Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:02
COPENHAGEN, -- Under sustained pressure from Turkey, Danish authorities are trying to close down the ‘voice of the Kurds’, ROJ-TV. The possible closure of Kurdish satellite would stand in sharp contrast with freedom of speech.
A petition campaign has been launched on line and all people are strongl ...
Tuesday, 09 August 2011 16:45
COPENAGHEN, -- The trial of Roj TV will resume on 15 August in Denmark. The satellite channel is accused of propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).While Roj-TV does not have any studios in Denmark it was granted broadcasting license by the Danish authorities. The current trial should be es ...
Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:43 Wednesday, 20 July 2011 16:13
DUBLIN, -- On 88th anniversary of Lausanne Treaty which divided Kurdistan into four parts, Kurds in Ireland launched a 3-days hunger strike today outside European Union House.
The hunger strikers demand the revocation of Lausanne Treaty and the full recognition of Kurds to self-determination.
They ...
Last Updated on Friday, 22 July 2011 10:02 Monday, 18 July 2011 12:44
PRESS RELEASE, -- On 88th anniversary of Lausanne Treaty which divided Kurdistan into four pieces, the Kurdish Association of Ireland launches a hunger strike in Dublin to protest against the division of Kurdistan and the oppression of the Kurds by Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq.
The hunger strike wi ...
Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 July 2011 17:59 Tuesday, 12 July 2011 17:22
BRUSSELS, -- European Union - Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC EU) President Helene Flautre has stated that they support the negotiations between the PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and the state.
Remarking that a solution free from violence can only be reached through real talks with Ocalan, F ...
Thursday, 07 July 2011 17:23
ANKARA, Turkey, -- The Constitutional Court of Turkey rejected the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Bloc deputy Hatip Dicle's appeal of the Supreme Election Board’s (YSK) ban, today.
The YSK stripped Dicle of his seat in Parliament, unanimously, on June 21. The top court based on the deficiency of jur ...
Sunday, 03 July 2011 13:35
Invitation to public meeting
Turkish election 2011: first step on the road to victory for the Kurds?
Independent election observers from the UK report back from the Turkish election of 12 June
Tuesday, 5 July, 6.30pm,
Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Westminster, SW1
Hosted by Jeremy Corbyn MP
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Monday, 06 June 2011 16:54
#TwitterKurds will be holding a last and final mass Tweet on the Kurdish Question in Turkey next Friday 10th June 2011.#TwitterKurds has exploded onto the social media networks and has seen hundreds of pro Kurdish activists tweeting on the Kurdish Question in Turkey worldwide and in many different l ...
Saturday, 04 June 2011 17:43
PARIS, France, -- French police conducted simultaneous raids today at the headquarters of two Kurdish associations in Villiers-le-Bel and Evry, Ile de France, arresting at least six people including a prominent Kurdish politician. Five others were injured during violent clashes with police.The offic ...
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Petition to release Kurdish children on hunger strike in Turkey's jails
Turkish Justice Ministry: To Release All Kurdish Children in Turkey's Jails!
