Tag: news
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KNK: In Koco village nearly 600 civilians were shot and buried
KNK Executive Council press statement 18 August 2014 ISIS continues massacres in Kurdistan In Koco village nearly 600 civilians were shot and buried A few days ago the international media reported that 80 civilian Yezidis (Ezidi) were killed by ISIS in the village of Koco near Sinjar following the invasion from ISIS. Recently 3 Yezidis…
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Sakine Cansiz declared honorary president of Argentine youth organisation
The Che Guevarist Youth Movement in Argentina has at its yearly congress announced Sakine Cansiz, Kurdish woman revolutionary killed in Paris last year, as its honorary president. At its 10th congress in Buenos Aires recently the Movement declared Miguel Enriquez, the leader of Tupac Amaru, Mario Roberto Santucho, the leading person of Argentina Revolutionary Workers…
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The situations of Kurdish Kolbers in Rojhelat and Iran
Almost every once in a while we hear the shocking news of the death of young Kurdish Kolbers. According to the human rights organizations’ statistics about seventy Kolbers are killed by the government’s officers and other Iranian military forces each year because they claim that Kolber job is illegal. Young Kurdish Kolber from Selas Bawecani (Salas-e…
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Fuad Bêrîtan: ISIS is a serious threat to the Middle Eastern people and the world
Fuad Bêrîtan, member of the leadership of Free and Democratic Society of Eastern Kurdistan (KODAR) said that the Islamic Republic of Iran, regardless of the chaos and the political turmoil in the Middle East and the threat of the ISIS in that area, its planning to intensifies the conflict systematically. He reveals that the ISIS is close to the Iranian border,…
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Increase of Kurdish political prisoners’ numbers in Islamic republic of Iran
While heads of regime hold each other accountable for the nuclear program case, on Monday in an ambassador gathering outside Iran, president Hassan Rouhani called his oppositions ‘a bunch of cowards who are only capable of chanting’. This was said while economy of nation is in a critical condition just as social and political situation…
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Suspicious activities of Salafi groups in Rojhelat
Over the past few years has increased activity by extremist Salafist groups in various cities in Rojhelat (East Kurdistan) but the extremist group are active in Rojhelat clearly following the invasion of Iraq and its Sunni areas. In the Kurdish cities Kamyaran, Kirmanshan and Bane, Salafis attempt to recruit and advertise their own ideas while activists…
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Who ended Shengal Siege: USA or Kurdish People Defense Force?
USA President, Barak Obama in a press conference proclaimed that Shengal siege was ended by the USA forces. This statement made by Obama once the USA special forces moved to the Shengal mountain to investigate the facts and peoples’ suffer. The situation in Shengal Mountain is better than it was at the first day of the crises. American…
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Demonstration of Meriwan citizens in support of Shengal
Demonstration of Meriwan citizens in support of Shengal (Sinjar) and Military raid of regime forces Around 100 people organized a demonstration in support of Shengal (Sinjar) and Kobani and condemning the attacks of ISIS terrorists in Meriwan (eastern Kurdistan, Rojhelat) which was attacked by police forces. The Firat News Agency (ANF) reporter said: On Thursday 14th…
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Argesh Karzan: YRK-HPJ guerrillas are ready to defence the people of South Kurdistan
On 13 August with respect to the martyrs of the Liberation, 50 guerrillas of YRK (East Kurdistan Defense Units) and HPJ (Women’s Defence Forces) moved towards Kelar and Xaneqin to protect of our people in South Kurdistan especially Yarsan and Shitte Kurds during a military ceremony while it was associated with speech of KODAR (Free and…
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Barzani visits People‘s Protection Forces in Maxmur
After evacuation of the town of Maxmur (Makhmur) and Kurdish refugees camp in Maxmur from the terrorist groups and forces of Islamic States of Iraq and Syria known as ISIS, by the People‘s Protection Forces (HPG) and Free Women Union Forces (YJA-STAR) and Peshmerga forces, Mr Masoud Barzani made a visit to the Maxmur and meet People‘s…
