The Van branches of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD), Bar Association, Human Rights Association (İHD) and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) announced the report on police torture, rights violations and detentions during ...

In recent days, I went to Syriatel, in the northern part of the Tishrin Dam, where the resistance continues, to the fronts where the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) fighters are positioned. During my visits to ...

Kurdish media organizations and human rights groups in the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) have called on the United Nations to investigate the extrajudicial killings of journalists by Turkey and its ...

The ‘Freedom for Pakshan Azizi’ Campaign announced that the Municipality of Florence, Italy has granted ‘Honorary Citizenship’ to Kurdish journalist and activist Pakshan Azizi. According to a statement released on the social media account of ...

David Eray (Switzerland, EPP/CCE) and Bryony Rudkin (United Kingdom, SOC/G/PD), Co-Rapporteurs of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on local democracy in Turkey, have made the following statement regarding ...

The Kurdish Women’s Center for Foreign Relations (REPAK) issued a written statement regarding the approval of the “Iraqi Personal Status Amendment Law” adopted by the Iraqi parliament. The REPAK statement on Wednesday said: “The “Iraqi ...

The vigil launched at the Tishrin Dam against the attacks by the occupying Turkish state continues decisively despite frequent bombings and massacres. ANF TISHRIN Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 13:47 Since 8 January, civilians from North-East ...

2025-02-19T19:57:32+00:00 Shafaq News/ Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met with US Chargé d’Affaires to Iraq Daniel Rubinstein on Wednesday to discuss efforts to resume oil exports and steps toward forming the new Kurdistan Regional Government ...

2025-02-19T17:48:22+00:00 Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Wednesday, during a meeting chaired by PM Masrour Barzani, denounced attacks on Kurdish farmers in Kirkuk and urged swift action to resume oil exports. Condemnation of ...

2025-02-19T17:11:48+00:00 Shafaq News/ Intense clashes erupted on Wednesday evening between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Turkish military in Duhok province, with Turkish fighter jets bombing PKK positions in the northern part of the ...