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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.
Iran executes Kurdish man Heidar Ghorbani, despite all International Appeals, Human Rights Organisations say
Iran has executed a Kurdish man convicted of armed rebellion despite international appeals that his life be spared, activists said on December 20. Heidar Ghorbani was executed early on December 19 in Sanandaj prison in western Iran's Kurdistan Province, the...
Australian politicians demand removal of PKK from list of terrorist organisations – ANF News, 27 Nov 2021
From ANF News on 27 November 2021 Support for the campaign Justice for the Kurds demanding the removal of the PKK from the list of terrorist organizations continues to grow. Australian politicians joined the call to delist the PKK. In an urgent call, a number of...
111 journalists under trial in November – ANF News, 1 Dec 2021
From ANF News on 1 December 2021 It was announced that 111 journalists were tried in November, and a prison sentence was handed down. The November report, prepared by the Price of News project with the support of the Journalists' Association, has been announced. The...
Turkey’s attacks on South Kurdistan continue – ANF News, 29 Nov 2021
From ANF News on 29 November 2021 The Turkish army carried out further attacks in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) on Monday. According to reports, Turkish attacks targeted the areas of Rubi, Ruwal, Tarstaw, Hewreben and Kanyeba in the Bradost region in the...
6 civilians killed, 95 others kidnapped in Afrin in 2 months – ANF News, 1 Dec 2021
From ANF News on 1 December 2021 Roşîn Hido from the Afrin Human Rights Organization provided information about the crimes committed by the Turkish state and its mercenaries in Afrin in the last two months. Hido said that the crimes committed by the Turkish state and...
An urgent appeal addressed to the UN, EU and in particular the OPCW to stop immediately the Turkish crimes and use of chemical weapons against Kurdish people
Call on OPCW to Immediately Investigate Turkey`s Use of Chemical Weapons On November 29 the Twenty-Sixth Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CSP-26) opened in The Hague, providing a unique opportunity for its 193 member states to show...
November 4th, 2021: 5 years of imprisonment for HDP co-chairs Yüksekdag and Demirtas
On 4 November, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs, Figen Yüksekdag and Selahattin Demirtas, alongside other parliamentarians, will mark the 5th anniversary of their arrest. It is also the beginning of an ongoing systematic repression against the HDP. In this...
US lawmakers urge Biden administration not to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey (Bianet.org – 27-10-2021)
11 members of the US House of Representatives, both Democrat and Republican, have addressed a letter to US President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken and called on them to not sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. The members of the House express 'a profound sense of...
Catalan parliament recognizes administration in northeast Syria
The Parliament of Catalonia recognized the existence of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of Northeast Syria (AANES) in a resolution on Wednesday 20-10-2021 and urged Catalan institutions to establish relations with it. According to the Kurdish Institute, this...
