Turkey has conducted more than 665 airstrikes and drone strikes in Syria and Iraq by June this year, in an escalation emboldened by Turkey’s international leverage. Turkish forces have carried out more than 665 airstrikes and drone strikes in Syria and Iraq in the first six months of 2023, London-based …
Bêtir »“There’s not even 1% chance that Kurdistan will have a national army”
Surkew Mohammed The two partisan forces claim that they support the Coalition-supported reform effort, but in reality show no interest in building up the ministry and ceding power to it, according to an investigation by Peregraf. In the face of continued pressure by the International Coalition to reform and unify …
Bêtir »Centenary of Treaty of Lausanne and Kurds: A deepening crisis
“The Westerners, especially the British, were bargaining over Mesopotamia and Kurdistan; the Turkish delegation was almost sacrificing the Kurds to save the Anatolian lands. As can be seen, there is a scenario written and implemented against the Kurds without the Kurds. Because the Kemalist administration had already made secret negotiations …
Bêtir »Dysfunctional Federalism in Iraq: Looking to the Canadian Example
Since the 1922 revolts in British-mandate Iraq, Kurdish leaders have been advocating for autonomy for the part of Kurdistan that was incorporated into Iraq. The pursuit of autonomy for Iraqi Kurds has been a struggle spanning a century. Following the initial Iraqi-Kurdish autonomy agreement in 1970, the Iraqi government launched …
Bêtir »Elin Anna Labba: We rebuild Sámi society
Sápmi, the country of the Sámi people, is divided between the states of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia. The main reason for the forced relocations in Sápmi was the fact that our people lived on many sides of what was to become borders and in nationalistic times they weren’t permitted …
Bêtir »Resistance of Maxmur opens door to negotiation
The resistance of the Maxmur people for 3 days opened the door to negotiation. Iraqi army stopped digging trenches. The people have been resisting for three days against the Iraqi army’s attempt to besiege the Refugee Camp in Maxmur. The resistance of the Maxmur people for 3 days opened the …
Bêtir »Interview with a Diasporan Armenian Writer
C.K. Garabed (a.k.a. Charles Garabed Kasbarian) has been active in Diasporan Armenian community organizations all his life. As a writer and editor, he has been a keen observer of, and outspoken commentator on, political and social matters affecting Armenians. For more than 40 years, his writings have appeared in the Armenian press in the …
Bêtir »Former Belgian minister takes Turkish regime to the International Court
The complaint speaks of 200,000 victims of torture, disappearances, incarceration and convictions without due process. The alleged crimes took place in Turkey, a country that doesn’t recognise the ICC, but also in 45 other countries including Belgium. Former Belgian minister takes Turkish regime to the International Court Former Belgian cabinet …
Bêtir »66 journalists killed in 2022 amid decline in press safety
2022 witnessed a devastating decline in journalists’ safety, as 66 journalists and media workers worldwide were killed in connection with their profession, according to International Press Institute (IPI) data. This figure marks a steep increase from the total of 45 journalists killed in 2021. Spiraling attacks against journalists in Mexico …
Bêtir »AANES report death toll at 25 in Turkey’s Syria air strikes
The death toll in Turkey’s air strikes on north and east Syria now totals 25, including 11 civilians and 14 fighters from the Syrian regime forces, according a report released by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) reported that …
Bêtir »Journalists killed in defence of the truth in Rojava
23 male and female journalists were martyred in NE Syria in order to reveal the truth. ANHA agency’s correspondent Issam Abdullah was killed during the bombing of Derik on the 20th of November, while he was covering the air strikes launched by the Turkish occupation state on NE Syria. Here …
Bêtir »A Report on Human Rights Violations Committed by the Iranian Regime
During 55 days of peaceful demonstrations, which has been met with brutal violence by the repressive forces of the Iranian regime, at least 56 Kurdish civilians, including 11 teenagers and 5 women have been killed in various cities of eastern Kurdistan The following report contains figures and details of human …
Bêtir »Relatives of Russian drafted soldiers weep: ‘They were abandoned, like dogs…’
Russian regional media publish a plea from mothers, wives and sisters Wives and mothers from two small cities in the Urals, Serov and Severouralsk, came to the media in hopes of raising public awareness regarding the conditions that recently drafted soldiers are facing on the battlefield in the Russian-occupied territories …
Bêtir »Bern Parliament votes to have official notifications in Kurdish
The Bern Cantonal Parliament voted on Thursday to have official notifications in the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish. The Bern Cantonal Parliament voted on Thursday to have official notifications in the Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish. Bern Kurdish Cultural Association, Bern Alevi Cultural Association and KUTUSCH (Kurdish and Turkish-Swiss Solidarity Association) acted …
Bêtir »Turkish physician leader’s arrest condemned by WMA
The World Medical Association has issued a strong condemnation about the arrest in Turkey of Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, President of the Turkish Medical Association. The World Medical Association has issued a strong condemnation about the arrest in Turkey of Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, President of the Turkish Medical Association. …
Bêtir »HRW: Türkiye deported hundreds of refugees to Syria in months
”Türkiye is trying to make Northern Syria a refugee dumping ground,” said Nadia Hardman, refugee and migrant rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. Syria remains unsafe for returning refugees, according to HRW. By August, Türkiye had reportedly already built 60,000 houses in the northwestern province of Idlib. The organization said …
Bêtir »17 Kurdish guerrillas killed by Turkish chemical weapons
During the six-month war between 14 April and 14 October 2022, the Turkish army used banned bombs and chemical weapons 2467 times. The People’s Defense Centre (HSM) Headquarters Command published the names of 17 guerrillas who were killed at different times in Turkish chemical weapons attacks in southern Kurdistan (Northern …
Bêtir »Ukrainian language, arts, and culture
Ukrainian is a Slavic language written in the Cyrillic script and spoken by around 40 million people. The modern Ukrainian language appears in print in the late 18th century, and has since produced rich literature that is finally getting the attention it deserves outside of Ukraine, thanks to a renewed …
Bêtir »Hengaw’s report on protests in East Kurdistan
According to the statistics of Hengaw, at least 38 people were injured in these two cities by direct fire and baton charges from the special forces, and 13 people were arrested. The civil protests of the people in Saqqez and Sanandaj turned violent with the intervention of the security forces. …
Bêtir »Esperanto: Can the language of idealism face reality?
We want to bring the ‘idealistic language’ down to earth Languages are typically an essential means of identity, but also pose an unresolved dilemma: a paradox in which languages provide the opportunity to communicate, but only work within a given location and group of individuals, thus distancing us from one …
Bêtir »Colombia and Venezuela appoint ambassadors, taking the first step toward restoration of diplomatic relations
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro seek to gradually restore and strengthen political, military, diplomatic and commercial relations between the two nations On Thursday, August 12, the governments of Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appointed ambassadors to each other’s countries, as part of …
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