As the United States prepares to sanction Turkey for its purchase from Russia of the S-400 air defence system, the European Union also declared limited sanctions regarding the dispute in Eastern Mediterranean.Read More
288 people were killed during the curfews declared on December 14, 2015 and continued until March 2, 2016 in Cizre (Cızir) district of Şırnak (Şirnex) province of Turkey.Read More
In an interview with the Denge Welat radio, Murat Karayılan, Executive Committee member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) spoke about the hunger strikes ongoing in Turkish prisons and sexual violence being used as a weapon of war. .Read More
The body of Mercan Erkol (Berîtan Tolhildan), a fighter of the The People’s Defense Forces (HPG) who lost her life in an air assault in October 16, 2017 in the Kulp (Pasur) district of Diyarbakır (Amed), has still not been delivered to her family for three years despite the sample of her DNA matching with […]Read More
Mark Campbell “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” Malcolm XRead More
Bedran Çiya Kurd, Autonomous Administration of North East Syria deputy co-chair, shared his evaluations on the latest developments in Northern Syria and the Middle East with Hawar News Agency.Read More
The state forces of the Iraqi government used tear gas and weapons attacking the protestors, who came together in front of the Defence Council of Sulaymaniyah, Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reports.Read More
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) announced that Turkey has sent a military shipment to southern Idlib in Syria, according to a Hawar News Agency (ANHA) report.Read More
Celal Ekin, a Kurdish musician and an instructer at Dicle-Firat (Tigris-Euphrates) Cultural Association spoke to Mesopotamia News Agency, about their efforts to teach art in Diyarbakır (Amed) after the new Covid-19 restrictions.Read More
Human Rights defenders in Turkey issued joint press statements in various provinces of Turkey, including Istanbul, Diyarbakır (Amed), Adana, Mardin (Mêrdîn), Hatay and Van (Wan) on the occassion of Human Rights Week.Read More