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Kurdistan guerrillas fighting against ISIS terrorists on the occupied areas
Since 3 August 2014 the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been attacking one of the Kurdish nations’s most ancient and holy areas, Shengal (Sinjar) and its surroundings; massacring Kurdish Ezidis, believers of the most ancient Kurdish religion. Following these attacks more than 50,000 Ezidi Kurds have taken refuge in the Shengal Mountains. More than…
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In defence of Ezidis against ISIS: Shengal turned to be Kurdish Jerusalem
ISIS offensives attacks against Kurdish Ezidis on 3rd of August in Shengal (Sinjar) district saw broad regional and global media coverage. The brutality exercised by the ISIS groups against Kurdish Ezidis and other ethnic religious and minority groups raised international community’s concern about the perpetuation of genocide by the ISIS against Kurdish Ezidis. Without doubt,…
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ISIS attacks and Kurdish Resistance in Kurdistan
The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has published a new dossier regarding the ISIS attacks on Kurdistan and retaliations of Kurdish forces and nation against them. Here you can read brief summary of the dossier but for reading the full document, download PDF file here. Kurdish resistance for humanity and an equal life Since the…
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The prisoners’ condition of Urmiye prison is inappropriate
The issue of human rights and violations of prisoners’ rights, especially Iranian nations, including Kurdish political prisoners, has been repeatedly discussed in the Kurdish media. So that the regime’s behaviour of prisoners in prison faces politics and this approach has the repressive trend unto torture and execution. In this circumstance, the status of the seven…
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Preparation of Iranian forces on the border of Southern Kurdistan for war
Iranian regime unprecedentedly has moved its revolutionary guards and army with full military equipment to all over Eastern and Southern Kurdistan border. According to the Firat News Agency (ANF) reports, Iranian regime in an unprecedentedly and widespread way has dispatched numerous forces to the border areas of Rojhelat1, from Maku to Kirmaşan2. It is said…
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AHWAZNA: Iran’s regime execute two Ahwazi Arab prisoners after unfair trials
Ahwazi activists close to the family of the two prisoners, Ali Chebieshat and Sayed Khaled Mousawi were executed secretly in solitary confinement on around on 22 May. They said that following their execution, the men’s bodies were not returned to their families. On November 16, 2013, the two prisoners appeared on the Press TV, “confessing”…
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Kurdish Kolbres shooting at the border regiment forces of Iran
The pressure of Iranian border troops against Kurdish Kolbers (back carriers) remains in Rojhelat (East Kurdistan) and tradespeople are threatened their lives by regime snipers. Following the killing of Kurdish kolbers in Rojhelat was severely wounded from the back a Kurdish youth from Mergewer (Urmiye functions) by the direct firing from the Iranian troops, Newroz…
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Continuing security atmosphere on the Meriwan people
Over the past few days, the people of Meriwan, in Rojhelat have been harassed by Amaken-e Sepah and Police forces of the Islamic Regime of Iran. In a coordinated action these forces have put pressure on shopkeepers and vendors on the security pretext and they have banned peoples’ businesses in the city after 12 nights, Firat…
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The Art and Culture Committee of KODAR condemned the inimically positions against Shahram Nazeri
Art and Culture Committee of KODAR (Democratic and Free Community of Rojhelat), Bestun Culture Centre, all of whom condemned the Iranian totalitarian groups (hostilely positions) against Shahram Nazeri by the inscription statement. The statement of the art and culture committee says that, while at the eleventh cabinet of Islamic Regime there has been much discussion over…
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Abdullah Öcalan: In the next 2 or 3 weeks there will be important talks
HDP MP Önder said that at yesterday’s meeting Öcalan told them there would be significant developments in the process in the coming period, adding: “in this time there will be political delegations and also talks he will have with the state delegation.” Önder said that Öcalan had listed the principles of ‘inclusiveness’, ‘belief in democratic…