The Greater Toronto Kurdish House and the Kurdish National Congress of North America (KNC- NA), together hold a Fundraising Gala Dinner to solicit contributions for the legal processing fees to McCallion & Associates, a law firm based in New York. The McCallion & Associates is in the process of filing lawsuits before the International Human …
News from the KNC Public Relations Committee Kurdish National Congress of North America Inquiries: (403) 200-6310 Contact: Brusk Reshvan Iraq’s Return to the Old Legacy under American Tutelage After decades of suppression under Saddam’s tyrannical regime, the post-Saddam era brought new hope for Iraq’s multi-ethnic/religious society. The Kurdish leadership was at the forefront to call …
News from the KNC Public Relations Committee Kurdish National Congress of North America Inquiries: (403) 200-6310 Contact: Brusk Reshvan Kurdish Activist Mashaal Tammo Arrested by the Syrian Regime (August 31, 2008) We are very saddened by the recent news coming from Syria. On August 15, 2008, Mr. Mashaal Tammo was detained by the Syrian secret …
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Kurdish National Congress of North America P.O. Box 90823, Nashville, TN 37209, USA www.kncna.org The Honorable Jim Cooper, U. S. Congressman 605 Church Street Nashville, TN 37203 July 23, 2008 Dear Congressman Cooper: You are no doubt aware of the establishment of the Kurdish-America Caucus (KAC) in the U. S. House of Representatives in late …
News from the KNC Public Relations Committee Kurdish National Congress of North America Inquiries: 805-402-6440 Contact: Luqman Barwari California-USA (July 17, 2008) On July 9, 2008 Lars Holger Renne, Martin Georg and Helmut Johann were kidnapped by the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) guerillas in the Mount Ararat region. PKK authorities stated that the kidnapping of …
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 …
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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 …
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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