2025-09-18T20:38:10+00:00 Shafaq News – Duhok Women in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan Region, opened a special market on Thursday to promote female entrepreneurship and strengthen social and economic empowerment, with 27 participants from across the province showcasing ...

Following the provisional decision by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, the international campaign ‘Freedom of Öcalan and a Political Solution to the Kurdish Question’ issued a statement titled “Urgent Steps to be Taken ...

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported that the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence office in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, summoned and interrogated the mother of slain protester Ramin Fatehi on the third anniversary of Jina Amini’s ...

The Istanbul-based Asrın Law Office, which advocates Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and his fellow prisoners on Imrali Island, released a statement regarding the provisional decision made by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers during ...

The Military Council of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), held its regular meeting with the participation of the commanders of military councils from across the regions and affiliated military institutions, attended by the SDF Commander-in-Chief, ...

Following its quarterly meeting on human rights from September 15 to 17, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, which had given Turkey one year to implement the “Right to Hope” in the case of ...

At least eight Kurdish children have been detained in the past week in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, and Oshnavieh. ANF NEWS DESK Thursday, 18 September 2025, 14:39 Iranian security forces have arrested two 16-year-old boys in ...

The “National Solidarity, Brotherhood, and Democracy Commission,” established in Parliament within the scope of the ongoing process seeking a democratic solution to the Kurdish question, heard representatives of associations and foundations at its 11th meeting ...

The 5th Kurdish Cultural Festival, organized in memory of Martyr Sinan Dersim, will take place on September 21 in the city of Marseille. Preparations for the festival that will be held in Parc de la ...

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, at its 1537th meeting held on September 15-17, 2025, supervised the execution of the European Court’s judgments in the cases concerning Selahattin Demirtaş (No. 2) and ...