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Families of Er and Dağ appeal to international community 

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Abdurrahman Er and Mazlum Dağ were sentenced to death on 11 February 2020 by the Second Hall of the Erbil Criminal Court in the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan . Their parents spoke to GR about the latest situation of their sons

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EH Bildu-Esquerra Republicana Group asked Spanish Government about Er and Dağ  0

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Senators of the Parliamentary Group Esquerra Republicana – Euskal Herria Bildu at the Spanish Parliament have tabled a question to the Spanish Government about the death sentence handed out to Abdurrahman Er and Mazlum Dağ in South Kurdistan

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The Struggle for Kobanê – A Future for Kurds? 0

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This week in September marks the 6th (since September 2014) anniversary of the Islamic State/Daesh’s advance on and siege of the Kurdish city of Kobanê

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Erciş, or the transformation of a province

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With a population of 250 thousand Erciş is one of the largest provinces of Van, in North Kurdistan

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With the spirit of the hunger strikers to the end of Turkish fascism

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After 200 days of incomparable historical resistance, the hunger strikes in Kurdistan, Turkey and Europe have been declared over today

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Kurdish activists called off hunger strike following Öcalan’s message

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Thousands of prisoners and activists around the world were on hunger strike demanding the end of the isolation against Abdullah Öcalan

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Ramin Hossein Panahi, Iranian Kurd, to Die…

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Prison officials summoned Ramin Hossein Panahi on 19 May informing him that his execution will be carried out after 15 June, when the Muslim month of Ramadan ends

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Kurdistan Communities Union calls for a boycott of Turkish goods and tourism

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The umbrella organization of the Kurdish freedom movement called for a boycott of Turkish goods and tourism in Turkey to deal a blow against the economy of Turkey, which is the engine of the war against the Kurds.

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TURKEY: “HARROWING” REPRESSION OF KURDISH CULTURE & LANGUAGE

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This 21 February 2018 – On Mother Language Day, PEN International “wishes to highlight the sustained repression of Kurdish culture and language in Turkey

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Cegerxwîn Academy of Arts: resisting cultural genocide

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Ilhan Bakir is the director of the Cegerxwîn Cultural Center in Amed (Diyarbakir) and it is here, in the center’s confortable building that we meet him

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Kurdish-led SDF liberate Raqqa

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Brigadier General Talal Silo, a spokesman for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced to the world media the fall of the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed capital, on Tuesday, 17 October

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Detenciones y ejecuciones en el Kurdistan iraní

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La Asociación de Derechos Humanos del Kurdistán, ha publicado un informe sobre las violaciones de derechos humanos en Rojhelat, el Kurdistan iraní

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TURKEY’S WAR AGAINST THE ACADEMICS…

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Two recent studies have once again drawn attention to the unprecedented crackdown on academics and intellectual freedom in post coup Turkey

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KURDISH HUNGER STRIKES. INTENSIFY DESPITE HOPES OF DIALOGUE

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there is now serious concern that after an unbelievable 54 days on hunger strike (as of April 9th) a number of prisoners are passing the point of no return

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Turkey Condemned for Forced Exodus of Kurds from Diyarbakir

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Tuesday, 6th December 2016, Amnesty International release their report “DISPLACED AND DISPOSSESSED: SUR RESIDENTS’ RIGHT TO RETURN HOME”.

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Brussels and sealed Europe

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The keyword after the jihadist massacre that hit Brussels, causing 31 dead and 230 wounded, is: “sealing”

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