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YJA Star guerrillas: 27 November is the resurrection day for women
...f peoples, and especially women demanding freedom, around the PKK meant great dangers for the sovereigns, and added: "Plans are made for the liquidation and destruction of the PKK almost every year." Guerrilla Viyan Renkin, who drew attention to the uprising with the demonstrations that started in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan after the murder of Jina Amini by the police affiliated with the Iranian regime last September, continued: “If we are talking about a revolution in Iran today, we must say that it was carried out by women. Leader Apo [Abdullah Öcalan] is the architect of the women's revolution...
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Thousands in Berlin: "Pave the way for peace, lift the PKK ban!"
... law. The German government must change its attitude. The German Minister of Foreign Affairs shouts the slogan ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ [Woman, Life, Freedom]. She should know where this slogan comes from and why it is important. Stop the criminalization policy against the Kurds.” A speech on behalf of Iranian revolutionaries said, “It doesn’t matter where we come from; Rojhilat, Rojava or anywhere else in the world. We know where ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ comes from. We know where and how the Iranian revolution began. Jin, Jiyan, Azadi!” A statement in the name of the PYD (Democratic Union Party) pointed ...
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KNK announces mobilization for national unity against Turkish attacks
...on for national unity against the attacks,” Karamus said. WARNING TO THE KDP Karamus noted that the Turkish attacks targeted the Kurdish gains as a whole. “Individual interests do not matter. The attacks of the Turkish state are directed at the entire Kurdish people. In the meantime, the invading Iranian state has escalated its attacks. These four colonial states give the Kurdish people no chance in any way. If the resistance forces are eliminated, there will be no status left in Rojava and Bashur. If the Kurdistan Regional Government and its ruling party KDP do not regard these attacks against ...
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March against the PKK ban starts in Berlin
.... The participants carried creative pictures and symbols to draw attention to the content of the Kurdish movement. As with all demonstrations related to Kurdistan, "Jin Jiyan Azadî" [Woman, Life, Freedom] is a central slogan. Signs and banners also protest against Turkey's attacks on Rojava and the Iranian regime's massacres in Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan). [album=18064]
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Jin, Jiyan, Azadi: March in London in solidarity with women in Iran
The Jin, Jiyan, Azadi Collective will march today in London for women in Iran. A march will take place today in London to express solidarity with women protesting in Iran. The march is organized by the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi Collective and supported by the Peace in Kurdistan Campaign. The meeting point is at 2 pm (UK time) in front of the BBC in Portland Place. The march will ...
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EELV: The European Union and the international community must protect the Kurds
...s trying, like many autocrats, to recover it by stirring up the threat of a terrorist enemy from within." The Europe Ecology – The Greens (French: Europe Écologie Les Verts, EELV) released a statement calling on the EU and the international community to condemn all the attacks, both from Turkey and Iran, and to commit to the protection of the Kurdish people in Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. The statement by Chloé Sagaspe and Alain Coulombel, spokespersons of the EELV Transnational Commission, includes the following: “On 20 November, Turkey attacked Kurdish Rojava, an autonomous region in Syria an...
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KON-MED calls for strong participation in Saturday's demo against the PKK ban in Berlin
...trying to revive ISIS. On the other hand, we have northern Iraq (southern Kurdistan), where the Turkish state has been waging a massive war of aggression since April, in which it has long since ceased to shy away from systematically using chemical warfare agents on a massive scale. Finally, we have Iran (Eastern Kurdistan), where people have been taking to the streets day after day since the cruel assassination of Jîna Amini. People take to the streets unarmed to change the system there, the Iranian state responds with massive violence and has people shot at. Not a day goes by without a Kurd being...
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FDP: Turkish attacks on Kurdish regions are unacceptable
...y's attacks on Kurdish regions are unacceptable. The FDP politician said that they are grateful to the Kurdish people for defeating the ISIS group and demanded that the latest attacks of the Turkish state should be investigated urgently. On his social media account, Lechte said that the attacks of Iran and the Turkish state showed similarities. “We should take action now to put an end to the attacks against the Kurds,” he wrote. GYSI: CIVILIANS ARE MURDERED EACH DAY In a statement on his social media account, the Foreign Affairs Spokesperson of the Left Party, Gregor Gysi, reacted harshly to th...
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Iran deploys troops to border with Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
The Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Land Forces announced that scores of soldiers have been deployed to the border with the Kurdistan Region. In a statement on Friday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Land Forces Commander Mohammad Pakpur announced that a large number of troops and armoured forces have been de...
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PJAK: We must be the voice of the resistance in East Kurdistan and Iran
The PJAK European Council praised the ongoing popular resistance in East Kurdistan and Iran and called for participation in the demonstrations to be held in Europe. The European Council of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) made a statement concerning the ongoing popular resistance in East Kurdistan and Iran. “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' (Woman, Life, Freedom) has become a philosophy embraced b...
