Category: Awareness

Gulf Media: Where Racism and Classism Meet

Posted on by Esra'a (Bahrain)

There’s been a series of articles popping up left and right about the inconveniences of having a “demanding” or “expensive” maid. The most recent set of such articles were published by Emirates 24/7, based in the UAE, a country which …

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Dear Those Who Celebrate the Censorship of RojTV: An Open Letter

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

Dear those who celebrate the censorship of RojTV, When an entire people are systematically oppressed and marginalized, small actions to make their story heard can have dramatic consequences. Similarly, small actions to silence their voice can have dramatic and tragic …

Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Iran, Kurdistan, Kurds, Syria, Turkey | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Silicon Valley companies don’t get the full range of dangers involved with online advocacy

Posted on by Esra'a (Bahrain)

Many prominent internet companies brag about offering services that help people “connect” with one another, making information more “open” and “transparent” and that they seemingly promote freedom

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Stabbing of human rights activist fuels Gaza fears

Posted on by Ben Lynfield

Jerusalem – An assault on a human rights activist after he voiced extraordinarily blunt criticism of Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement has heightened concern about the safety of independent voices in the troubled coastal enclave. The stabbing by three masked men …

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Can you help Kurds to have a remembrance day for the Genocide?

Posted on by Laween Atroshi

Dear Friends of Kurdistan, I have set up an e-petition urging the British Government to recognize the Genocide inflicted upon the Kurdish population by the former regime of Saddam Hussein. If we get 100,000 signatures than they will debate this …

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First time in History the invisible nation: Iraqi Kurdistan nominated for UN Public Service Award

Posted on by Laween Atroshi

Throughout history the kurds have been forgotten and stigmatized as having a high record of unemployment, lack of human rights and primitive education. To treat this misperception as Kurdish professionals we have a ethical & moral duty to represent Kurdistan …

Posted in Activism, Afghanistan, Awareness, Civil Rights, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Youth | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

One Kurdish boy dead, mass arrests, and more massive protests in Syria

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

The death of a Kurdish youth in Harasta on Thursday morning and the injury of three protesters in Qamişlo were a result of the sniper fire of the Syrian regime, which has killed over 5,000 civilians since the start of …

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Kurdish Youth contribute in Human Rights talks at the House of Lords

Posted on by DaroonMK

Human Rights Day 2011 was warmly welcomed in London’s House of Lords where a board of delegates came together from across Europe in discussion and reflection of the developments and progress made within the global community on the agenda of human rights. …

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Program of activities in Bethlehem area

Posted on by Mazin Qumsiyeh (Palestine)

Below is a program of selected activities in the Bethlehem area starting tomorrow and over the Holidays (your participation if around would be appreciated). I also included a link to the best and most detailed account of the colonial destruction …

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Wave of Condemnation as Turkey Arrests Yet More Journalists

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

Istanbul, Turkey- Dawn on Tuesday brought an unfortunate wake up call to many Kurds and especially to journalists as a wave of arrests across Turkey picked up 40 people, most of whom are journalists. The arrests came under the premise …

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