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KRG doubles down on independence vote after Baghdad meeting
This article was published on Al-Monitor on 23 August 2017. Written by Omar Sattar. The Kurdish delegation's visit to the Iraqi capital Aug. 14 failed to change the declared stances on the Kurdistan region independence referendum scheduled for Sept. 25, but did set...
Call for an International Day of Action against Feminicide
Call for an International Day of Action against Feminicide: Let's make August 3rd the International Day of Struggle against Feminicide through our joint organization! [gview...
Turkey’s parliament could be finalizing its own demise – Pinar Tremblay
Published by Al-Monitor on July 20, 2017 It's not possible to regulate people's thoughts, but Turkey's president has come up with the next-best thing: controlling their words. Since the April 16 referendum that expanded the authority of the presidency, President Recep...
Jailed Kurdish leader Demirtas says fair trial impossible in Erdogan’s Turkey
Published by Ekurd Daily on July 19, 2017 ANKARA,— Turkey’s jailed pro-Kurdish opposition leader said no judge could stand up to Tayyip Erdogan, expressing doubts he could ever have a fair trial after the president publicly labelled him a terrorist. In a rare...
Swedish lawmakers file ‘genocide’ complaint against Turkey’s Erdogan
Published by Ekurd Daily on 11/7/17 STOCKHOLM,— A group of Swedish lawmakers said Monday they have filed a legal complaint accusing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Kurdish southeast of his country. The...
De Mistura says Syrian Kurds need to participate in constitution drafting
Published by Ekurd Daily on 11/7/17 GENEVA,— UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura reiterated in an interview with Sputnik the vital need for Syrian Kurds to participate in the process of drafting the nation’s constitution, adding that he believed their voices...
Turkey’s Kurdish lawmaker Leyla Zana acquitted in ‘terror’ propaganda case
Published by Ekurd Daily on 11/7/17 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— A court in Turkish Kurdistan on Tuesday has acquitted a prominent a prominent Kurdish rights activist and lawmaker from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) of three charges, state-run...
Kobanê, two years after Daesh
Published on Kedistan on 13 July 2017. This article is based on a series of interviews done in Kobanê in January 2017. The author, Margot Cassiers, is a staff member at the Kurdish Institute in Brussels (Belgium). We enter the city at night, but at a time when no...
Demirtas’s open call to the chair of the AKP
First of all, I will return your insult that targeted the will of millions in my name. However, from another point of view, I would like to “thank you” because of your confession. You have saved us from the burden of trying to prove that the ongoing procedure against...
