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Remembering Halabja: 26 years later

Posted on 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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Kurds: The Error in Turkey

Posted on by Naila Bozo

                  A massacre against thirtyfour men and boys has been deemed an error. The error lasted six and a half hours. At six pm, the Turkish military assessed that drone images were …

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May 2014 not begin with yet another funeral

Posted on by Naila Bozo

The Kurdish people were still in mourning, commemorating the one-year-anniversary of the Roboskî Massacre that claimed the lives of 34 civilian Kurdish boys and men. Then news came in the second week of January that three Kurdish women had been …

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Lawyers Demand Review of Case of Kurdish Human Rights Lawyer Muharrem Erbey

Posted on by Tasbeeh Herwees

The International Senior Lawyers Project, a global organization that “provides the pro bono services of highly skilled and experience lawyers to promote human rights”, released a press statement early this week urging the European Commissioner of Human Rights, to investigate …

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Drones over Kurdistan

Posted on by Naila Bozo

I live in Denmark. When I see a drone, it does not scare me because it is on TV. It reminds me of Star Wars. The drone is nothing more but a toy, a movie prop. My people live in …

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Kurdish Man Announces Conscientious Objection

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

A Kurdish man named Baran Toktaş has announced his conscientious objection, saying that “as a Kurdish youth, I refuse to shed the blood of my brothers, and to be on the same side with rapists.” Baran Toktaş has proclaimed his …

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Families of the Victims of Roboski Massacre Fined by Turkish Court

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

On December 28th, 2011, F-16 warplanes launched an attack on villagers in Roboski village of the Kurdish district of Şırnak in Turkey. On their way back to their village, a group of people, who were transporting cheap fuel into Turkey …

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34 Kurdish civillians killed by Turkish warplanes – Video

Posted on by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar

At least 36 Kurdish civilians have been killed by Turkish warplanes overnight, local sources revealed. Şirnak City Council’s Deputy Chair Erşet Ediş has said in a statement, “The bodies were burnt to a crisp. Vehicles cannot go into the area due to …

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