On Thursday, March 4, the Belgium police raided the Roj TV station, arrested many of its staff and confiscated much of their equipment. They also raided the office of Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) and arrested its president, Mr. Ramzi Kartal. The office of Peace and Democracy Party was also raided. The day after, the German …
On Thursday, February 25th, we had the first court hearing before a federal judge in a court room at Baltimore University in Maryland. The legal debate between the KNC and Alcolac teams of lawyers lasted more than two hours. The Alcolac lawyers asked the judge to dismiss the case and they premised their argument on …
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Once again election for the Iraqi Parliament is approaching. All the political factions in Iraq including Kurdistan are reassessing their grassroots political bases in order to do better and gain more seats in Parliament. For our people in Kurdistan more seats in the Iraqi Parliament mean not only political triumph, but also securing the national …
Dr. Kari Neely, Assistant Professor Department of Foreign Languages Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 February 12, 2010 Dear Dr. Neely: We at the Kurdish National Congress of North America would like to extend to you our heartfelt thanks for including a Kurdish course in your curriculum. Your effort in offering Kurdish language at …
Ms. Kariane Westrheim Chair of the EUTCC Brussels 6th International EUTCC Conference 2010 EU Turkey Civic Commission European Parliament, Brussels February 3, 2010 Dear Ms. Westrheim: The Kurdish National Congress of North America extends to you our best wishes and congratulations on holding the sixth intentional conference on the EU-Turkey and the Kurds. Your effort …
News from the KNC Public Relations Committee Kurdish National Congress of North America inquiries: info@kncna.org Turkey’s High Court decision to ban the DTP was unjust (December 14, 2009). Justice in Turkey is premised on the Turkish Constitution, which has been adopted by the military junta and ultra Turkish nationalists. The decision of Turkish High Court …
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The Kurdish woman, Ms. Zaynab Jalalian, who has been sentenced to death by the Iranian government, spends her remaining time at a prison in Sanandaj in Kurdistan-Iran. In the letter Ms. Jalalian secretly sent out on Friday, November 27, 2009, asks human/women
News from the KNC Public Relations Committee Kurdish National Congress of North America inquiries: info@kncna.org In the past years, the Iranian despotic regime has been busier than ever before murdering Kurdish human rights activists. Sadly enough, the Kurdish activists are put on trial in an orchestrated court with very limited access to legal representatives or …
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