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[Breaking News] Rights report criticizes Kurds over minorities (AP) · Breaking News: "The main thrust of this report could be grossly misleading," the statement said, adding that the Kurdish regional government "has done more for the protection of minorities than any other entity in Iraq, and continues to insist on tolerance and peaceful coexistence."

[KURDISH BLOG] More disappearances of Kurds in Syria - KURDISH BLOG: It is the Kurdish New Year, a festival time when Kurds remember their history, and celebrate their Kurdyeti (Kurdishness) by holding parties in large tents and dancing on the stage. In Syria, the Government threatens Kurdish political parties at this time that their supporters should stay at home, suddenly there are no tents for hire, the stages that have been erected are bulldozed, and many people are arrested.

[Untitled] Iraq: Protect Besieged Minorities | Human Rights Watch: A main front in this conflict is Nineveh, Iraq's second-most-populous province, which has a unique concentration of minority groups with a historic presence in the area. In addition to attacks and pressures against Yazidis, Shabaks and Christians documented in this report, northern Iraq's Turkmen minority and Kakai Kurds have also come under attack.

[KurdNet News ekurd.net] Four Kurdish activists from the Democratic Union Party are each ...: DAMASCUS, Syria, (ekurd.net), — The Syrian Human Rights Committee – MAD – reports that the Supreme State Security Court in Damascus at its session held on Sunday 8 November 2009, sentenced four Kurds each to six years in prison on the basis of article 267 of the Syrian Penal Code. They were convicted of belonging to banned political party, the Democratic Union Party.

[Kurdish Academy of Language] First Kurdish Film Festival in US Showcases Diaspora Culture ...: The films chosen for the five-day event at New York University focused on a people widely dispersed, from those who still live in traditionally Kurdish areas in the Middle East, to Europe and North America. Across sometimes impassable barriers, they keep alive a shared language and cultural identity.

[KurdNet News ekurd.net] Turkish Kurd refugees say return from Iraq depend on Ankara's ...: The PKK is considered a 'terrorist' organization by Ankara, U.S., the PKK continues to be on the blacklist list in EU despite court ruling which overturned a decision to place the Kurdish rebel group PKK and its political wing on the European Union's terror list.

[KURDISH BLOG] Syrian Kurdish student arrested and excluded from University for ...: International Support Kurds in Syria Association – SKS – would like the international community to recognise that the Syrian Government uses the interference of the State in the personal lives of young political Kurds to intimidate them by:

[PUK Media Central Office "PUKmedia"] PUKmedia :: English - President Talabani meets with delegation of ...: At the meeting, President Talabani described the Faili Kurds Conference as crucial to enhance their presence in Iraq in order to achieve their goals. He emphasized that this constituent in the Iraqi community should gain all its legal rights appreciating the Faili Kurds struggle and their remarkable role in fighting unjust and tyranny.

[KurdNet News ekurd.net] Kurdish PKK rebels sceptical of Turkey's olive branch: The PKK is considered a 'terrorist' organization by Ankara, U.S., the PKK continues to be on the blacklist list in EU despite court ruling which overturned a decision to place the Kurdish rebel group PKK and its political wing on the European Union's terror list.

[Iran Human Rights] URGENT: A KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONER IS SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED ...: Both Ehsan Fattahian and the prosecutor appealed against this verdict, and in January 2009 Branch 4 of the Kordestan Appeal Court overturned the initial verdict. Instead he was sentenced to death for “enmity against God” in connection with his membership of an illegal armed opposition group - believed to be the the Kurdistan Independent Life Party (PJAK.

[KURDISH BLOG] Turkish Kurd refugees say return from Iraq depend on Ankara's ...: Fifteen years after they were driven out by bloodshed, thousands of Kurdish refugees living in a camp in Kurdistan region in Iraq's north dream of coming back to Turkey, but say they will not move unless Ankara grants extensive political and cultural rights to Kurds.

[SWJ Blog] 10 November SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Linda Robinson conducted extensive interviews with Petraeus and his subordinate commanders and spent weeks with key US and Iraqi divisions. The result is the only book that ties together military operations in Iraq and the internecine political drama that is at the heart of the civil war.

[Global News Blog Headlines] Iraq - Prominent member of Awakening movement arrested in Iraq ...: The Vice President today called several Iraqi leaders to congratulate them on the passage of amendments to Iraq s election law, paving the way for national elections in January. He described the vote as a victory for the people of Iraq as it will help consolidate Iraq s democracy and security.

[KURDISH BLOG] Kurds Complain Harassment by Paris Police - KURDISH BLOG: Protesters gathered on Saturday, Oct. 24 in Paris following events a week earlier, which saw members of the Kurdish community detained after a visit by the Turkish president.

[SWJ Blog] 9 November SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): US and Afghan forces are engaging in heavy fighting against the resurgent Taliban militants in the Kunduz and Badghis provinces of northern Afghanistan, pushing into once-peaceful areas overseen by European allies. In restive Kunduz province bordering Tajikistan, US special operations forces and the Afghan army have carried out a major offensive against the Taliban over the past several days in the Chahar Dara district, a Taliban stronghold near the provincial capital, officials said.

[KURDISH BLOG] Hunger strike amongst Kurdish political prisoners in Syria: Kurdish political prisoners in Adra Prison and Sednaya Military Prison, Damascus, Syria are suffering degrading conditions similar to those that were suffered by prisoners in the Middle Ages. Dozens of young Kurds lie behind high walls and inside dark corridors, hidden in isolation from the outside world, with minimum medical services.

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