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Artists in Neim Square organised ‘’Art against war” exhibition
Ehmedê Huseyin: ”Artists can create life from death. The role of the intellectuals during the war times is very important. Neim Square was a place of fear and death but today it has become the square of colour, happiness and beauty”
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WAR ON AFRIN: THE THIRD WEEK
We are now well over three weeks into the Turkish military assault on Afrin – “home to the last of the untouched Yazidi communities (some 25,000 people)…also…home to many of the internally displaced refugees in Syria
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AFRIN: Interview with Sozdar Avesta of The KCK
KCK (The Kurdistan Communities Union – in Kurdish: Koma Civakên Kurdistan) is a Kurdish political organization committed to implementing Abdullah Öcalan’s ideology of Democratic Confederalism
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Vicenza si solleva, dal NO Dal Molin al sostegno al popolo kurdo
“La Jendarma Turca, responsabile di uccisioni indiscriminate, torture e rappresaglie contro i civili nel Kurdistan Bakur è tra gli osservatori internazionali della Gendarmeria Europea (Vicenza, Caserma Chinotto)”
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Erdogan a Roma, la polizia carica i curdi rifugiati politici
Il presidio. Manifestazione #ErdoganNotWelcome a Roma: gli agenti anti-sommossa circondano la piazza, manifestanti tenuti prigionieri per quattro ore. Si replica il 17 febbraio con un corteo nazionale
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WAR ON AFRIN: THE SECOND WEEK
We are now two weeks into the Turkish military – supported by the paramilitary groups of the Free Syrian Army (“al-Qaida & al-Nusra terrorists” ANF) – assault on Afrin
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KURDISTAN: The “Dirty War” The Price of Wanting Freedom?
there are death squads looking to disband Turkish and Kurdish opposition members
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La Turchia spara sui profughi. Ad Afrin 150 civili uccisi
Siria/Turchia. L’organizzazione HRW denuncia i crimini turchi: uccisi almeno 10 rifugiati al confine
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WAR ON AFRIN: The First Seven Days
Just over a week into the Turkish military assault on Rojava, conflicting reports give varying updates on the situation in the Afrin canton
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“Stop Turkey’s invasion of Afrin” HDP Call…
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) condemns Turkey’s invasion of Afrin region in Northern Syria and invites the international community to take immediate action to stop it
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Turkey demands “patriotic” coverage of “Operation Olive Branch”(sic)
On January 24, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the freedom-of-the-press NGO, with its head office in Paris, France, condemned the “increase in censorship and social media arrests in Turkey, that has accompanied the Afrin Operation.”
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AFRIN: International Association of Democratic Lawyers Statement
IADL denounces the invasion of Afrin in Northern Syria as a gross violation of various central principles of International Law
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The “Historic Resistance”. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Statement
Attacks by the invading Turkish state against Afrin and Northern Syria continue
Read MoreStatement of the Democratic Self Administration of Rojava in relation to the attacks on Afrin
“Turkey is ready to launch a large-scale military operation in northern Syria, and even to annex Manbaj and Raqqa to its areas of influence to prevent the establishment of a Kurdish state.” Over the last decades, especially in the
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Rojava, Erdogan continua l’aggressione ai curdi
Siria. Il presidente turco millanta una lotta allo Stato Islamico per calmare gli Stati uniti: se Ankara si dirige da Afrin verso est, incontrerà anche i marines Usa
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Urgent, from Afrin, Rojava
In the last hour (January 20th), Erdogan’s air force attacked and bombarded Afrin. Hevals noted over 72 planes flying over Afrin and bombing indiscriminately
Read MoreTURKEY (NOT) CONDEMNED (ENOUGH) FOR ROJAVA INVASION
Turkish military invasion (with the Orwellian title “Operation Olive Branch”) of the Afrin Canton in Rojava continues
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PKK: “They Will Drown in the Blood they Spill”
A Press Statement from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in response to the heavily-armed and illegal Turkish invasion of the Afrin Canton in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava
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Selahattin Demirtas di fronte alla corte a 14 mesi dall’arresto
Turchia. Il co-leader di Hdp, dopo 14 mesi di prigione, finalmente presente a uno degli oltre 20 processi in cui è imputato
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ON A DAY THIS WEEK. The Assassination of Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez
On a day this week, January 9th, 2013, Sakine Cansiz (Sara), Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Paris Representative Fidan Doğan (Rojbin), and Leyla Şaylemez were shot dead in their Paris office
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