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  • 11 Jan 2013
    Swift investigation needed over Kurdish activists killed in Paris

    The investigation into the gunning down of three Kurdish women activists in Paris must be prompt and thorough, Amnesty International says.

  • 25 Apr 2011
    Iraq: 'You broke the square, but you can't break us'

    A new song was playing on Iraqi Kurdistan radio just before Easter, which included the lines, "Don't kill this generation" and "don't kill the future." Michele Naar-Obed from Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) recounts part of the untold story of nonviolent action and brutal state violence in Suleimaniya and Kawler, the state capital.

  • 19 Apr 2011
    Student protesters held hostage in Iraqi Kurdistan

    A number of student protesters are being held captive within an Iraqi Kurdistan governate, Ekklesia has heard from peace workers in the area.

  • 31 Aug 2010
    An Iranian nonviolent resister

    It is one thing to sit in a comfortable, safe environment and talk about the courage needed to embrace nonviolence in the context of active armed conflict, writes Garland Robertson. It is something quite different to embrace nonviolence personally in the face of great danger and to break allegiance with a violent company that actively pursues traitors. This is the story of one such person, a Kurd from Western Iran.

  • 6 Apr 2010
    Remember hard-pressed Christians in Iraq

    This text and podcast is the second of five reflective radio talks for Easter from Harry Hagopian, focusing on the presence, life and witness of the often-forgotten historic Christian communities across the Middle East. Today, attention turns to the war-ravaged and destitute Christians of Iraq.

  • 20 Nov 2009
    Canadian peacemaker and ex-hostage returns to Iraq

    Harmeet Singh Sooden, who came to international attention when he was held hostage with other peacemakers in 2005, has joined an international human rights delegation travelling to Iraqi Kurdistan this month.

  • 12 Nov 2009
    Anger as Iran ignores pleas and executes Kurdish man

    Amnesty International has strongly condemned the execution in Iran yesterday of a Kurdish man sentenced to death for "enmity against God" in connection with his alleged membership of an illegal opposition group.

  • 11 Nov 2009
    Iran asked to stop execution of man for "enmity against God"

    Human rights groups have entered last minute pleas to the Iran to halt the imminent execution of a Kurdish man sentenced to death for "enmity against God" in connection with his alleged membership of an opposition group.

  • 19 Apr 2009
    Iran breaks agreement to stop shelling Kurds

    Last month Iran broke an agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to stop attacks on villages in the Pshdar district, according to a fresh report coming out of Iraq.

  • 8 Feb 2009
    No votes for thousands of Iraqi Kurds

    Even though the physical voting process at the Iraqi electoral sites seemed fair, the IHEC's implementation of its internal registration rules, led to a flawed outcome disfavouring the Kurds, says Peggy Gish.