Monthly Archives: January 2012

President Masoud Barzani backs Kurds protesting in Syria

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

In the past year, Syrians have protested against President Al-Assad’s tyrannical rule. As a result, the Syrian government has responded by killing, torturing, detaining and imprisoning protesters. In the past two days alone, more than 128 people have been killed …

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BDP refers Turkish air raids to Hague court

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

The Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) has applied to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the Uludere massacre, which led to the killing of 35 Kurdish civilians. Turkey has not ratified the Rome statute, which means it does …

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[Graphic] Turkish Soldiers post dead bodies of Kurdish people on Facebook

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

A Facebook page named Anlatılmaz Yaşanır, which translates into You’ve got to live to feel it contained pictures of Kurdish people killed in Turkey, some of the pictures were taken as a mockery of Kurdish people by the Soldiers because …

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Imprisoned Kurdish Children on Hunger Strike in Turkey

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

17 Kurdish children have started a hunger-strike against the Turkish government’s frequent usage of anti-terror laws

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Dear Those Who Celebrate the Censorship of RojTV: An Open Letter

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

Dear those who celebrate the censorship of RojTV, When an entire people are systematically oppressed and marginalized, small actions to make their story heard can have dramatic consequences. Similarly, small actions to silence their voice can have dramatic and tragic …

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Another Mass grave found in former Turkish Military police headquarters

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Turkish authorities have reported finding another mass-grave with the remains of 23 people […]

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ROJ TV in the Land of the Snow Queen

Posted on by Naila Bozo

Once upon a time there was a troll, Hans Christian Andersen wrote. This troll was the worst of the trolls, he was the Devil and the Devil had a mirror. It was a wicked invention; everything good and beautiful became …

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Kurdish channel RojTV suspended by Eutelsat

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Hundreds of Kurdish people in Paris protested against Eutelsat’s decision to suspend the Copenhagen-based Kurdish TV station.

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