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Pacific Asian organizations: Stop the Turkish and Iranian war against the Kurds!
...st the Kurds not only violate international laws but also are causing massive casualties and damage,” say parties and organizations from Pacific Asia. Political parties and non-governmental organizations from many countries in Pacific Asia strongly condemned the genocidal attacks of the Turkish and Iranian states against the Kurds and called for an end to the war. “We strongly condemn the recent genocidal military attacks by both the Turkish and Iranian governments on the Kurds in the region,” a joint statement by the Pacific Asian organizations said. “The Turkish military has launched intensive...
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Iraq to deploy troops to borders with Turkey and Iran
The Iraqi government has announced that federal border guards would be deployed to the borders with Turkey and Iran. Following a security meeting chaired by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the Iraqi authorities decided “to deploy border guards along the borders with Turkey and Iran”. The borders of the Kurdistan region are currently protected by peshmerga forces under the Iraqi Ministry of Defence. In ...
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General strike launched in East Kurdistan
A general strike has been launched as part of the mass anti-government protests in Iran and East Kurdistan that have been going on for more than two and a half months. Answering the call of the PJAK (Kurdistan Free Life Party) and other East Kurdistan parties, a general strike has been launched across Iran to support the people who are subjected to the violent attacks of the Iranian s...
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Kurdish Solidarity Network holds online meeting about current situation in Kurdistan
...ituation in Kurdistan. The Kurdish Solidarity Network said, presenting the meeting: "The fascist Turkish state escalated the omnipresent war against the Kurds with the airstrikes on Rojava and Başur (Southern Kurdistan) and took its attacks against the revolution in Kurdistan to a new level. The Iranian military has also invaded towns in Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) since Sunday, intensifying its cruel repression against the women's revolution in Iran and Kurdistan. The Iranian regime is bombing the positions of Kurdish forces in Southern Kurdistan and in the mountains, the Turkish fascist stat...
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Against all forms of state violence and the patriarchal mindset: Jin, Jiyan, Azadî
...limination of Violence Against Women, we would first like to greet all revolutionary women who are fighting for freedom in the home, on the streets, in the prisons, and on the frontlines. We would especially like to extend our warm greetings to the women of Eastern Kurdistan, Baluchistan and all of Iran, who have been setting a new standard for resistance under the slogan of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom). We also remember all the women, from Kurdistan to Afghanistan, from Mexico to India, who have lost their lives to the violence of the male-dominated state. As Kongra Star, we are build...
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PJAK calls for a general strike in Iran on November 24
The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) has called for a general strike on November 24 to protest the mass killings of protestors during the anti-government demonstrations in East Kurdistan and Iran. The popular resistance that began in East Kurdistan and Iran on September 16 marks its third month. Despite the continuous crackdown of the Iranian state, popular resistance is spreading across the country. The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) has released a statement regarding Iran's attacks. “...
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Iranian colonel was reportedly killed in an explosion near Damascus
An Iranian colonel was reportedly killed in an explosion near Damascus. According to Iranian media, a colonel of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards was killed in an attack with a hand-made explosive near Damascus. In a written statement, the Revolutionary Guards said: "One of the Iranian advisers in Syria a...
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Swiss Climate Strike: Turkish attacks on Kurds must end
... by the Kurdish freedom movement and the ecological and feminist societies they are building. Turkey's attacks must stop!” The statement added: “Rojava – and what does that have to do with the climate movement? Since 1923, the Kurdish-dominated territory has been divided between different states: Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. These governments are oppressing the Kurdish population. The Kurds have been resisting this oppression for years, and in 2014 they liberated a large part of northern and eastern Syria from the occupation of ISIS terrorists. Later, they established the Rojava Autonomous Adm...
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At least 416 people have been killed by security forces in ongoing protests in Iran and Rojhilat
At least 416 people, including 51 children and 27 women, have been killed by security forces in the ongoing nationwide protests. According to Human Rights in Iran, at least 416 people, including 51 children and 27 women, have been killed by security forces in the ongoing nationwide protests in Iran and Rojhilat. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, at least 416 people including 51 children have been killed by security forces in the nation...
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Third day balance of Turkish aggression on North East Syria: phosphorus bomb used
...the Damascus Government soldiers was killed. The number of chemical attacks: One attack with phosphorus bombs on the village of Tat Marash, Sheran/Shera district. Villages targeted: “Bina/Ibyan, Mayasa, the region located between the villages of Mayasa and Burj al-Qas, Zayara, the outskirt of the Iranian base in Bina, between Irshadia, Alkamia and its gas station, al-Malkiya, Shwarga, and Maranaz”. Manbij and its countryside: The number of aggressions: 2 attacks Villages targeted: al-Muhsinly and al-Housharia. The eastern and northwestern parts of Manbij witnessed UAV flights. Hesekê and its...