On April 7, hundreds of unemployed diploma holders activists gathered in Mohamed Ali Square in front of the General Tunisian Workers’ Union (UGTT) headquarters to demand their right to jobs. As they were trying to reach Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the …
Posted in Activism, Demonstrations, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Tunisia | Tagged demonstrations, Tunisia | Leave a commentA few days ago, 1 April 2012, a Kurdish daily published an article about the life of Meryem Erbey, a Kurdish mother and peace activist. It is a script of death, resistance, oppression, violence, and human dignity, more suitable for …
Posted in Kurdistan, Kurds, Turkey, Women, Youth | Tagged Kurdistan, Kurdistan Mothers for Peace Turkey, Kurds | 1 CommentPhoto by Bezav Mahmod I once met Kurdistan. He said to me: I am denied my existence and my identity by heartless oppressors. I am treated as trash by indoctrinated adherents. I am mocked, molested and murdered by those who …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Homosexuality, Kurdistan, Kurds | Tagged gay rights, Kurd, LGBT, LGBT rights | 1 CommentPalestinian civil society organizations and peace and human rights defenders and activists call on the international community to join us on April 15th -21st for peace building in Palestine and to challenge the Israeli siege of the occupied territories. Over …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Events, Palestine | Tagged Palestine | Leave a commentOn the occasion of World Theatre Day, artists from the Tunisian Association of Gradutes of the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts have organized an event on Habib Bourguiba Avenue, in front of the Municipal Theatre, entitled “the People demand theatre.” …
Posted in Activism, Censorship, Culture, Culture and Society, Events, Freedom of Speech, Religion, Society, Tunisia | Tagged Tunisia | Leave a commentOn March 15, 2012, the leftist student union, UGET, has won a landslide victory over the Islamist student union, UGTE in the election for the scientific councils at Tunisian universities. This massive win is interesting as it does not reflect …
Posted in Activism, Democracy, Education, Tunisia, Youth | Tagged Tunisia | Leave a commentEvery year, the world commemorates World Day Against Cyber-Censorship on the 12 March. The day was first launched by Reporters Sans Frontières in 2008, and it’s intended to rally everyone in support of a single Internet without restrictions and accessible …
Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Media | Tagged Reporters, Reporters sans frontières, Reporters Without Borders, RSF | Leave a commentAfter 10 years of working as an activists I can not stop the feeling of disappointment of filling my heart , as I walk every steep of the road and see people with great potentials and high level of creativity wasting …
Posted in Activism, Iraq | 2 CommentsA clash broke out yesterday, March 7, between Salafists and students at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Manouba and the situation escalated when a Salafist tore down the Tunisian national flag
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Education, Gender, Tunisia, Women, Youth | Tagged Tunisia | Leave a commentHistorically, on the 8th March political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined and the endurance of hardship that is faced within the world. Iraqi-Kurdistan is no different. Indeed, throughout the history women …
Posted in Kurdistan, Women | Tagged International, Iraq, Kurdistan, Rights, Women | Leave a comment