Monthly Archives: February 2013

Nationalist attacks on Kurdish politicians in Turkey

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

On Saturday, a BDP congress in the province of Hatay in Turkey was attacked by nationalist Turks who were shouting insults at Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chair of BDP, the only pro-Kurdish party in the Turkish parliament. The mob threw stones at …

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Interview with ROJ TV director: ROJ TV is facing an international conspiracy

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

In January 2012 the City Court in Denmark ruled that the Kurdish TV-station ROJ TV from February 7, 2008 to February 10, 2010 had acted as a mouthpiece for PKK, a Kurdish rebel group fighting for Kurdish rights in Turkey. …

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Making Turkey work with the Kurds: the Canadian example

Posted on by Mohammad Shirdel

The government of Turkey has recently engaged in new rounds of dialogue and negotiation with their Kurdish population. However, in order for these talks to result in some sort of tangible gains for their systemically marginalized and suppressed Kurdish population, …

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Discrimination of the Kurds: Also in Denmark

Posted on by Hejar Dashti

To be discriminated against is not a good feeling. It hurts. Especially if you experience it in a modern and democratic country like Denmark. My family and I came to Denmark ten years ago as political refugees. After ten years …

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Editorial: A Dream for Syria and Serê Kaniyê

Posted on by Suzan Boulad (Syria)

kurds in #syria led a humiliating life under the assad regime and no one supported them. now syria is fighting assad, still no support. — naila bozo (@nailabozo) February 8, 2013 I read with horror about the attacks in  Serê Kaniyê …

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International support of Kurdish uprising in Syria

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

For a long time after the Syrian uprising began almost two years ago, West Kurdistan (the Kurdish northern parts of Syria, also called Rojava) remained free of fights between the regime and the Free Syrian Army. This has since changed …

Posted in Call to Actions, Culture, Discrimination, Media, Protests, Syria, Turkey, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Turkey “allows” Kurdish in court, still prosecutes Kurds unfairly

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

24 January, Istanbul: Turkey’s parliament fulfilled a long-standing promise to decriminalize the use of the Kurdish language during Turkish court trials after an intense debate between nationalist politicians and members of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). The law, …

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