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KYC Opens a new chapter in Lincoln Nebraska
Lawsuits against the government of Iraq and a company that sold precursor chemicals to Saddam Hussein’s regime go forward 
KNCNA and Kenneth F. McCallion Owe Anfal Victims an Explanation
The Press and Political Processes in Contemporary Iraqi Kurdistan
Campaign in Support of Kurdish Political Prisoners Launched by Women of Azarmehr
The first Kurdish-American film David & Layla now available on iTunes and Netflix
KYC's Fundraiser Party in Atlanta Georgia 
Four fundamental questions about DNO
The First New York Kurdish Film Festival: Cinema Across Borders  October 21-25
DAVID & LAYLA at Kurdish Film Festival
Prevent Iran from getting the bomb, Sign the G-20 petition
Racially motivated attacks in the UK are higher than ever
Remarks by Vice President Biden at joint statement to the press with Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani
South of Kurdistan: political earthquake will change political map Part II
DAVID & LAYLA at Vienna Jewish Film Club
Appeal to save the life of a Kurdish teacher
Roundup of media reports on honour-based violence and violent incidents involving women in Iraqi Kurdistan Region
Launch in Sulaymaniyah of the first literary translation of Mam u Zin  into Standard (South Kurmanji) Kurdish
Call to Action! Stop the Deportation of Ibrahim Parlak
Hawlati’s interview with Kamal Mirawdeli on the results of Kurdistan region’s presidential elections   
Statement by the presidential office of Dr Kamal Mirawdeli on the first meeting of the new Kurdistan parliament
A tribute to the great Kurdish artist Ali Latif
Kamal Mirawdeli warns of violence and civil unrest in Kurdistan region
Turkish-Kurdish conflict through a woman’s lens
Winds of change in Turkish-Kurdish relations
The New Kurdistan Parliament
Former FBI translator gets chance to reveal information about scandals and also discusses Armenian genocide and Kurds
To remember 1979 invasion of East Kurdistan
Hell under theocracy
Call for Paper
Overall assessment of Kurdistan elections
A letter to Kurdistan
Shock to the System
Open Letter to President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Gordon Brown
URGENT APPEAL
Kurdish election results
'Gorran' Shocks Establishment-Iraqi Kurdistan
People arrested and detained in Mahabad
Hawraman: Landmine take three more lives in Shoshme
Kurdish prisoners have been raped in Iranian prisons since 1979
Documents showing that regimes around the world use rape as a tool to curb political dissent have been brought to public light during different wars ____________________
South of Kurdistan: the political earthquake will change the political map Part III
Nawshirwan Mustafa’s message through some of his followers to PUK leader Talabani and his second in command Kusrat Rasul is that ____________________
Kurdish prisoner tortured to death in Omrye
Guards of a prison in the Kurdish city of Ormye tortured a Kurdish prisoner by the name of Amir Abdullanejad to death on the third of October. Agents of ____________________
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s longest suicide letter
Once upon a time, and it was a very bad time, there was a leader, who decided to commit suicide due to a psychological breakdown which left him with ____________________
Ask not why They Did it to us; Ask Why We Did it to Ourselves!
Ask any Kurd, this one included, why his people have not been able to establish a free and independent Kurdistan, despite the huge sacrifices they have ____________________
Who is behind the recent assassinations in Iranian Kurdistan?
Two weeks ago, five officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran were killed in a series of assassinations in the Kurdish ____________________
The reason why Iran’s Green Movement has no support in Kurdistan
Supporters of Iran’s Green Movement have, during the past couple of months, complained that our party, the Democratic Party of Iranian ____________________
The debacle of DNO's share sale to Turkish Genel Enerji and the role of Kurdish minister in question
Norway's Det Norske Oljeselskap (DNO) shares were suspended on Monday 21 September and the company share prices were down by ____________________
I ran away from death, now I have a fear of life!
It’s so surprising for a man who lived in a country where he was always afraid of death to suddenly find himself in another country so full of possibilities ____________________
The selection of Barham Salih as Kurdistan PM by parliament and the absence of Macavity the Mystery Cat
The anticipated move by the newly elected Kurdish parliament to select it new cabinet led by Barham Salih has finalised and only ____________________
Healthcare Complaints
On September 12, tens of thousands of people marched on the U.S. Capitol chanting and carrying signs with slogans like "Obamacare makes me sick." ____________________
The cyclical wheel of a Kurdish Universe
The Kurds cry out in their songs, of the cycles of the universe. How that the fortunes of the wheel have not been in their favor; visible in the deep pain ____________________
Love and Power
Khani in the prologue of his book says that he uses the traditional Kurdish tale of the love between the Kurdish prince Mam and Kurdish princess Zin ____________________
A Ministry for Public Health!
