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Call for the Immediate Release of Kurdish Women Activists in Syria

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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Calls for the Freedom of Kurdish Women Activists in Iran

The Iranian Islamic laws consider women second-class citizens, thus promoting discrimination, unfair treatments, and inequality beyond brutality towards them. Countless political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience, continue to serve sentences that were imposed on them through unfair trials.  Women of lower socio-economic status and/or women from religious and ethnic minority groups suffer disproportionately from such …

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KNC-NA condemns recent escalation of violence by Turkey

Despite all the opportunities to resolve the Kurdish conflict in Northern Kurdistan through peaceful and democratic means, Turkey went on with its violence and attacked Southern Kurdistan under the pretext of chasing PKK fighters. The PKK has repeatedly declared ceasefires and confirmed that their fighters are now stationed inside Turkish territory.  After decades of assaults …

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Report on the Fourth International Conference on EU, Turkey, and the Kurds

The European Union Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) held its fourth international conference on EU, Turkey, and the Kurds on December 3-4, 2007 in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. The aim of EUTCC is evaluating the readiness of Turkey to join the EU. Many invited Kurdish, Turkish and international experts gave a report on the …

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