Iran According to the Human Rights Association of Kurdistan (KMMK), between October 2016 and October 2017 there have been 580 prisoners executed by the …
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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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Washington Kurdish Institute October 16 Last night, Sunday October 15, 2017, the Iraqi government began a preemptive offensive attack against Peshmerga forces in Kirkuk …
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Washington Kurdish Institute October 10, 2017 On September 27, two days after the completion of a referendum on independence, the Independent Electoral Commission in …
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Iran President Hassan Rouhani and the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei received Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss Iraqi …
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Washington Kurdish Institute October 3, 2017 On October 3, 2017 the Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani known as Mam Jalal (Uncle Jalal) passed away in …
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Iran Much like the joint military drills conducted by Iraq and Turkey last week, this week Iran began conducting joint military drills with the …
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Washington Kurdish Institute October 2, 2017 After years of economic warfare by Baghdad which did not cease even as the Kurdish people and all …
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Washington Kurdish Institute September 27, 2017 Various demonstrations and uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa were collectively labelled the “Arab Spring”, though …
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Iran Thousands of Iranian Kurds celebrated on the streets of Sanandaj in support of the referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan. The celebrations arose in Iran …
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Washington Kurdish Institute Bill Rice, September 21, 2017 It was over 240 years ago that Thomas Jefferson wrote that “when a long train of …