Alliance for Kurdish Rights (AKR) is deeply concerned about the events that recently unfolded in the city of Amudê in West Kurdistan (Northern part of Syria). On June 27, hundreds of Kurds in the city of Amudê gathered to protest …
Posted in Call to Actions, Protests, Syria, Violence | 8 CommentsConfidentiality has been decreed on the probe regarding the massacre that took place during the protest against the construction of military outposts in the Kayacık village of Diyarbakır’s Lice district Diyarbakır Public Prosecution Office authorized with the 10th article of …
Posted in Protests, Turkey, Uncategorized, Violence | Comments Off on Prosecutors decree confidentiality on the probe into Lice MassacreA 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 …
Posted in Political Prisoners, Terror, Turkey, Violence | 1 CommentYesterday, soldiers opened fire on people who were protesting against the construction of additional buildings to the military guard post in the Hêzan ‘Kayacık village of the Lice district of Amed (Diyarbakır). 1 person died and 8 were hospitalized due …
Posted in Protests, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on Massacre in Lice, Amed: 1 dead, Many WoundedKurdistan is a region whose residents have not had the right to choose a long life with natural death for decades. Kurds have been exposed to numerous crimes against humanity ever since Kurdistan, their country, was divided into four parts …
Posted in Executions, Mass Graves, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on Human Bones Found in Kurdish Cities in TurkeyKahraman Kaya, a 17-year-old Kurdish boy who was attacked by a fascist group in Istanbul and was taken into intensive care since the incident, lost his life today. Last Thursday, 10 Kurdish students went outside the school to come together …
Posted in Discrimination, Displacements, Turkey, Violence, Women | 4 CommentsFighting between the rebels and soldiers from the Syrian regime began early this morning after clashes on a rebel-controlled farm in the southern part of Qamişlo. During the two-year long war in Syria, the Kurdish People’s Defence Units (YPG) has …
Posted in Arabic, Syria, Violence | 2 CommentsOn 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 …
Posted in BDP, Discrimination, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on Nationalist attacks on Kurdish politicians in Turkey