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WOMEN’S ALLIANCE FOR KURDISTAN, IRAQ AND SYRIA NEWS BRIEFING JANUARY 2019

29 January, 2019 By in Kurdish News Weekly Briefing, Kurdish Women, Uncategorized Tags: ,

WOMEN’S ALLIANCE

FOR KURDISTAN, IRAQ AND SYRIA

https://peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/activities/womens-alliance-for-kurdistan-iraq-and-syria

  1. Leyla Guven : Letter to President of the European Parliament
  2. Kurdish MP on hunger strike prepared to “protest to the death”
  3. Leyla Guven:MP on hunger strike for 77 days in Turkey.
  4. Jailed Kurdish politician on hunger strike: We are determined 
  5. Welsh Kurds Start Hunger Strike for Ocalan
  6. Co-mayor candidate and many other women detained in Sirnak
  7. Actions for Rojava across the United States
  8. Italian women in solidarity with Leyla Guven 
  9. Solidarity Party of Afghanistan supports Kurdish hunger strikers
  10. Demo against isolation in Paris 
  11. Hunger strike in Strasbourg on day 43
  12. A people’s leader cannot be in isolation, the resistance goes on! 

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KURDISH NEWS BRIEFING, 5 JANUARY – 20 JANUARY 2019

23 January, 2019 By in Culture, Kurdish News Weekly Briefing Tags:

NEWS

  1. Kurdish roadmap to Damascus proposes continued autonomy, SDF to become border guards
  2. Leyla Guven’s letter: Whatever the price may be, we will prevail!
  3. Thousands rallied in Amed: End isolation
  4. Muslim: We don’t accept a ‘safe zone’ that Turkey will be in
  5. Merkel government issues statement on Ocalan
  6. KCK’s Bayık warns against Turkey’s psychological war
  7. Reception for freedom for Ocalan in London City Hall
  8. Jailed Kurdish opposition leader remains defiant ahead of trial
  9. Palestinian revolutionary Leila Khaled writes in support of Kurdish hunger striker Leyla Guven
  10. Hunger strike in Wales reached day 30
  11. EXCLUSIVE: Unions and progressives refuse to be intimidated by Turkish state
  12. Conference at the European Parliament: Isolation must be lifted
  13. Vigil in Dublin for Leyla Güven
  14. MEPs and lawyers from Europe denied meeting with Leyla Güven
  15. HDP Honorary Chair Kürkçü Faces Up To 20 Years in Prison
  16. 7 Kurdish Parties Form Alliance for Local Elections
  17. Prison Sentence of Selahattin Demirtaş Taken to Constitutional Court

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**KURDISH NEWS ALERT** 3 JANUARY 2019

3 January, 2019 By in Kurdish News Weekly Briefing Tags:

US WITHDRAWAL AND ROJAVA

NEWS

  1. Trump: US will protect Kurds, no timetable for Syria withdrawal
  2. Damascus claims YPG fighters withdrawing from Manbij
  3. France’s Emmanuel Macron tells Vladimir Putin that Kurds should be protected
  4. Turkish jets bomb more villages in South Kurdistan
  5. Committee to unite Kurdish political parties formed in Rojava
  6. France will always remain dependable ally to Kurdistan: Consul General in Erbil
  7. Dutch government party wants to send soldiers to Syria to stop Turkish invasion
  8. Syrian Kurds call on Damascus to protect Manbij from Turkish invasion
  9. Retired US intelligence officer: Trump decision to leave Syria ‘a mistake’
  10. Google erases Kurdistan from maps in compliance with Turkish gov.
  11. Muslim: We didn’t call them, we’re not sending them away
  12. US withdrawal from Syria leaves Kurds backed into a corner

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KURDISH NEWS BRIEFING, 3 DECEMBER – 17 DECEMBER 2018

20 December, 2018 By in Weekly Tags:

NEWS

  1. Kurdish villagers are dying at the hands of a war the world has ignored for too long
  2. EU foreign policy chief urges Turkey to refrain from military operation in Syria
  3. Solidarity hunger strikes in Europe continue
  4. Indefinite hunger strike to be launched in Strasbourg
  5. Kurdish parties and organisations reject the US decision
  6. PKK and PAJK prisoners announced indefinite hunger strike
  7. “As Turkey’s local elections loom, reckless war-mongering begins”
  8. HDP’s Buldan: Millions demand freedom for Öcalan
  9. Anderson calls for release of Öcalan and all political prisoners
  10. US-Backed Kurdish Forces Seize ISIS Town in Eastern Syria
  11. US firmly warns Turkey against attack on Syrian Kurdistan
  12. Kurdish leader tells Turkish court he is a ‘political hostage’
  13. EU Commission: Demirtas case reflects rights violations
  14. Dozens Arrested in Raids on Kurdish Party Headquarters in Turkey
  15. Iranian Kurds bury actor, filmmaker brothers killed in arson car fire
  16. Kurdish community in Scotland being “terrorised” by police
  17. Kurds Rush Reinforcements Into East Syria as ISIS Reclaims Town
  18. Persecution of Kurds seeking sanctuary in Scotland must stop

