Iran must halt execution of Kurdish prisoner: UN rights experts

Sep 04, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], September 4 : The imminent execution of an Iranian Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human...

Syria issues historic decree recognising Kurdish language, rights in push for national inclusion

Jan 17, 2026

The move, announced amid ongoing tensions in the country's north, is being described by officials as a major step toward addressing decades of marginalisation...

Kurds protest killing of 3 community members at Paris centre

Dec 24, 2022

Members of the Kurdish community on Friday (local time) took to the streets in Paris to protest the shooting of three people at a...

Erdogan and Bahceli move to ban Turkey's third largest party

Mar 22, 2021

Nicosia [Cyprus], March 22 : Before the ink was dry on President Tayyip Erdogan's much touted "Human Rights Action Plan," announced on March 2,...

6 year jail for two Iraqi Kurdish journalists is unfair, says Committee to Protect Journalists

Feb 20, 2021

Baghdad [Iraq], February 20 : The sentencing of Iraqi Kurdish journalists Sherwan Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari to six years in jail "for jeopardising Kurdish...

Kurdish leader jailed by Turkey court for 42 years over 2014 deadly riots

May 17, 2024

A Turkish Court has sentenced over 20 Kurdish politicians, including former presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas, on bogus charges of crimes against the state and...