Monthly Archives: March 2011

“Without me, there will be civil war, there will be chaos:” The last card of unpopular dictators

Posted on by Minhaj Akreyi

Hosni 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 …

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Civil Disobedience is responded with assault in Turkey

Posted on by Minhaj Akreyi

The Kurds of Turkey have started a “sit-in” protest against the Turkish government’s lack of interest and seriousness in solving the Kurdish issue. The Kurds, who make up 20-25 percent of Turkey’s population, demand to have public education in their …

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Kurds Join the Syrian Protest Movement (Videos)

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Protesters chant “God, Syria and just freedom” and then “freedom, freedom”, March 21, as Kurdish flags fly in the background. The chant is a take on the Baa’thist chant “God, Syria and Assad”. Video from al-Qamishli on March 20 during …

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Anfal and Halabja: The Kurdish Genocide in Iraq

Posted on 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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Kurdistan Region: Land of Masked Men?

Posted on by Minhaj Akreyi

Kurdistan 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 …

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Waves of arrests and abductions of Kurds in Syria

Posted on by Minhaj Akreyi

The 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 …

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19th Century mentality in 21st Century: Kurdish language still banned in Turkey

Posted on 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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Attacks on media in Iraqi Kurdistan has dramatically increased

Posted on by Minhaj Akreyi

On February 20, masked gunmen attacked and burned the first and only independent TV channel, Nalia Radio and Television – NRT – in the Kurdistan region for its live coverage of the demonstrations in Sulaimaniyah, which is still continuing today …

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