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Quite some interesting information and news from the Kurdish regions – Bakur (Turkey), Başȗr (Iraq), Rojava (Syria) and Rojhilat (Iran) – is rarely, if ever, reported by the mainstream media.
The Kurdish Institute tries to fill this gap by reporting on a regular basis through its own news page recent facts and events, both from the Kurdish regions and from the rest of the world.
Video of the shooting of civilians in Cizre on the 20th of January 2016
The following video dates back from the beginning of this year. We republish it as documentation of the grave human rights violations commited by Turkish forces in the Kurdish region. The video shows Turkish forces shooting at a delegation of Kurdish politicians and...
Turkey suspends European Convention on Human Rights in wake of attempted coup
Published by The Independent 21 July 2016 Turkey will temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights after announcing a state of emergency following the attempted coup. Deputy prime minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Thursday that Turkey would follow the...
Turkey fires 21,000 teachers and demands suspension of every university dean in post-coup crackdown
Published by The Telegraph 19 July 2016 By Zia Weise and Josie Ensor - Istanbul Turkey’s post-coup crackdown took a sinister turn on Tuesday after tens of thousands of teachers were fired and all the country’s university deans were told they faced suspension. The...
Injured but not out of action: Rojava’s Mala Birîndara
Written by: Anna Davies and Rêvan Kobanê Anna Davies is working in Rojava on different medical and psychological projects in collaboration with the Kurdish Institute. We are writing this article as two Europeans who are living and working in Rojava. One of us has...
Hassaka Attack Shows How Brutal the ISIS Is! (statement KNK)
Tuesday July the 5th, was the last day of the Muslim month of Ramadan and on which usually is a day for making preparations for the Ramadan feast, the ISIS terrorists managed again to kill tens of civilians (22) and injure many more in a terrorist attack. The attacker...
Turkey: State Blocks Probes of Southeast Killings – Human Rights Watch
Allow UN to Investigate Cizre Abuses; Repeal New Law to Block Prosecutions Published by Human Rights Watch on July 11, 2016 (Istanbul) – The Turkish government is blocking access for independent investigations into alleged mass abuses against civilians across...
THE TURKISH STATE CONTINUES TO COMMIT WAR CRIMES IN KURDISTAN
• Women , men, the old and young are all attacked, wounded and killed. Villages and cities with historical buildings, hospitals, schools, businesses and homes are bombed and wantonly destroyed. Agricultural land with livestock are all being burnt and...
SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES – PRESS RELEASE
Göttingen, June 17, 2016 Northern Syria: Promising first steps towards peaceful coexistence of all population groups – STP publishes report on research visit to Kurdish enclaves The people living in the autonomous Kurdish regions – which are frequently attacked by...
“The struggle continues…” A conversation with Rojava’s women’s movement, Kongreya Star
Written by: Anna Davies Anna Davies is currently in Rojava, where she is working on different medical and psychological projects in collaboration with the Kurdish Institute. This conversation took place between a woman from the UK who is living and working in Rojava,...
