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international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday April 27, 2008 14:58 by Yassamine Mather
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This year the Iranian government's repression of workers has started before the 1st of May with the arrest of a number of labour activists in the last week of April . Two of the leading members of the newly found 'Free union of Iranian workers' ( who despite its unfortunate choice of name has declared its intentions to work within the confines of the current regime and avoid 'political' opposition to the regime) were arrested ahead of plans for a May Day demonstration in Kurdistan. The government followed the arrests by banning unofficial May Day celebrations in various parks in Tehran. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Friday April 04, 2008 00:56 by tolerant to a point of tactical appreciation
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The PKK were included in 2002 on the list of terrorist organisations held by the EU. It's a long list. But the decision has now been anulled by the second highest judicial bench in Europe which sits in Luxembourg. There are complex (as always) reasons for this. Without going into it too much, & thus distracting you from reading the judgement in its entirety, I'd just mention the non-desirability of seeing a post-US occupied Iraq divided between Turkey and Iran after the former argued they were containing the PKK terrorists. read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality / event notice Thursday April 03, 2008 18:37 by Houzan Mahmoud
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Date: Saturday 12 April, 2008 Time: 5.00-9:00pm Venue: Room 3D, University of London Union (ULU) Malet Street London WC1E 7HY Closest underground: Russell Square A year after the world was stunned by images of a 17 year old girl being stoned to death in Iraqi Kurdistan; an international panel will debate the rise of honour killings, violence against women, gender apartheid and political Islam in Kurdistan/Iraq and the Middle East. read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday March 03, 2008 15:57 by pat c
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The lead articles in this issue are about Mahmoud Saleh; and the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company workers. Full text at link. Mahmoud Salehi Mahmoud Salehi, the founding member of the Committee of the Trade Association of Bakery Workers, Saqez - Kurdistan, and founding member and spokesperson of The Coordinating Committee to Form Workers Organisations is still being held in prison despite a serious deterioration in his health. Haft Tapeh Workers The workers of state-owned Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Company have issued a statement detailing their on-going struggle and resolution to form their own independent labour organisation. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday January 18, 2008 20:29 by 4WW
Interview with Akif Wan, Britain representative of the Kurdistan National Congress at "The Fourth World War" in Féile FM 103.2, Monday 21st at 6.30pm. You can listen to it on line by loggin on www.feilefm.com. read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / news report Wednesday December 12, 2007 16:44 by pat c
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Kazem Darabi who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a German court was released on Monday 10 December after serving 15 years in jail. He had been convicted of involvement in the murder of three leaders of Iranian Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), Sadegh Sharafkandi, Fattah Abdoli, Homayoun Ardalan and their translator Nouri Dehkord in Berlin. They were dining in the Mykonos restaurant and were in Berlin for a convention of the Socialist International. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday October 30, 2007 22:19 by Paula Geraghty
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Kurds protest at the Dáil as Turkey plans to attack Northern Iraq, while the American controlled Iraq will let tham in order to capture PKK resistance fighters. http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx- link to IT article by Lara Marlowe on Turkish plans. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 30, 2007 14:38 by Ender Yılmaz & José Antonio Gutiérrez D.
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An member of the WSM and the Turkish anarchist organization AKI look at the crisis in Turkey, a crisis pushed further into the spotlight since this article was written by the threats to invade Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkish politics are full of contradictions and paradoxical situations. But the bottom line is that both the “democratic” political Islam as well as the “authoritarian” army are elite alternatives opposed to the basic interests of workers, that have agreed on the fundamentals and will likely keep agreeing in maintaining the repressive political structures of the Kemalist state, read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday October 30, 2007 13:59 by Yassamine Mather
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Yassamine Mather in an article published in the Weekly Worker (25 Oct 07) deals with the growing threat of war against Iran. She also analyses developments amongst the Kurds and highlights how the Iraqi PUK are betraying other Kurds. If anyone is in any doubt about the level of the threat of war against Iran, I suggest they read the text of a speech by Tony Blair comparing “Iran’s extremism” to “rising fascism in the 1920s and 1930s” (Times Oct 19). Quiet clearly Blair has spent so much time in Israel that he repeats like a parrot the most stupid utterances of Israeli politicians - all this in line with the US administration’s plans for possible military attack against Iran and paving the way for more extensive sanctions. Worst of all for Iran’s leaders, Russian president Vladimir Putin, in Tehran for talks with the theocratic regime gave a stark warning that Russia will not oppose further sanctions and military strikes against Iran, unless it stopped its enrichment of nuclear-grade uranium. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 09, 2007 22:51 by Hevallo Azad
