Germany Concerned About PJAK Activities



April 14, 2008 By Stefan Buchen, John Goetz and Sven Röbel

NEW KURDISH TERROR GROUP?

A new Kurdish party, the PJAK, is causing Germany's intelligence agencies concern. Public prosecutors are investigating whether the group, whose leader lives in Cologne, is a terrorist organization.


  

Uproar as Saddam returns to court


 - Published: 2006 February 13
An angry Saddam Hussein has appeared in court saying he was being forced to attend after boycotting earlier sessions with his seven co-defendants.

The former Iraqi leader shouted "Down with Bush" and continued a stormy exchange with the new chief judge who he says is biased and wants removed.


  

U.S. orders Iraqi Kurd deported for lying


SEATTLE, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- An Iraqi Kurd suspected of helping al-Qaida while living in Seattle has been ordered deported for lying on his political asylum application.

  

Kurdish Mayor Jailed In Turkey For Praising Rebel Leader


DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AFP)--A Kurdish mayor in southeastern Turkey was sentenced to 10 months in prison Thursday for praising jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.


  

Barzani: Turkey Should Get Used To Kurdish State


Zaman- Feb 4, 2005-Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Massoud Barzani has said it is unacceptable for Turkey to declaring Kirkuk as a "red line". Turkey should not interfere with Iraq's internal affairs, Barzani said: "It is our very natural right to have a state. This fact should be seen from now on and accepted."


  

Kurdish leader stresses 'Federal' in new name for Iraq


BAGHDAD, June 20 (AFP) - 15h33 - Iraq's Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani said on Monday that the entire country should be called the Federal Republic of Iraq and that name inscribed in a constitution now under discussion.

  

Turkish court lifts YouTube ban after online censorship protest



Tuesday, August 26, 2008 | Robert Tait in Istanbul

A court in Turkey has lifted a ban on YouTube, the video sharing website, after hundreds of sites voluntarily blocked themselves in protest at growing internet censorship.


  

Iran: Threats Against Kurdish Human Rights Defenders Must Stop


AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Public Statement
AI Index: MDE 13/010/2005 (Public) - News Service No: 052 - 3 March 2005

Amnesty International is alarmed at reports that human rights defenders in Sanandaj, Iranian Kordestan, working on children and women's rights are facing threats in connection with their human rights work. It is feared that such harassment may increase towards International Women's Day on 8 March.

  

Turkish adventurism in Iraq would be an unmitigated disaster



October 11, 2007

If Turkey’s Army is to be taken at face value, it has 140,000 troops and substantial detachments of heavy armour massed along the country’s southeastern border. It has the Government’s approval in principle for cross-border incursions into Kurdish Iraq.


  

New Saddam Hussein trial begins


Monday, 21 August 2006

Ex-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has gone on trial again in Baghdad - this time in connection with an anti-Kurdish offensive in 1987 and 1988.