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News from the KNC Public Relations Committee Kurdish National Congress of North America  Inquiries: 818-434-9609 Contact: Mrs. Soraya Fallah  California. June 28, 2008. The Iranian Islamic authorities, soon after they tightened their grip on the country in 1979, following the overthrow of the Shah’s tyrannical establishment, have been suppressing every basic human, religious, and ethnic …

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Kurdish National Congress of Norht America, April 16, 2008: On April 10, 2008, Mrs. Leyla Zana, a former MP for the Turkish government, and a recipient of the Rafto Prize in 1994, and the Sakharov Prize in 1995, was sentenced to two years imprisonment for violating article 7/2 of a 1991 anti-terrorism law which prohibits …

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The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and its political wing, known as KONGRA- GEL, were removed from the European Union’s terror list by European Court of Justice on April 03, 2008.  To resist the aggressions of the Turkish military against Kurds, PKK (Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan) resorted to armed struggle in 1984 and has been fighting Turkish …

KNC-NA asking US to remove PKK from the blacklist Read More »

As usual Kurds were expecting congratulation and support for their New Year during Newroz festivities, yet many of them became the target of assault by authorities of central governments in Turkey, Iran, and Syria.  The Kurdish National Congress of North America (KNC-NA) issued a recent press release regarding the Syrian regime’s brutality when they killed …

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On March 21, 2008, the day of Newroz, the Syrian regime killed three and injured many Syrian Kurds in Qamishli. The Kurds have responded with protests in various areas of Western Kurdistan, which has led to further increase of security and moving thousands of military forces to Aleppo , Qamishli, Hasakah, Terba-spi and Efrin.  We …

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Kurdish National Congress of North America  Press Release  Happy International Women’s Day  In December, 1977 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming a United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace to be observed on any day of the year by Member States, in accordance with their historical and national traditions. For the …

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The Kurdish National Congress of North America P.O. Box 1663, P.O. Box 7033, Lake Forest, CA 92630 Windsor, ONT Tel/Fax: 949-583-1417 USA N9A 2N9, CANADA www.kncna.org.  Press Release  For years and with more frequency in the past few months the Turkish regime and its intelligence services have generated vicious and false media propaganda to silence …

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Kurdish National Congress Of North America  Press Release  Call for the Immediate Release of Kurdish Women Activists in Syria On November 28, 2007 two Kurdish women ‘Aisha Afandi, aged 48, and Kawthar Taifour, aged 50, active members of the unauthorized Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria were arrested by members of State Security, the security …

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US Attorney General Michael Mukasey vows that the United States will continue to cooperate with Turkiye against terrorist groups saying that the two countries are working together on measures to put an end to terrorism.  (Ebru News/AP) US Attorney General Michael Mukasey vows that the United States will continue to cooperate with Turkiye against terrorist …

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