NEWS

1. Kurdish villagers are dying at the hands of a war the world has ignored for too long
2. EU foreign policy chief urges Turkey to refrain from military operation in Syria
3. Solidarity hunger strikes in Europe continue
4. Indefinite hunger strike to be launched in Strasbourg
5. Kurdish parties and organisations reject the US decision
6. PKK and PAJK prisoners announced indefinite hunger strike
7. “As Turkey’s local elections loom, reckless war-mongering begins”
8. HDP’s Buldan: Millions demand freedom for Öcalan
9. Anderson calls for release of Öcalan and all political prisoners
10. US-Backed Kurdish Forces Seize ISIS Town in Eastern Syria
11. US firmly warns Turkey against attack on Syrian Kurdistan
12. Kurdish leader tells Turkish court he is a ‘political hostage’
13. EU Commission: Demirtas case reflects rights violations
14. Dozens Arrested in Raids on Kurdish Party Headquarters in Turkey
15. Iranian Kurds bury actor, filmmaker brothers killed in arson car fire
16. Kurdish community in Scotland being “terrorised” by police
17. Kurds Rush Reinforcements Into East Syria as ISIS Reclaims Town
18. Persecution of Kurds seeking sanctuary in Scotland must stop

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NEWS

1. Occupation sells Afrin people’s property in public auctions
2. Al-Bab people revolted against Turkish mercenaries’ practices
3. Demonstration against violence against women in Rojava
4. Rojda Felat: by women’s leadership, historic victory achieved in al-Raqqa
5. Lunnebach: The PKK ban started as an exception, turned into law
6. HDP kicks off preparations for Turkish local elections
7. Iran arrests six Kurds for aiding opposition forces
8. HDP hopeful of positive Demirtaş ruling regardless of ECHR
9. SDF Spokesperson: No deal with ISIS for the women of Suwayda
10. People of Afrin prepare for winter in tents and ruins
11. At least 15 ISIS members killed in Operation Cizire Storm
12. Rojava University conference starts
13. Turkey deposes some 260 elected village heads, arrests follow
14. Iran executes seven in past week, three of them Kurds
15. Turkey shells Kurdistan Region, claims it killed 12 PKK members
16. Chief of Staff: Coordinating with several countries to determine fate of Daesh detainees
17. Another kind of participation in battle to defeat terrorism!
18. Raqqa pumping station working at full scale
19. Clashes in Azaz spread to Afrin
20. Important projects for women’s economy
21. Lawyers and human rights defenders to discuss the PKK ban
22. Dozens of actions to demand Freedom for Öcalan
23. Daily Mail: Fear reigns over Afrin after seized by Turkey-backed gangs.
24. Two Mercenaries: Turkey gateway to join ISIS
25. Arresting 32 Students, 16 Years of Confinement for Students Over 10 Months

Continue reading “KURDISH NEWS BRIEFING, 7 OCTOBER – 23 OCTOBER 2018” →

NEWS
1. 73 women’s communes founded in Til Hemis in a month
2. Nomadic life, guerrillas and the choice of dignity
3. Women from around the world attend the international conference
4. Erdogan costs Germany 8.7 million Euros
5. Iran said it launched ballistic missiles towards Syria
6. YRK announced its fourth martyr in clashes with the IRGC
7. Mesopotamian Water Forum to be held in Sulaymaniyah

Continue reading “KURDISH NEWS BRIEFING, 17 SEPTEMBER – 7 OCTOBER 2018” →

NEWS

1. Swedish Left Party MP sends letter to Öcalan

2. Turkish state to build colonial roads to invaded territory

3. Muslim: Our goal is for TEV-DEM to organize the 3rd territory

4. Afrin people protest human rights organizations for their silence

5. Turkey police fire tear gas at mothers’ protest

6. ‘Kurdish-led delegation holds fresh talks with Syria govt. in Damascus’

7. Turkish star witnesses against US pastor Andrew Brunson are his expelled congregants



OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS

1. Kurds hit Turkey-backed rebels in Afrin’s countryside

2. Russia-Turkey-Iran pact can end over Idlib

3. Syriaʹs Kurds hold the cards

4. The Kurds- Erdogan’s Favored Target, and Turkish Democracy’s Greatest Hope

5. ‘I met my IS captor on a German street’

6. Nurtured by the state

7. Turkey’s President Erdogan Vows to Win ‘Economic War’ With U.S.

8. Turkey: Erdogan’s rule is built on quicksand

9. The fallout from Turkey’s crisis will cause damage far beyond its borders

10. The reason Turkey’s economic collapse is so scary is that Iran, Russia, and Syria are waiting in the wings

11. World Markets Brace for Impact of Turkish Lira Crisis

12. The US-Turkey Crisis: The NATO Alliance Forged in 1949 Is Today Largely Irrelevant

13. Turkey’s repressive regime turns academic’s life upside-down

14. In colonised Kurdish society even the flowers can be labelled terrorists

15. Journalism in Exile: “Turkey had turned into hell for journalism”

16. It feels like everyday life under the revolution: Growing a new world in Rojava.

17. Why Moscow left Kurds. Five reasons

18. The Rojava experiment



DOCUMENTS

1. Freedom of Expression Weekly Bulletin 17 August 2018

2. Freedom of Expression Weekly Bulletin 03 August 2018

3. What happened in Turkey in July 2018

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