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WOMEN’S ALLIANCE FOR KURDISTAN, IRAQ AND SYRIA: NEWS BRIEFING November 2018

15 November, 2018 By in Afrin, Uncategorized Tags: ,

https://peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/activities/womens-alliance-for-kurdistan-iraq-and-syria/

#WomenRiseUpforAfrin

 

  1. Dear Women and Sisters: we once again invite you stand besides us in the second phase of
    Women Rise Up For Afrin campaign
    15 November/Peace in Kurdistan Campaign
    We are a network of women standing up against the unlawful occupation of Afrin by the Turkish state and its collaborating jihadist groups. On February 8th  2018 Kongra Star started the “Women Rise up For Afrin” campaign in Afrin, focusing mainly on the Middle East. In Europe and South America, it started on the International Women’s Day, on March 8th  2018, when women from all over the world began taking part in different activities against the Turkish occupation. The actions you carried out for Women Rise Up For Afrin had a lot of impact around the world and made visible Turkish true colours and intentions.
    https://peaceinkurdistancampaign.com/2018/11/15/dear-women-and-sisters-we-once-again-invite-you-stand-besides-us-in-the-second-phase-of-women-rise-up-for-afrin-campaign/

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KURDISH NEWS BRIEFING, 7 OCTOBER – 23 OCTOBER 2018

24 October, 2018 By in Weekly Tags:

 

NEWS

  1. Occupation sells Afrin people’s property in public auctions
  2. Al-Bab people revolted against Turkish mercenaries’ practices
  3. Demonstration against violence against women in Rojava
  4. Rojda Felat: by women’s leadership, historic victory achieved in al-Raqqa
  5. Lunnebach: The PKK ban started as an exception, turned into law
  6. HDP kicks off preparations for Turkish local elections
  7. Iran arrests six Kurds for aiding opposition forces
  8. HDP hopeful of positive Demirtaş ruling regardless of ECHR
  9. SDF Spokesperson: No deal with ISIS for the women of Suwayda
  10. People of Afrin prepare for winter in tents and ruins
  11. At least 15 ISIS members killed in Operation Cizire Storm
  12. Rojava University conference starts
  13. Turkey deposes some 260 elected village heads, arrests follow
  14. Iran executes seven in past week, three of them Kurds
  15. Turkey shells Kurdistan Region, claims it killed 12 PKK members
  16. Chief of Staff: Coordinating with several countries to determine fate of Daesh detainees
  17. Another kind of participation in battle to defeat terrorism!
  18. Raqqa pumping station working at full scale
  19. Clashes in Azaz spread to Afrin
  20. Important projects for women’s economy
  21. Lawyers and human rights defenders to discuss the PKK ban
  22. Dozens of actions to demand Freedom for Öcalan
  23. Daily Mail: Fear reigns over Afrin after seized by Turkey-backed gangs.
  24. Two Mercenaries: Turkey gateway to join ISIS
  25. Arresting 32 Students, 16 Years of Confinement for Students Over 10 Months

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KURDISH NEWS BRIEFING, 17 SEPTEMBER – 7 OCTOBER 2018

8 October, 2018 By in Weekly Tags:

NEWS
1. 73 women’s communes founded in Til Hemis in a month
2. Nomadic life, guerrillas and the choice of dignity
3. Women from around the world attend the international conference
4. Erdogan costs Germany 8.7 million Euros
5. Iran said it launched ballistic missiles towards Syria
6. YRK announced its fourth martyr in clashes with the IRGC
7. Mesopotamian Water Forum to be held in Sulaymaniyah

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WOMEN’S ALLIANCE FOR KURDISTAN, IRAQ AND SYRIA

25 September, 2018 By in Culture Tags: ,

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NEWS BRIEFING September 2018

This edition includes a focus on the history and current situation of the Saturday Mothers Protest in Istanbul

 

