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Sakine, Fidan and Leyla: The search for justice continues
Eight years ago today the bodies of three revolutionary Kurdish women were found at a community centre in a Paris suburb. Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) co-founder Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez had been shot in the head in
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Noam Chomsky will open Rojava Freedom Annual Lecture Series
Noam Chomsky to open Rojava Freedom Annual Lecture Series organised by the University of Rojava. The Institute of Social Sciences at Rojava University will hold a special event on 15 January. The event is the Rojava Freedom Annual Lecture Series
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Janet Biehl tells of her involvement in solidarity with Kurds
Author and artist Janet Biehl spoke about her involvement in solidarity with the Kurdish Freedom Movement. Dr. Jeff Miley of Peace in Kurdistan interviewed author and artist Janet Biehl about her involvement in solidarity with the Kurdish Freedom Movement,
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TURKEY’S CRUEL JAILING OF Leyla Güven
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign has just published an open letter to Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab MP, on the recent sentencing of Leyla Güven
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Prisoners in Turkish jails on hunger strike against isolation of Öcalan
On 27 November political prisoners in Turkish jails went on hunger strike demanding the end of the isolation imposed on Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan and the ongoing violations in prisons.
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Second book about the liberation of Kobanê
The book “Kobanê Resistance Diary”, which tells about the legendary resistance of YPG and YPJ fighters against the genocidal attacks launched by ISIS gangs on September 13, 2014 with the support of the Turkish state, has been published.
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Foza Yûsif: ENKS imposes unacceptable demands
PYD Co-Presidency Council member Foza Yûsif said that there is a deadlock in the talks on unity in Rojava, and added that the ENKS “violated the red lines” and “imposed unacceptable demands” by standing with the murderers of the Kurds.
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La escritora kurda Roza Metina detenida en Amed
Este viernes la policía ha entrado en el domicilio de Roza Metina, escritora y editora del servicio kurdo de Jinnews, y se la ha llevado detenida.
Read MoreKurdish writer Roza Metina detained in Amed 0
Jinnews Kurdish service editor and writer Roza Metina was taken into custody on Friday morning during a raid on her home
Read MoreThe book by YPJ commander Meryem Kobanê: A dream destroying borders 0
The first volume of the book of Meryem Kobanê, one of the commanders of the historical Kobanê war and victory, about those days, “Kobanê: Çepera Rûmetê” was published by Şilêr Publications
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