Category: Youth
Posted on May 29, 2015 by Naila Bozo
One day they are terrorists, the next day they are femme fatales fighting Islamic State (Daesh). The discussion of whether Kurdish female fighters are the first, the second or something third is a …
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Youth |
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Helly Luv,
IS,
Kurdish female fighters,
Kurdistan |
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Posted on February 22, 2015 by Asli Sena Kücükyildiz
As many as 5,000 women and girls are victims of honour killings every year worldwide, often killed by members of their own family. Many honour killings have also taken place in Europe and America including the murder of Fadime Şahindal, …
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Kurdistan,
Violence,
Women,
Youth |
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Before Snowfall,
Honour killing,
journey,
Kurdistan,
movie,
women |
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Posted on February 20, 2015 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
A France-based organisation, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network claims that it has confirmed reports that brothers Ali and Habib Afshari have been executed. They were arrested in late 2010/early 2011 on charges of ‘waging enmity against God’ through ‘propaganda activities’ and ‘membership in a dissident …
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Executions,
Iran,
Kurdistan,
Political Prisoners,
Torture,
Trials,
Youth |
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execution,
Iran,
Kurdish Political Prisoner,
Kurdistan |
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Posted on February 9, 2015 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Amnesty International writes: Iranian juvenile offender, Saman Naseem, could be executed as early as 19 February 2015 for crimes allegedly committed when he was 17 years old. He was sentenced to death after an unfair trial. The family of Saman …
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Call to Actions,
Campaigns,
Iran,
Political Prisoners,
Youth |
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Iran,
Kurdish,
Political Prisoner,
Stop Execution |
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Posted on January 13, 2015 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
During protests to commemorate the execution-like killings of three Kurdish activists in Paris on January 9, 2013, clashes erupted in the Cizre district of Şırnak in North Kurdistan (southeastern Turkey) which led to Turkish police shooting and injuring yet another …
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Kurdistan,
Turkey,
Youth |
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Kurdish rights,
Police,
Protests,
Turkey |
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Posted on December 27, 2014 by Naila Bozo
Three years ago, a U.S. Predator drone spotted movement on Turkey’s border with Iraq. As part of a close collaboration between the U.S. and Turkey with the task of closely monitoring the Kurdish armed fighters of PKK (Kurdistan Worker’s Party), …
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Activism,
Free speech,
Terror,
Turkey,
Youth |
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Kurds,
NSA,
PKK,
Roboski,
Snowden,
Turkey |
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Posted on December 14, 2014 by Naila Bozo
First a picture of a boy. Then a black flood overlaid with meter upon meter of red, yellow and green fabric, moving in waves on the shoulders of those beneath it. Finally pale hands, dark hands, wrinkled, callused, steady hands …
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Free speech,
Political Prisoners,
Protests,
Terror,
Turkey,
Violence,
Youth |
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Kurds,
Peace,
Terror,
Turkey |
Comments Off on In Turkey, a Child is a Terrorist
Posted on September 16, 2014 by Naila Bozo
When Turkey’s ruling party AKP announced its “democratic package” that among other things included reforms meant to address Kurdish calls for greater rights, some people expressed hope in this promise while others, especially Kurds, remained skeptical. AKP and its supporters …
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Culture,
Discrimination,
Kurdistan,
Language,
Protests,
Turkey,
Violence,
Youth |
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Kurdistan,
Kurds,
Mother tongue,
Protest,
Turkey,
Violence |
Comments Off on Turkish Police Attack Kurds Protesting Closure of School
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