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Extraditing Kurds to Turkey will not help resolve Turkish-Kurdish tension

News from the KNC Public Relations Committee Kurdish National Congress of North America         Recently, Spanish authorities decided to extradite two Kurdish political activists, Dr. Remzi Kartal and Mr.Eyyup Daru to Turkey on unclear grounds.  In fact, these appear to be the same charges that were thrown out by a German court in 2005.   Spain is …

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The Halabja-Anfal Case goes to court

News from the KNC Public Relations Committee Kurdish National Congress of North America             Inquiries: 403-200-6310 Contact: Brusk Reshvan The Halabja-Anfal Case goes to court    (Maryland. April 10, 2009). A lawsuit was filed Tuesday, April 7, 2009, against the central government of Iraq and the companies that supplied chemical weapons to the government of Saddam …

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The new US administration practices an old policy toward the Kurds

News from the KNC Public Relations Committee Kurdish National Congress of North America   Inquiries:  (805) 402-6440  Contact:   Luqman Barwari The new US administration practices an old policy toward the Kurds  When President Obama announced his new vision for diplomacy and identified himself a “Citizen of the world,” oppressed people from around the world welcomed the …

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Letter to President Obama

President Barack Obama, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20500 February 3, 2009 Honorable President Obama: In your inauguration speech, you stated that America will have a better approach with the rest of the world in terms of cooperation, mutual understanding and respect.  You also appeared to promise that you would review and correct America