Newroz celebrations continue in Iranian Kurdistan
Celebrations of the Kurdish New Year festival, Newroz, continue across Kurdish-majority regions of Iran (Rojhilat), with massive gatherings as festivities ...
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DEM Party Youth announces long march heading towards Öcalan’s birth village Amara
The Youth Assembly of Turkey's pro-Kurdish People's Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has announced a long freedom march from Diyarbakir ...
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Kurdish parties and umbrella organisation celebrate Newroz as a symbol of resistance
On the occasion of this year's Newroz, which is celebrated by people all over the Middle East and has a ...
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PKK executive Karayılan welcomes Öcalan’s disarmament call, but warns Turkey must meet ceasefire
Murat Karayılan, a senior leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has assessed the latest developments following Abdullah Öcalan’s 'Call ...
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Veteran Kurdish revolutionary Haji Ahmedi passes away in Cologne
Haji Ahmedi, a veteran Kurdish revolutionary and political leader from Rojhilat (Iranian Kurdistan), passed away in Cologne, Germany, on 18 ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan leaders optimistic as government formation nears final stage
Following the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) October parliamentary elections, representatives of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of ...
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Kurds in Iran celebrate Newroz in defiance of revolutionary guard warnings, threats
Kurds in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat) are demonstrating solidarity in the face of threats from security forces, particularly from the Islamic ...
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Halabja chemical attack survivors suffer enduring physical, psychological effects 37 years on
Thirty-seven years have passed since Saddam Hussein ordered the Halabja (Helebçe)massacre on 16 March 1988, yet the scars of that ...
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The state will bow to the peoples’ demand for peace
Fréderike Geerdink The most pressing question people ask me about Öcalan’s call for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to lay ...
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Öcalan’s historic appeal kickstarts Kurdish Newroz celebrations with renewed calls for peace
This year's Newroz celebrations, with the slogan, Rêbertiya Azad Civaka Demokratîk - (Leadership and Freedom for a Democratic ...
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