Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani hailed the Kurdistan National Assembly’s passage of the Kurdistan Oil and Gas Law as a “historic moment” that, “together with the Iraq Constitution, will be the foundation of our economic development,” and will allow the Kurdistan Regional Government to “chose the best, most experienced, the most committed investors” for the Region. …
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Press Release Kurdish Journalist M. Adnan Hassanpour, and Kurdish Activist Hiwa Butimar Sentenced To Death In Iran On July 17, 2007 two Kurdish journalists and social activists were sentenced to death for their work in Kurdish human rights and the Kurdish media. The trial had been accompanied by unconfirmed suggestions in the Iranian media that …
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By Kamal Artin In her article on the abuse of women published in Kurdistan Observer, on June 12, 2007 , Pam Steer intends to steer our society with her critical and courageous words. Interestingly her name fits her objective. To my limited understanding of English words, “Steer” could mean a young ox castrated before sexual …
WKI President’s Op-Ed in LA Times Washington Kurdish Institute Thursday June 7, 2007 Don’t Delay Democracy in Kirkuk Los Angeles Times, Opinion By Najmaldin O. Karim NAJMALDIN O. KARIM is the president of the Washington Kurdish Institute. June 7, 2007 Postponing a vote on making the city part of Kurdistan could imperil the U.S. mission …
Under the authority of Islamic Republic of Iran several campaign of ethnocide has taken place. Kurds in Iran suffer tremendous discrimination, deprivation of resources, arbitrary arrests, and human rights violations . Amnesty International(AI), Human Rights Watch(HRW), The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), and several other local and domestic Kurdish human Rights organizations have reported …
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The Associated Press Saturday, April 7, 2007 BAGHDAD: Turkey must not interfere in the Kurds’ bid to attach Iraq’s oil-rich city of Kirkuk to the Kurdish semiautonomous zone, the top official in Iraqi Kurdistan said in remarks broadcast Saturday. Otherwise, Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani said, Iraq’s Kurds will retaliate by intervening in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish …
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