributed by the writers of Kurdistan Commentary. It is with great sadness that we at Kurdistan Commentary learnt of the passing of Dr Vera B. Saeedpour and we wish to extend our most heartfelt condolences and …
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Media |
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Posted on June 7, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
An Iraqi Kurdish official of the region’s security forces, Lt. Saleh Ahmed, told the Associated Press on Monday that Iranian troops with artillery and tanks crossed the border to set up a military outpost in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. Reports indicate …
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Displacements,
Iran,
Iraq,
Kurdistan,
Violence |
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Posted on June 7, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
A 14-year-old girl, Basoz Jabar Agha, was killed Sunday after heavy bombardments by the Iranian military. Iran has been bombing the Kurdistan Region of Iraq for at least 12 consecutive days under the pretext of fighting Kurdish rebels belonging to …
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Displacements,
Iran,
Iraq,
Kurdistan,
Violence,
Youth |
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Posted on June 3, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
A Kurdish child was killed and five others were injured in the Özalp district in Van near a Turkish military base. Initial reports explained that the children were playing near ammunition and other materials when the explosion occured. However, an …
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Turkey,
Violence,
Youth |
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