Monthly Archives: August 2012

Protests in the town of Cizre in spite of Turkish Censorship

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

On Sunday Kurdish residents of Cizre, Şırnak Province of Turkey gathered by the thousands to participate in a protest organized by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). The mayor of Cizre, Mustafa Gören, was also in attendance, and a general strike …

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Syrian Army Trying to Enter Amudê

Posted on by Naila Bozo

According to the pro-Kurdish news site Firat News, a journalist from the West Kurdish tv-channel Ronahî TV and activists in contact with people in Amudê, the Syrian army is trying to enter the Kurdish town of Amudê in West Kurdistan …

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ROJ TV & the dirty horse-trading agreement

Posted on by Naila Bozo

In my article “ROJ TV in the Land of the Snow Queen”, I questioned the verdict of the Kurdish tv-station ROJ TV that was ruled by the Danish court to be a mouthpiece for the Kurdish rebel group PKK, designated …

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ROJ TV appeal trial set to start October 29th

Posted on by Naila Bozo

The Kurdish television station ROJ TV was ruled guilty of acting as a mouthpiece for the Kurdish rebel group PKK on January 10th 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The verdict was appealed and the new trial is set to start on …

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Explosion at Intelligence Center in Qamişlo

Posted on by Naila Bozo

The Kurdish Youth Movement (Tevgera Ciwanên Kurd, TCK) in West Kurdistan (Northeast Syria) has confirmed that an explosion has taken place today at a Syrian intelligence center in Qamişlo. The explosion could be heard in the western part of the …

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Care homes neglected in oil-rich Kurdistan

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

The government based care home in Helwer is home to institutional and ministerial negligence. For the past 3 months we have actively monitored both their living conditions and health. There are three main carers that look after them and ensure …

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Where were you, Syria?

Posted on by Naila Bozo

It was raining my first day in Qamişlo. Small puddles were forming in the streets. My aunt pointed at them and said: “Look at the bubbles. We call them spring bubbles.” From that day I was aware that even though …

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