Monthly Archives: March 2012

BDP Executive killed in Istanbul Newroz celebrations

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Peace and Democracy (BDP) Istanbul executives have stated that BDP Arnavutköy District chair Hacı Zengin lost his life after being hit on head by a tear gas can thrown by police. Zengin who was among the people joining Newroz in …

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Riot police attack Kurds celebrating Newroz in Turkey

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Dozens have been injured after Police tried to prevent Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakir, and elsewhere in Istanbul one Kurdish MP was injured. Riot police used pepper spray and tear-gas on Kurdish civilians who were on their way to celebrate Newroz. …

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Dozens arrested and Newroz celebrations cancelled in Turkey

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Newroz celebrations in Istanbul and Diyarbakir have been cancelled for March 18 after the provincial governorships banned its celebration prior to 21, March. The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has said in a brief statement that the …

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Kurds continue to protest in Syria – Footage

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Kurds staged protests in the four districts of Al-Hasakah district today, alongside other ethnic minorities calling for the toppling of Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Baath regime is responsible for the killing of more than 10,000 protesters, including hundreds of children, …

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Halabja Trends on Twitter – Social Awareness Campaign

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Alliance For Kurdish Rights has been using social networking tools to raise awareness for Halabja genocide, which took place on March 16, 1988. We have written about what happened in the massacre here, why it is important to remember it …

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24 years later, Kurds still mourn for Halabja

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Halabja is a Kurdish town in Southern Kurdistan, and Northern Iraq. It is nearly 150 miles north-east of Baghdad, and has a rich history. It is home to Adela Khanum, an iconic feminist Kurdish figure, who was honoured with the …

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Turkish Court bans Kurdish New Year Pamphlets

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Diyarbakir’s High Criminal court has banned Newroz celebration pamphlets, the court used Article 6 of Anti-terror law (TMK) to confiscate all posters with slogans reading ‘Either Freedom or Freedom’. It has been claimed that the slogan resembles those of PKK, …

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Online campaign to raise awareness about Ba’ath brutality

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

Social networking sites are filled with stories, videos and articles on the Halabja genocide, which took place on 16 of March 1988, resulting in the brutal killing of thousands of civilians through chemical bombing. Ahead of the 24th anniversary of …

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