Time & Location February 5, 2018 at 8:45am – 12:00pm EST The National Press Club –Murrow Room, 529 14th St NW, Washington, D.C. 20045…
Washington Kurdish Institute
Washington Kurdish Institute
The Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, research and educational organization that was established in September 1996 WKI is committed to increasing public awareness of Kurd-related issues, protecting human, cultural, and political rights throughout Kurdistan, and supporting and developing Kurdistan’s civil society.
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Iran After the recent anti-government protests, the Iranian government is still detaining hundreds of Kurdish activists. Meanwhile, the government has sentenced two Kurdish youth…
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Washington Kurdish Institute January 25, 2018 Turkey’s recently initiated military campaign against the region of Afrin in northwest Syria represents an act of naked…
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Washington Kurdish Institute January 24, 2018 Following hundreds of unprovoked attacks over the years on Afrin, a Kurdish majority area in northwest Syria, the…
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Iran Even after widespread anti-regime protests have quieted down in the face of a repressive government reaction, Iranian authorities continue to detain Kurdish activists…
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Statement by David L. Phillips Director, Program on Peace-building and Rights Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights 21 January 2018 Turkey…
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Washington Kurdish Institute January 21, 2018 After weeks of threats and intermittent shelling, the military of NATO member Turkey has launched a military operation…
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Washington Kurdish Institute By: Yousif Ismael January 19, 2018 The recent attack on the Kurdish city of Afrin in Syria by the Turkish government…
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Iran Joint forces from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Ministry of Intelligence continued their arrest campaign against Kurdish activists and participants in…
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Washington Kurdish Institute January 12, 2018 Since the establishment of the self-rule administration in Rojava (western Kurdistan, the part of Kurdistan lying within Syria’s…