Turkish Special Forces recently carried out a covert killing of Kurdish Village Guards, state sponsored miltias. This was blamed on the Kurdish Freedom Fighters of the PKK and publicised worldwide. But the truth is that this massacre was carried out by the Turkish authorities, as a pre text to a full scale planned invasion of Kurdistan that is being discussed by Turkish authorities tonight and will be presented to the Turkish parliament tomorrow. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday September 04, 2007 01:18 by Barra
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Over 20 delegates from Ógra Shinn Féin cumann across Ireland, will be attending a week long mobilisation to the Basque Country. The main focus of the event is to enhance and develop international relations with the Basque youth movement Segi. Also in attendance will be Kurdish and Palestinian youth movements. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday August 27, 2007 17:27 by Mina Ahadi
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Here, Political Prisoners on death row in Iran ask for your help.Do not let them down. Full story at the link. Work for the abolition of the death penalty and save the lives of those sentenced to death!” For around two years now the Islamic Republic government has stepped up the execution and torturing of political prisoners and dissidents on the pretext of security. The largest numbers of executions have taken place in the provinces of Khuzestan, Kurdistan, Azarbaijan and Tehran. All those sentenced to death have been sentenced behind closed doors and without any regard for international conventions. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday August 10, 2007 16:12 by IndyHead
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Irish Kurds protested Wednesday against the handing down of death sentences against two compatriots. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday July 28, 2007 03:47 by Ciarán
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Teams from Cuba, The Congo, The Basque country, Palestine, Italy, England, Catalonia, Kurdistan and Germany as well as local Irish teams from various ethnic and racial backgrounds will participate in the 2007 Anti-Racism World Cup, held in West Belfast, and we are encouraging every one to come out and give their support and a warm welcome at the football tournament on Saturday 4th August at 2pm. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Thursday June 07, 2007 12:22 by Houzan Mahmoud
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It is unbelievable to hear the news about a 12 years old girl, brutally killed by her father because he suspected her of having a relationship with their 24-year-old male neighbour. Amina was killed on the 5th May 2007 by her own father in their house opposite the Ministry of Human Rights in Erbil, Kurdistan. Amina’s father is said to be a PUK military official who has not been charged or even punished for killing his daughter up until now. It is said that Amina begged her father not to kill her, and that she kissed her father’s feet twice for mercy. He was cruel enough to ignore his 12 years old daughter’s innocent plea and killed her in cold blood. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Thursday April 19, 2007 11:44 by Shahrzad Mojab
travelled to the Kurdish area of Iraq to study and observe women’s activities there at close range for the first time in 2000. Then last summer I travelled to this region again to visit the non-governmental organisations of Iraq. When I arrived and came across the activities of Kurdish women, it was a very familiar environment for me, since I had done thorough research on Kurdish women in the recent decades, and also due to my familiarity with the NGO activities of Kurdish women in Turkey. In the Sulaymaniyah region of Iraqi Kurdistan I investigated eight women’s NGOs in detail. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Tuesday April 03, 2007 16:10 by Houzan Mahmoud
In Iraq amid chaos, sectarianism, a rise in tribalism, and the enslavement of women, one can think of a constitution which is being written only as a document - or some how an agreement between the political players in Iraq. The constitution is only a clear indication of power sharing, pleasing each party's desire to practice their policies, and practices outlined by law. When reading the constitution, from the preambles to the end, I thought it is just written in a patriarchal, religious and tribal language, and this is the political mixture of the parties we have in power in the so called “parliament”. It does not represent anything to do with Iraqi people, and their aspiration for freedom and equality. read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / news report Wednesday March 14, 2007 17:51 by sean moraghan
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The recent and continuing practice of deporting Kurdish and Iraqi asyslum seekers in the UK back to Iraq has been condemned by members of those communities currently living in Kerry. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / event notice Monday March 05, 2007 16:22 by Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq
“United Not Divided for Women’s Rights in Iraq” Public Meeting 100th Anniversary International Women’s Day A conference organised by: Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq Act Together: Women’s Action for Iraq Iraqi Women’s League Middle East Centre for Women’s Rights Marem Reshakh: Assyrian Women’s Human Rights. Iraqi Community Centre/Women’s Section Kurdistan Refugee Women’s organisation read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / news report Saturday March 03, 2007 20:48 by pat c
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Houzan Mahmoud, Representative of the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq has been threatened by Islamic Fundamentalists. On February 26, 2007, Houzan received an e-mail signed by Ansar al-Islam, the notoriously brutal jihadist group based in Kurdistan/Iraq. The death threat, delivered via e-mail, read: "With the permission of Great God, we will kill you either in Iraq or in London by the middle of March, because you are campaigning against Islam. You should be sent to God for punishment." read full story / add a comment |
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