Information Paper on the Current State of the Refugee Camp Makhmur Contents 1. Under Permanent Threat – the Makhmur Refugee Camp 2. ISIS still active around Makhmur 3. The Turkish State’s War against Makhmur 4. The Iraqi Government’s Silence is Complicity 5. Additional Punishment by Embargo 6. Immediate Interventions are Necessary to Protect Makhmur 7.…
CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS- At the call and invitation of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK), we, as representatives of tens of Kurdistan’s political parties, movements, and organisations of all types and hundreds of independent participants (including writers, artists, intellectuals, academics, journalists, observers, politicians, and religious figures) from Kurdistan, acting as a voice of national conscience, convened a…
Democratic Forces in Kurdistan, the Middle East and worldwide need to stand united against Turkish expansionism Full in PDF Content 1. Strategy Behind the New Turkish Attacks on South Kurdistan: Occupation, Demographic Change, Instability and Ethnic Cleansing 2. Complicity of International and Regional Powers in a Genocide 3. Waging War on the Kurds 4. Great…
One autocrat down… Alliance between Trump and Erdogan caused great damage to humanity and freedom One more to go With Donald Trump gone, Erdogan keeps threat of anti-democratic, warmongering policies alive Content 1. Introduction 2. Trump and Erdogan: A Common Threat 3. Dividing Society 4. Destabilizing the Middle East 5. Two Autocrats, Many Critics 6.…
Upon a call from the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) and the Union of Kurdistan Parliamentarians (KPU) a conference, titled the Consultation for the Promotion of National Dialogue, was organised on 21.11.2020 on Zoom. The Conference was attended by 250 people, including representative from most Kurdistanian parties and organisations, representative from civil society organisations, politicians, intellectuals,…
Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Dear Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka, As Kurdish women’s organisations from all four parts of Kurdistan and the Diaspora, we are writing to you concerning serious and systematic war crimes faced by women in autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) also known as Rojava…
Open Letter from Women to: – Mr. Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) – Ms. Bese Hozat and Mr. Cemil Bayik, Co-Chairs of the Executive Council of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) – Mr. Lahur Talabani and Mr. Bafel Talabani, Co-Presidents of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) “Kurdistan should not become…
On 23 March 2020, UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres issued an appeal for a global ceasefire. On 25 March 2020, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called for governments to reduce the number of people in detention and release every person detained without sufficient legal basis, including political prisoners and others detained for expressing critical…