  1. TURKEY: Listen to the Saturday Mothers
  2. Turkey: Mothers of Disappeared: Take Action
  3. Turkey: Authorities must ensure relatives of people forcibly disappeared can continue with their peaceful weekly vigil
  4. Istanbul riot police break up Saturday Mothers’ vigil
  5. Saturday Mothers
  6. Defiant 82-year-old co-founder of Saturday Mothers Emine Ocak vows to continue peaceful protest after arrest
  7. Turkish Probe Reignites the ‘Saturday Mothers’
  8. Saturday Mothers of Turkey
  9. Turkey: Clashes erupt as Saturday Mothers protest for missing
  10. Turkish families protest disappearances (“Saturday Mothers”), 1995-1999
  11. The Women of the Revolution: Inside the Kurdish Rojava Revolution
  12. Yezidis: A minority of genocides
  13. Murder in Shengal against Yazidis: Turkey, the KDP and the United States.
  14. Justice after genocide: The Ezidis
  15. Islamophobia is preventing the empowerment of Muslim women repressed by political agendas

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KURDISH NEWS BRIEFING, 29 AUGUST – 16 SEPTEMBER 2018

17 September, 2018 By in Uncategorized Tags:

NEWS

  1. Joe Robinson: Turkish court convicts former UK soldier
  2. Kongreya Star launches hunger strike for Afrin
  3. Turkish government arrests 2 more Austrian citizens
  4. Al Idlibi: Turkey could lose all its cards in Idlib
  5. Diyarbakır’s Art Scene and the Voice of Kurdish Resistance
  6. UN Commission: Turkey violated international law in Afrin
  7. HDP delegation held press conference in Berlin
  8. German opposition and a significant portion of the public object to Erdoğan being received with an official state ceremony.
  9. Turkish communist faces trial over anti-war remarks
  10. 18 dead as Syria Kurds clash with regime forces
  11. ISIS officer: Suicide bombers were sent to Europe by MİT
  12. Turkey HDP: Court jails pro-Kurdish leader Demirtas
  13. Kurdish forces ambush Turkish-backed fighters in Afrin, killing two
  14. Turkey: Over 50 journalists currently face trial on “terrorist propaganda” charges
  15. Kurdish youth continued Long March
  16. Six thousands refugees returned to Rojava in two months
  17. Women prisoners to protest conditions in Elazığ
  18. Human rights are constantly violated in Afrin
  19. Saturday Mothers to defy protest ban imposed by Turkey’s Erdogan
  20. Rûken: Isolation is part of the special war
  21. Tunç: Soldiers are threatening the villagers in Dersim to leave

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KURDISH NEWS BRIEFING, 05 AUGUST – 28 August 2018

31 August, 2018 By in Weekly Tags:

NEWS

1. Swedish Left Party MP sends letter to Öcalan

2. Turkish state to build colonial roads to invaded territory

3. Muslim: Our goal is for TEV-DEM to organize the 3rd territory

4. Afrin people protest human rights organizations for their silence

5. Turkey police fire tear gas at mothers’ protest

6. ‘Kurdish-led delegation holds fresh talks with Syria govt. in Damascus’

7. Turkish star witnesses against US pastor Andrew Brunson are his expelled congregants



OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS

1. Kurds hit Turkey-backed rebels in Afrin’s countryside

2. Russia-Turkey-Iran pact can end over Idlib

3. Syriaʹs Kurds hold the cards

4. The Kurds- Erdogan’s Favored Target, and Turkish Democracy’s Greatest Hope

5. ‘I met my IS captor on a German street’

6. Nurtured by the state

7. Turkey’s President Erdogan Vows to Win ‘Economic War’ With U.S.

8. Turkey: Erdogan’s rule is built on quicksand

9. The fallout from Turkey’s crisis will cause damage far beyond its borders

10. The reason Turkey’s economic collapse is so scary is that Iran, Russia, and Syria are waiting in the wings

11. World Markets Brace for Impact of Turkish Lira Crisis

12. The US-Turkey Crisis: The NATO Alliance Forged in 1949 Is Today Largely Irrelevant

13. Turkey’s repressive regime turns academic’s life upside-down

14. In colonised Kurdish society even the flowers can be labelled terrorists

15. Journalism in Exile: “Turkey had turned into hell for journalism”

16. It feels like everyday life under the revolution: Growing a new world in Rojava.

17. Why Moscow left Kurds. Five reasons

18. The Rojava experiment



DOCUMENTS

1. Freedom of Expression Weekly Bulletin 17 August 2018

2. Freedom of Expression Weekly Bulletin 03 August 2018

3. What happened in Turkey in July 2018

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