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South of Kurdistan : political earthquake will change political map–Part1
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Unwanted Ramazan wish!
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New Kurdish Prime Minister and the political fallout
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KA Exclusives
Kurdish Views
Stop Turkey’s State Killing of Abdullah Ocalan!
Kurdish Federation in UK -  December 1, 2009
The Kurdish Freedom Movement sincerely and honestly believes that the Turkish authorities have taken their plan towards killing the leader of the Kurdish
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Zaynab Jalalian’s Letter to the world’s Conscience
Kurdishaspect.com -  December 1, 2009
The Kurdish woman, Ms. Zaynab Jalalian, who has been sentenced to death by the Iranian government, spends her remaining time at a prison in Sanandaj in ________________________________
Iran: A stubborn murderer of Kurdish human rights activists
Kurdishaspect.com -  December 1, 2009
In the past years, the Iranian despotic regime has been busier than ever before murdering Kurdish human rights activists. Sadly enough, the Kurdish activists are
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Two Kurdish men in their 70s and a 10 year old child arrested in Syria for celebrating Eid al-Adha
Kurdishaspect.com -  November 29, 2009
Kurdish Committee for Human Rights (monitor /al-Rased) and other sources report that three people have been arrested in Deyrik al-Malikiya town on the
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Bring down the walls!
Kurdishaspect.com - By Delovan Barwari - November 25, 2009
Linguistic diversity is closely connected to diverse democracy. A nation proud of its diversity will safeguard and protect its dialects. As each dialect holds
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KYC's 1st Kurdish Festival
Kurdishaspect.com -  November 25, 2009
Kurdish Festival is a celebration of Kurdish Heritage in the United States. The festival will stretch a spam of three days. During which, Kurds and non-Kurds, from
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Kurdistan Region and the Dangers of Remaining within Iraq
Kurdishaspect.com - By Karim Hasan - November 21, 2009
November 2009, six years and half have passed since the fall of Saddam’s regime in April 2003. The fall of Saddam’s regime brought hope for Kurds. As the
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Letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon regarding the Plight of Our People in Kurdistan-Syria
KNC- November 21, 2009
In the wake of the Sykes-Picot Treaty in 1918, and the subsequent division of Kurdistan among Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, the people of Kurdistan
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“The Principles of Democratic and Non-democratic Government”
Kurdishaspect.com - By Nabaz Shwany - November 18, 2009
Democratic and non-democratic government is a very significant topic that discuss among politician and people. Both terms have different definitions
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Does the new cabinet have legitimacy?
Kurdishaspect.com - By Razan Lawan - November 18, 2009
Iraqi Kurdistan’s sixth government led by Barhem Salih is now appointed and ready to deliver needed services to its citizens. Citizens in Dohuk, Erbil and
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The Future of Rural Health in Southern Kurdistan
Kurdishaspect.com - By Kate Dovel - November 17, 2009
Southern Kurdistan continues to make strides towards social stability and development. Yet, amid the success of this region, discouraging levels of
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HRW's "On Vulnerable Ground" is on Shaky Ground
Kurdishaspect.com - By Martin Zehr  - November 14, 2009
The recent report of the Human Rights Watch “On Vulnerable Ground” has presented a unique effort to discredit the Kurdistan Regional Government,
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Shirkoh Moarefi another Kurdish Activist has been
Kurdishaspect.com - Translated by Sayeh Hassan - November 14, 2009
Mr. Shirkoh (Bahman) Moarefi is a 30 years old Kurdish activist who was arrested on October 31st 2008 in the city of Saqz. After months of interrogation and torture
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PDKI Press Release on the rise of executions and the killing of Ihsan Fatahian
Kurdishaspet.com   - November 14, 2009
Noting that within the last thirty years of the reign of the Islamist regime in Iran the people of Iran in general and the Kurdish people of Iran in particular have been
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Iranian theocratic regime continues to execute Kurds
KNC - November 10, 2009
(November 8, 2009). According to several Reliable Human Rights Organizations in Iran, Ehsan (Esma’il) Fattahian (also spelled Fattahiyan) - a Kurdish political
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Four activists from the Democratic Union Party are each sentenced to six years in prison, in Syria
Kurdishaspect.com - November 10, 2009
