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…
INDEX:  File English in PDF  •Deep Economic Crisis •AKP-MHP Repression and Counterproductive Pandemic Response •Using the Coronavirus as a Biological Weapon Against Kurds and the Opposition •The Symbiotic Relationship Between AKP and MHP •Conflict Producing Foreign Policy •Neo-Ottoman Military Misadventures with No End in Sight •Kurds Face COVID-19 and Turkish Military Attacks •Weaponising water in Rojava/North…
Upon a request by the Joint Diplomatic Committee of Kurdistan’s Political Parties and Institutions, which is under the umbrella of the KNK and consists of 34 parties and institutions, and a dozen of representatives of political parties and institutions, on 27 July 2019 the Summit of National Stance against Turkey’s occupation of Kurdistan was held…
Under the pretence of targeting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Turkish military is attacking and invading the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. While this is not the first time that the Turkish state’s forces have struck the Kurdistan Region, this time the campaign of military aggression is larger in scale – this invasion demonstrates a…