After the war the crackdown: in this week’s Kurdish news
Sarah Glynn The twelve-day war between Israel and Iran seems to be over – for now. Since my last article ...
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Over 100 Iranian activists join Warisheh Moradi’s hunger strike for civil resistance
More than 100 civil society activists in Iran have signed a statement declaring the start of a hunger strike on ...
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Germany increases pressure on Kurdish activists under anti-terror laws
Germany has intensified its crackdown on Kurdish activists under anti-terror laws, with nearly 70 individuals facing trial for alleged links ...
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KNK commemorates Deniz Bülbün’s assassination, calls for justice, end to foreign interference
On the first anniversary of the assassination of Deniz Bülbün, a representative of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) in Erbil ...
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Call for continued resistance on anniversary of ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ uprising
The Iranian-Kurdish women's organisation the Community of Free Women of Eastern Kurdistan (KJAR) has marked the second anniversary of the ...
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Two sentenced to life for murder of Kurdish activist Deniz Bülbün
An Erbil (Hewlêr) court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of Deniz Cevdet Bülbün, a member ...
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Global campaign gathers 36,000 signatures against Iran’s death sentences for Kurdish women
A campaign against the death sentences of Kurdish journalist Pakhshan Azizi and activist Sharifeh Mohammadi in Iran has garnered 36,000 ...
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