The Syrian Human Rights Committee – MAD – reports that the Supreme State Security Court in Damascus at its session held on Sunday 8 November 2009,
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Kurdish Activist Ehsan Fatahiyan to be Executed on Wednesday November 11th 2009
Kurdishaspect.com - By Sayeh Hassan  - November 9, 2009
The death sentence of Ehsan Fatahiyan, a 27 years old Kurdish activist is set to be carred out on Wednesday November 11th 2009. A letter was written by the
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Kurdish/Turkish Peace Initiative and the Current Developments in Turkey
Kurdishaspect.com -  November 9, 2009
Mr. Gür is the founder and former member of the Human Rights Association (HRA) in the province of Van, Turkey. He also served as the Secretary General _________________________________
Hunger strike amongst Kurdish political prisoners in Syria
Kurdishaspect.com -  By Khalaf Dahowd - November 7, 2009
Kurdish political prisoners in Adra Prison and Sednaya Military Prison, Damascus, Syria are suffering degrading conditions similar to those that were
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President Barzani meets EU leaders and Policymakers in Brussels
Kurdistan Region’s European Union Mission - November 7, 2009
As part of a diplomatic trip to different European countries, Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, will pay an official visit to Brussels on
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Erdogan’s trip to Iran and Turkey’s tilt towards the Islamic regime in Iran
Kurdishaspect.com - By Salah Muradi - November 6, 2009
Following the strained relations between Turkey and Israel, Raceb Tayyip Edrogan, the Turkish Prime Minister embarked on an official trip to Iran.
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Iranian accusations of separatism and treason
Kurdishaspect.com - By Loghman H. Ahmedi - November 6, 2009
I have received a couple of angry emails from Iranian expatriates accusing our party, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, of treason and separatism in
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Kurdish American Youth and Gift of Hope overseas reach goal with help of the Kurdish community
KAYO - November 4, 2009
During the month of October 2009, the Kurdish American Youth Organization-501(c)(3) began a project with the Gift of Hope Overseas to raise enough funds _________________________________
Why aren’t those who killed Ceylan being investigated?
Human Rights Association  - November 3, 2009
On 28 September 2009 at 11:30, 12 year-old Ceylan Önkol lost her life as a result of being fired upon while tending sheep.  The incident occured in Xambaz hamlet
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What is Mine is Mine; What is Yours is Negotiable
Kurdishaspect.com - By Dr. Rashid Karadaghi - November 2, 2009
The late Howard K. Smith, the ABC Television News anchor and commentator, used to remind us often of one of his favorite quotations, which he attributed to the
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Iranian Kurds in an Age of Globalisation
Kurdishaspect.com - By Geoffrey Gresh - October 27, 2009
Abstract: Since 2003 and the establishment of Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government, Iran has witnessed a rise in ethnonationalist activity among its
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Iraq:Partition is the Only Solution
Kurdishaspect.com - By Mufid Abdulla - October 27, 2009
The two co-ordinated attacks which took place on the 25th October in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, were the biggest explosions to take place over the last two
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Ship sinks with asylum seekers onboard – five children and young people die
SKS - October 27, 2009
A report has reached us from Yeliki Media  that a ship has sunk carrying asylum seekers from Izmir, Turkey to Greece causing the death of dozens of people,
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South of Kurdistan:The Political earthquake will change the political map  Part IV
Kurdishaspect.com - By Mufid Abdulla - October 27, 2009
The entire situation in the south of Kurdistan at present is pioneering. This is not only due to the work of one leader or other individuals, but rather from the
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Iraq’s rapidly growing military capability is a great threat to Kurdistan's future
Kurdishaspect.com - By Baqi Barzani - October 24, 2009
After the invasion in 2003, the Baath party was more or less dissolved.  Adherents and members belonging to ministry of defense, ministry of state for
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Response to Amy Howard’s Allegations
Public  Statement on Peace Groups
Further explanations on Kenneth F. McCallion and the Anfal case

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What is Mine is Mine; What is Yours is Negotiable
Under Saddam’s Arabization, the Kurds lost everything, including their homes and their dignity as human beings, while the Arab settlers gained a lot. Now that the Arab settlers are being asked to leave with dignity and with compensations (for giving back what they had