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Sakine, Fidan and Leyla: The search for justice continues
Post Views: 35 Eight years ago today the bodies of three revolutionary Kurdish women were found at a community centre in a Paris suburb. Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) co-founder Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez had been shot in
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Noam Chomsky will open Rojava Freedom Annual Lecture Series
Post Views: 22 Noam Chomsky to open Rojava Freedom Annual Lecture Series organised by the University of Rojava. The Institute of Social Sciences at Rojava University will hold a special event on 15 January. The event is the Rojava Freedom
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Janet Biehl tells of her involvement in solidarity with Kurds
Post Views: 6 Author and artist Janet Biehl spoke about her involvement in solidarity with the Kurdish Freedom Movement. Dr. Jeff Miley of Peace in Kurdistan interviewed author and artist Janet Biehl about her involvement in solidarity with the
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The ‘Ya Star’ of the Kurds, Sakine Cansiz
Post Views: 24 There is a lot to be said about Sakine Cansiz. However, what is more important is to understand Sakine Cansiz’s fight, to expand it, to struggle the way she did, to reject the male-dominated world, to resist,
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Prisoners in Turkish jails on hunger strike against isolation of Öcalan
On 27 November political prisoners in Turkish jails went on hunger strike demanding the end of the isolation imposed on Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan and the ongoing violations in prisons.
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Second book about the liberation of Kobanê
The book “Kobanê Resistance Diary”, which tells about the legendary resistance of YPG and YPJ fighters against the genocidal attacks launched by ISIS gangs on September 13, 2014 with the support of the Turkish state, has been published.
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La guerra olvidada del pueblo Saharaui: Entrevista con Kristina Berasain
Kristina Berasain Tristan, periodista vasca especializada en conflictos olvidados y derechos humanos, ha sido durante años responsable de la sección internacional del periódico Berria.
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Foza Yûsif: ENKS imposes unacceptable demands
Post Views: 91 PYD Co-Presidency Council member Foza Yûsif said that there is a deadlock in the talks on unity in Rojava, and added that the ENKS “violated the red lines” and “imposed unacceptable demands” by standing with the murderers
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Tuberculosis epidemic in Şakran Prison
The prisoners in Şakran T Type Closed Prison are reported to have caught the tuberculosis epidemic along with Covid-19. It is informed that the prison administration concealed the epidemic and did not take any measures.
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Women politicians in prison send messages to mark 25 November
Women prisoners in Kocaeli Kandıra F-Type High Security Prison shared their messages of solidarity to mark 25 November, International Day of Struggle against Violence Against Women.
Some of the women prisoners in Kocaeli Kandıra F-Type High Security Prison shared their messages of solidarity to mark 25 November, International Day of Struggle against Violence Against Women.
