Iran The Kurdish opposition of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (KDP) elected a new leader after the general secretary Khalid Azizi resigned last month. …
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Iran Saeed Shirzad, a jailed Kurdish activist, has been on a hunger strike for over a month now. As Iran’s regime continues to jail …
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Iran On Thursday, December 29, The Iranian regime arrested dozens of Kurdish human rights and social media activists for links to banned Kurdish parties. …
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Turkey The Turkish authorities have launched a new wave of arrests against Kurdish officials. Aysel Tugluk a prominent Kurdish politician and the Deputy Co-chair …
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Turkey After the car bomb attack that targeted Turkish soldiers in Kayseri city, mob attacks targeted the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) offices in Kayseri, …
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Turkey The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) denounced the deadly attack on police in Istanbul by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK). The imprisoned HDP Co-Chair …
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Turkey On December 6, 2016, Amnesty International released a report about Turkey’s military campaigns in the historical Kurdish town of Sur. “suppression of opposition …
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Turkey While Turkish government still jails People’s Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers including HDP Co-leaders, HDP deputy Hishyar Ozsoy warned that the government has replaced …
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Turkey The jailed Co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtash sent a message through his lawyers. He said: “May God rest the …
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Turkey After weeks of Kurdish officials being detained as well as the stripping of pro-Kurdish deputies’ parliamentary immunities, the Turkish government arrested ten deputies …