Voice of America: Kurds Warn of Growing Islamic State Capabilities in Iraq
WASHINGTON - The recent killing of Islamic State’s top leader in Iraq should not be seen as...
[read full article]Global Voices: Nearly a hundred Kurdish activists detained by Iran’s security forces in 2021
With the turn of 2021, the Islamic Republic of Iran has unleashed the latest chapter of repression against its Kurdish population, carrying a wave of arbitrary arrests targeting Kurdish civil society activists. According to reports, since the beginning of 2021, at least 91 Kurdish citizens, including human rights activists, environmentalists, and artists, were arrested or, in other words, “disappeared by security forces,” in different cities from Tehran to Sanandaj,...
[read full article]The Jerusalem Post: From Afrin to Kirkuk, Kurds suffered grievously under Trump – analysis
Among the people in the world who have suffered the most under the Trump administration are Kurds...
[read full article]Justice for Kurds President Bernard-Henri Lévy on France Info on Inauguration Day 2021
On Inauguration Day, January 20, 2021, Justice for Kurds President Bernard-Henri Lévy shared his perspective on a...
[read full article]Biden : A quoi peuvent désormais s’attendre les Kurdes trahis par Trump ?
« Nous n’avons d’autres amis que les montagnes… ». Ce proverbe implacable des Kurdes revient à chaque fois qu’ils...
[read full article]Kurdistan 24: Syrian Kurds need more support to secure al-Hol camp – official
A senior Syrian Kurdish official on Friday said that the international community should do more to help...
[read full article]Kurdistan 24: Chaldean Christian woman elected mayor of strategic town in Kurdistan Region
“As the local government, we do not differentiate between these different [ethnic and religious] components.” ERBIL (Kurdistan...
[read full article]Rudaw: CPJ calls on Turkey to release pro-Kurdish news outlet’s journalist
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Turkish authorities on Tuesday to release a journalist...
[read full article]The National Interest: Turkey’s Crackdown on Kurdish Opposition is a Test for Biden
On December 21, Leyla Guven, a member of parliament from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who...
[read full article]The Jerusalem Post: ‘Israel, the West must stand with persecuted people’ – Bernard Henri Lévy
It began with a phone call. Bernard-Henri Lévy and I were speaking while I sat in my...
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