Tag: news
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Murat Karayılan: Kurdish people’s struggle has entered a new phase
ANF, NEWS DESK ─ PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) Executive Council Committee Member Murat Karayılan has made striking statements regarding the ongoing state terror and popular resistance in Bakur (North Kurdistan). Answering questions by Radio “Dengê Kurdistan”, Karayılan said the process has entered a new phase as of 14 December, and a state of civil war is…
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KHRN Report: Kurdish political prisoner’s family harassed in Kashmar prison
Kurdish political prisoner’s Family Şakir Baki traveled from the city of Wan in Bakur (Northern Kurdistan, occupied by Turkey) to Iran’s Kashmar prison to meet their son following permission by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sine on 14 December, but they had been harassed by the prison officials before meeting their son, a reliable Kurdistan Human Rights Network…
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Hunger strike has begun to stop Daryan Dam project and save the Bil Spring in Hewraman
A number of Kurdish civil and environmental activists in Hewraman of Rojhelat (eastern Kurdistan) went on hunger strike to stop the Daryan Dam environmental crisis and preserve the Bil Spring (in Kurdish Kanî Bil). According to local sources, after several years of efforts by the group, individuals and different civil and environmental movements to stop the…
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Cemil Bayık: Turkey’s policy on ISIS is dangerous for the whole world
ANF, ─ KCK Executive Council Co-President Cemil Bayık stated that the AKP government blackmails the whole world by legitimating and promoting ISIS. Calling the world’s attention to the effective battle of SDF led by YPG/YPJ against the ISIS, Bayık emphasised that; “SDF is capable of pushing the ISIS out of Jarablus within a short time.…
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KCK: The states backing ISIS responsible for Paris attacks
BEHDINAN, ANF ── KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Presidency has released a statement condemning the deadly Paris attacks which claimed the lives over 120 people last night. KCK offered condolences to the families of the victims, the French people and all humanity targeted by the multiple attacks, for which it held the states backing…
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Turkish soldiers mark walls of Farqîn (Silvan) with words of hatred and threats
June 7th 2015: a general election took place and an entire world witnessed HDP (Peoples Democratic Party) passing the 10 % threshold that was necessary in order to gain new seats in the parliament. Kurds demanded democracy and right to live freely. HDP was the answer. Re-election: The government played a political veto card and…
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PJAK condemns the massacre in Paris / English and Swedish
Kurds worldwide share the French people’s pain and sorrow. We have as the French people been victims of terrorism and lost thousands of our best men and women in the struggle for freedom and democracy against all forms of terrorism and fanaticism in the name of Islam. We will stand side by side with the…
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KNK condemns the massacre in Paris
On behalf of Kurdistan National Congress, we send our deepest condolences on the tragic loss of so many French Citizens after multiple terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night. These terror attacks are against all humanity and the universal values. We are very shocked and deeply alarmed, knowing that there is no justification for…
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KCK: Unilateral inaction has ended due to AKP’s ongoing attacks
BEHDINAN, ANF ─ KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Presidency has announced that the unilateral position of inaction by their side has ended due to the war policy and ongoing attacks of the AKP. KCK said it is clear and obvious that there will be no change in the war policies that were pursued by…
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KNK: AKP government continues massacres in Kurdistan after the 1 November election
Turkish Police in the Farqîn district of Amed (Diyarbakir) and Gever district of Colemêrg have killed 4 civilians using hand grenades and grenade launchers. While Special Forces units are throwing hand grenades into civilian neighbourhoods, armoured vehicles are targeting civilians from within the neighbourhoods. As a result of these attacks, 20 year old Dogan DOGMA…
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KCK: AKP has seized the power and will escalate the war
BEHDINAN, ANF ─ KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Presidency has released a statement about the results of November 1 elections. Describing the period since after June 7 election as a “political coup”, KCK said AKP didn’t win the election but seized the power, and will escalate its war against the Kurdish Freedom Movement and…
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KHRN: A 10-year-old school pupil commits suicide in Şino
A 10-year-old school boy from Tachin Abad area of Şino (Oshnaviyeh) has committed suicide after his school officials forced his poor parents to make compulsory donations to his school, a reliable source in Şino said on 25 October. Despite being against the law, school officials had asked the children’s parents to donate to his school…
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Bodies of political prisoners yet to be returned to families, two years after execution
It is the second anniversary of the execution of Kurdish political prisoners Reza Ismaili Mamedi and Hebibulla Gulperipur. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained detailed information about Golparipour’s arrest, trial and execution. The latest information obtained just recently and published for the first time includes a handwritten letter by Golparipour, a few audio files…
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KNK: The AKP government is trying to manipulate the Kurdish ceasefire and the massacre
The Kurdish Freedom Movement, PKK, declares a new ceasefire, but the Turkish military and police are attacking the Kurdish civilians and the guerrillas daily. As soon as it was understood that the PKK was going to declare a ceasefire, the AKP retorted by stating that they weren’t interested in a ceasefire and would, in fact,…
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Declaration of Establishment by Democratic Syria Forces
A total of 13 organizations have announced a joint establishment of Syrian Democratic Forces. The 13 organizations include; – YPG / YPJ, – Al-Sanadid Forces, – Syriac Military Council, – Burkan Al-Fırat Operations Center, – Suwar al-Raqqa, – Shams al-Shamal, – Lîwa Al-Selcuki, – Brigade Groups of Al-Jazira, – Jabhat Al-Akrad – Jaysh Al-Thuwar (Revolutionaries’…
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An open letter to Salil Shetty – Secretary General of Amnesty International
Dear Salil, I am writing in protest at the publication of a report from your organisation called ‘We had nowhere else to go – Forced displacement and demolitions in Northern Syria’. As a British humanitarian who has spent 5 and half months with the YPG in Rojava, I’m utterly bemused by your 32 page report…
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KCK declares inaction on condition of not being attacked
KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Presidency has released a statement declaring inaction on condition that no attacks are carried out against the Kurdish movement, people and guerrilla forces. The statement said this decision was made in consideration of the calls made for a truce from both inside and outside Turkey as the conflict gets…
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PJAK: Only freedom of Öcalan will end the 9th October conspiracy
International conspiracy of October 9, 1998 was against the Kurdish people that were done on Kurdish national leader Abdullah Öcalan (Leader APO). We condemn all the power and politics of the countries that were involved and behind in the planning and implementation of this conspiracy, again. We cherish the memory of all martyrs of freedom in…
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Anti-Guerrilla propaganda of KDP-Iran
Some Peshmargas of Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDP-Iran) whom are based in Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq (KDP-Iraq) territories, areas conterminous with Kêleşîn, continuing their anti-guerrilla propaganda against “Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK)”. A reliable regional source mentioned, their job is only to propagate rumors against PJAK. A reliable regional source told Firat…
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Global Rally for the freedom and reconstruction of Kobane
URGENT CALL FOR ACTION Global Rally for the freedom and reconstruction of Kobane Date for Global Rally: 1 November 2015 The determined resistance of the Kurdish men and women in this strategic border region of Rojava (Western Kurdistan in Syria) inspired people and governments all over the world when they successfully repelled the siege of…