Tag: news
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PJAK activist injured in assassination attempt in Stockholm
A renowned Kurdish political activist from Rojhelat living in Stockholm Ghafour Mohammadi has been severely wounded in an assassination attempt on his life on the outskirts of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, on 13 February. A family relative of Mohammadi told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that the assassination attempt took place after Mohammadi and other…
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15 February 1999: The capture of Abdullah Öcalan
NEWS DESK, ANF ─ On 15 February 1999, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan was captured in Kenya by Turkish special agents acting in connection with CIA and Mossad, while en route from the Greek embassy to Nairobi airport. The capture of Turkey’s “enemy number one” was claimed by the authorities in Ankara as their victory against…
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Another massacre by the Turkish state against the Kurds
The Turkish state has massacred 60 civilians using chemical weapons For the past two months, in front of the world’s eyes, the Turkish state has been conducting a systematic massacre in Cizre. Tens of thousands of civilians have been subjected to heavy bombardment and street killings. For several days, state forces had been bombing two…
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Iranian prosecutor reject medical treatment for Zeyneb Celaliyan
The prosecutor of Iran’s city of Khoy has rejected a request by Kurdish female political prisoner Zeyneb Celaliyan (Zeynab Jalalian) to receive medical treatment outside the prison for her severe illnesses, a reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to the source, Zeyneb Celaliyan has been suffering from Pterygium for several years. In…
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KNK Report: The Turkish Government’s All-out War against the Kurds
Turkish President Erdogan: “Presidency or Chaos” Since the 24th of July, 2015, the Turkish state initiated a comprehensive and dirty war against the Kurds. Up till now, hundreds of civilians have been killed in this war including 58 children and 39 women. The Turkish state is using tanks, heavy artilleries, helicopters, special forces and the…
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Rojhelat will march for Bakur
According to the latest information from Rojhelat, Thursday 04.02.2016, people of many cities of Rojhelat (eastern Kurdistan) will march peacefully in solidarity with Bakur. They will protest Turkish state’s attacks in Bakur (north of Kurdistan / south east of Turkey). The campaign of “Resistance is Life” published information about tomorrow’s march in their Facebook page. The…
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Swedes, Iranians, Turks, Balochs, Latin Americans and Kurds in Sweden protested the Turkish state
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN ─ Political parties and civil organizations, including Swedes, Iranians, Turks, Balochs, Latin Americans and Kurds living in Sweden protested the Turkish state’s attack on Bakur, demanding Turkey to stop the attacks on Kurdish civilians in Bakur (north of Kurdistan / south east of Turkey). These organizations created a committee against genocides in Turkey and…
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Amnesty International: Jailed Syrian Kurd in Iran needs surgery
Amnesty International calls on the Iranian authorities to urgent medical treatment for a Kurdish political prisoner, “Iran: Jailed Syrian Kurd in Iran needs surgery: Ramazan Ahmad Kamal“. “Ramazan Ahmad Kamal, a Syrian Kurd serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran, needs urgent medical care, including surgical treatment. On his way to hospital on 30 December…
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Iranian prison official makes death threats against Kurdish political prisoners
A representative of the Prosecutor General of Tehran visited Rajaee Shahr prison in Karaj on 20 January to investigate the case of Syrian Kurdish political prisoner Ramazan Ahmad, who had complained about the extreme physical abuse that he had received at the hands of prison officers at the prison, after which he spent six days…
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KHRN: Kurdish political prisoners in Iran detail human rights violations in letter to Special Rapporteur
ROJHELAT, KHRN ─ A Kurdish political prisoner who originally comes from Kobane (Rojava), Ramazan Ahmad, has written a letter signed by 22 other prisoners detailing human rights violation for which they hold responsible officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Local human rights activists told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that Ahmad had been transferred…
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Internationalist fighters in Rojava call on youth to join Bakur’s resistance
ANHA, QAMISHLO ─ Internationalist combatants fighting in the ranks of YPG/YPJ (People’s/Women’s Defense Units) have released a statement saluting the self-rule resistance in Bakur (North) Kurdistan. Revolutionaries called upon the youths to join the resistance alongside the YPS (Civil Defense Units) and guerrilla forces. The press conference by internationalist combatants was held at the border between…
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Press statement: Concerns about Abdullah Öcalan’s life: What is happening in Imrali Island Prison?
While Öcalan’s and Imrali Island’s total isolation continues since April 2015, now two inmates have been removed from the island and isolated elsewhere. This gives rise to the question: What is happening in Imrali? Is Öcalan’s life in danger? The Imrali island prison is the Guantanamo of Europe. Over the 17 years of Öcalan’s imprisonment…
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FARC-EP Commander Nariño: Kurdish women’s struggle is an example
ANF, MAHİR YILMAZKAYA ─ Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -People’s Army (FARC-EP) Commander Alexandra Nariño and member of the Delegation of Peace spoke to Firat News Agency about the role of women in the struggle for freedom. Nariño pointed out that women on the other side of the world are admiring Kurdish women’s struggle against an…
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The anniversary of PJAK members’ execution by Iranian regime
In previous years, with the target of suppressing the Kurdish people and other peoples of Iran who want freedom, equality and justice, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Apparently under the Islamic law enforcement, they have carried out mass crimes. Two kinds of the crimes that occurred on the 6th of January 2010 and 5th of…
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Three Kurdish female activists murdered in Silopî
ŞIRNEX, ANF ─ It came out that DBP Assembly member Sêvê Demir, Silopi People’s Assembly co-chair Pakize Nayır and KJA activist Fatma Uyar are among the four people murdered by state forces in Şirnex’s Silopî district. Body of another slain civilian is yet to be identified. The four people were killed as state forces opened…
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16 Iranian organizations condemned the Turkish state terror against Kurds
Since 7 June, attacks by the Turkish government has intensified and escalated through the months, and in conjunction with other elections on November 1st, the situation has only worsened. No home is like a home, Turkish State has ruined everything characterized as Kurdish, towns and people’s homes have been turned into cemeteries. Turkish State terrorizing…
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KNK: The Turkish State Continues its Attacks in Kurdistan
THIS IS NOT SYRIA THIS IS TURKEY- Your friend in the west! There is a massacre taking place in Cizre, Silopi, Sur, Nusaybin and Dargecit. The attacks that began during the 7th June elections and intensified with the Suruc attacks (on 22 July, killing 32 people) and the Ankara attacks (on 10 October, killing 102…
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Rallies across Rojhelat and Iran condemn Turkish state’s killing of civilian Kurds
KHRN, ROJHELAT ─ According to news from different cities of Rojhelat and Iran, public rallies were held on 24 December to condemn Turkish government’s crimes against Kurdish civilians following a call of action by Kurdish political and civil activists urging solidarity with Kurds in northern Kurdistan (Turkey). In the cities of Ilam, Kirmaşan, Sine (Sanandaj)…
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The Kurdish Self-Governance Movement in Turkey’s South East: an Interview by Lefteast with Haydar Darici
For the past year, foreign coverage of Turkey has been focused on spectacular events: elections, terrorist acts, shooting down of Russian planes, and other geopolitical gambles. Throughout this period, however, a quiet revolution had been taking place in the Kurdish Southeast of the country in the form of the self-governance movement, which the Turkish state…
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Bristol hosts event on Rojava Revolution: Anti-State communities in Kurdistan
On 14 December, the Rojava Solidarity group in Bristol hosted an event at the Malcolm X Centre on the origins and politics of the Rojava Revolution: “Caught between the expansionist ISIS and escalating oppression by the Turkish state is one of the largest and most interesting revolutionary struggles of our times. Rojava, comprising three regions…