Monthly Archives: September 2011
Posted on September 28, 2011 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Qandil, Iraq: According to local correspondents of the Kurdish observer Rojhelat, the Iranian Revolution Guards Corp (IRGC) renewed their shelling earlier this month in Iraqi Kurdistan, starting with the village of Serkani, with reports of two civilians wounded. This, despite …
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Iran,
Iraq,
Kurdistan |
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Posted on September 15, 2011 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Four dead civilians. 250 refugees who have left behind destroyed villages and livestock. And the constant threat of further chaos as innocent civilians try to continue about their lives. Residents in Iraqi and Turkish Kurdistan are paying the high cost …
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Displacements,
Iraq,
Kurdistan,
Turkey,
Violence |
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Posted on September 10, 2011 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
10 September 2011: Kurdish news website Rojhelat has reported that a 20 year old worker was shot dead by the Iranian Revolution Guards Corp while working near the Iran-Iraq border. Iran has been sending large numbers of troops from key …
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Iran,
Kurdistan,
Violence |
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Posted on September 3, 2011 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
I was intrigued to find that many people did not know what the Kurdish question implied. The Kurdish question is a term widely used in reference to the fact that Kurdish people do not have a homeland. Kurdistan is divided …
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Discrimination,
Displacements,
Iran,
Iraq,
Syria,
Turkey |
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Posted on September 2, 2011 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Turkey’s annual Peace Day is celebrated on September 1st rather than the UN’s international September 21st. But Turkey’s Peace Day did not grant anything of the sort to the 3,000 protesters who filled the streets of Istanbul in support of …
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Kurdistan,
Protests,
Turkey |
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