Emine Şenyaşar, who lost her two sons and her husband in 2018 as a result of the attack in Turkey by the relatives of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy İbrahim Halil Yıldız and plainclothes police officers/bodyguards, repeated her demand for justice before the fourth hearing of the trial, to be held tomorrow. Responding […]Read More
Refugees from Afrin – who have been living in Serdem Refugee Camp in Shahba Canton (Herêma Şahba) in Northern Syria since the Turkish state’s attacks – are having to rely on their own meagre resources to survive the harsh winter conditions.Read More
According to Mesopotamia Agency, three Kurdish political refugees, including journalist Nuri Akman, have asked for asylum at Bucharest Airport in Romania, where they are awaiting a decision as to whether they will be deported or not.Read More
Translated from HawarNews. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) reportedly detains civilians who have been abducted from Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Camp in the same place in Iraqi Kurdistan that it holds members from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). News reports revealed this situation on 11 October, noting that civilians who had been […]Read More
by Savan Abdalrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan On 11 November 2020, the families of Peshmergas who were martyred in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) protested in front of the Peshmerga Ministry in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. They burned clothes and shoes they had recently received from a Non-Government Organisation (NGO).Read More
Evaluating the rising tensions between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Duran Kalkan, a member of the PKK Executive Committee, said that they have attempted on several occasions to solve the problem with the KDP.Read More
by Savan Abdalrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Political participation is a process in which individuals play a role in changing and fuelling the social system by giving life to it. Today, worldwide, we see a wide range of women participating in politics, but this does not change the fact that women’s participation faces oppression and gender […]Read More
The Turkish state’s combat helicopters have been bombing the Bradost region of Iraqi Kurdistan. People have captured images showing these attacks.Read More
Twelve people were detained in Cizre district of Şırnak (Şirnex) in Turkey, during operations conducted against People’s Democratic Party (HDP) members. Former Cizre Municipality Co-Chair Berivan Kutlu and HDP District Co-Chair Güler Tunç were among those detained.Read More
The Mother of Peace, Meles Tekin, has died at the age of 75.Read More