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 …
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 …
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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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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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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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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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 Missing Historical Opportunity Article 140 December 31st, 2007 The creation of modern Iraq by the Allies in the aftermath of World War I brought Kurdish people nothing …
By: Borzou Daragahi In 1983, the men of Barzan were taken by Hussein’s troops, never to be seen again. But the women still wait. By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 9, 2007 BARZAN, Iraq – Patience, the mothers begged their children. Saddam Hussein will fall. Liberty will come. Your father will return. …