Monthly Archives: March 2014
Posted on March 26, 2014 by Asli Sena Kücükyildiz
Yesterday, the 10-year old Mehmet Ezer was shot in the head by the police with a tear-gas canister. The incident took place during a rally for the pro-Kurdish BDP in Silvan, a town of Diyarbakir. After getting the initial treatment …
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BDP,
Leyla Zana,
Turkey,
Violence,
Youth |
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Posted on March 22, 2014 by Naila Bozo
Once forbidden in Syria by the oppressive Baath regime, Newroz is now openly being celebrated by the Kurdish people in Rojava (northern regions of Syria). Before the Syrian uprising began in March 2011, Kurds went to Newroz celebrations knowing that …
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Kurdistan,
Syria |
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Posted on March 16, 2014 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Today marks the 26th anniversary of the Halabja Genocide that claimed the lives of more than 5,000 Kurdish civilians in a poison gas attack carried out by the state of Iraq on the orders of then president Saddam Hussein. The …
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Genocide,
Iraq,
Kurdistan,
Terror,
Violence |
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Posted on March 5, 2014 by Naila Bozo
Sweet freedom, everyone is looking, so come here Sweet freedom, our eyes are tired because we have been looking for so long Mihemed Şexo, a legendary Kurdish musician, sang this song with as much longing for freedom as his ardent …
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Discrimination,
Political Prisoners,
Turkey |
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