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| ALAN | 2nd April 2016 - 11:04 PM Post #7676 |
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I like this guy only cos he doesnt follow any party |
 
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| ALAN | 2nd April 2016 - 11:21 PM Post #7677 |
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Kurdistan parl’t speaker: If Barzani stepped down now, he would be a model president SULAIMANI, Kurdistan region ‘KRG’,— The banned Speaker of the South Kurdistan Parliament, Yusuf Mohammed Sadiq, caused a storm at an elite political forum recently by implying senior Kurdish politicians were too stupid to rule. He told Niqash why. The big drama at the recent Sulaimani Forum, an annual conference organised by the American University in Sulaimani, occurred shortly after a keynote address given by the Prime Minister of South Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani. Barzani spoke at length about the current political problems in the semi-autonomous northern region and also about why the opposition party, the Change (Gorran) movement, had been dismissed from a broad-based (some would say, too broad) power-sharing government. This included banning the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament, Yusuf Mohammed Sadiq, a member of the Change movement, from the capital and from his office in government buildings. “We tried very much to normalize the situation,” Barzani reportedly said during the speech, “but we couldn’t reach a solution, which is why, between bad and worse, we chose bad.” One of the prime movers behind the Forum, the University’s founder and former Vice President of Iraq, Barham Salih, tried to calm the situation down, asking the two opposing parties to come together to find a solution. Barzani belongs to the Kurdistan Democratic Party, or KDP, and Mohammed to the Change movement, which was elected on an anti-corruption platform. The bone of contention between the two parties is the issue of the Iraqi Kurdish presidency. Barzani’s uncle and head of the KDP, Massoud Barzani, has insisted on remaining in the job even though local legislation says there should be a new president. The Change movement have campaigned hard to have Barzani senior leave the post and this is what led to demonstrations, that turned violent, and eventually the Change movement’s ousting from Iraqi Kurdish corridors of power. Shortly after Nechirvan Barzani gave his speech, Mohammed responded with his own, criticising the Prime Minister without actually mentioning his name. “Having power in these times requires knowledge,” Mohammed told the audience, which included some of Iraq’s most senior politicians and foreign diplomats. “And illiterate people cannot handle power.” Word has it that a senior member of the KDP got up and began to head for the stage. The organisers managed to head him off and keep the opposition politicians at the opposite ends of the podium. Nonetheless the statement got a lot of attention. Niqash met with Mohammed to ask him what he really meant by what he said. Although the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament still wouldn’t name any names – open criticism can be dangerous – he invited plenty of “reading between the lines” and struck a very critical tone. He also commented on today’s reforms in Baghdad and what Iraqi Kurdish authorities could learn from them. Niqash: Your statement – that “illiterate people cannot handle power” – at the Sulaimani Forum has caused quite a stir. Could you explain it further? Yusuf Mohammed: We need reform in South Kurdistan that is related to our income. We have an austerity campaign and salaries are being reduced. This mostly affects ordinary people because they tend to earn lower or average salaries. At the same time though, South Kurdistan’s sources of income are not transparent. That’s why the MPs invited [South Kurdistan’s Minister for Natural Resources] Ashti Hawrami to speak to us. Because we don’t know the numbers on oil exports. Austerity is fine, as is reducing spending, but we need to clarify where our income is coming from. This should have the highest priority. Q: You had both positive and negative reactions to your statement. Any regrets? Mohammed: The Sulaimani Forum is a fantastic and large meeting and, through this interview, I want to praise those who organise it. It has been bringing together Iraqi and Kurdish elites for the past four years to speak about our problems. I was hoping that that discussion would be conducted in a calm manner. But unfortunately things didn’t go as planned. Good governance requires planning and expertise. If a certain person doesn’t have the required expertise, they should assign the job to consultants who can get things done. The situation in South Kurdistan shows that the right people are not in the right jobs here. Here, family ties are more important than anything else. It is not possible to carry on like this. Q: The Sulaimani Forum was supposed to be a neutral place for the members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Change movement to come together. But this didn’t happen. Mohammed: Barham Salih, the chairman of the board of the American University in Sulaimani, along with the Forum’s organizers, wanted that [coming together]. But free and frank discussion was also essential and appropriate so that we can understand where the other is coming from. What happened at the Forum clarified things, it made people understand some of the background for problems in South Kurdistan. In that sense, I believe the Forum was successful. It gave every person the opportunity to speak. Q: The Iraqi Kurdish Parliament has not been working properly for some time now. Do you think it will begin doing its job again soon? Mohammed: This would require changing the system of government here. I think it depends on the different parties in the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament and also on the KDP. Personally I am doing my job and respecting the parliamentary oath I took. Q: Yet the KDP is criticizing you, saying that you’re responsible for damage to Iraqi Kurdish democracy. Mohammed: In the past members of the KDP and Massoud Barzani have told me that I was doing a good job as the Speaker of Parliament. To me, that shows we were able to work together in a neutral way. Our other issues relate to the region’s presidency. There was a lot of effort put in to try and resolve this problem. But it came to nothing. We never prevented the KDP from discussing the subject or submitting their ideas on how to resolve this problem. Q: You’ve been open about your opposition to Barzani’s continuing to hold the presidency in South Kurdistan. If Parliament went back to work tomorrow and you were allowed back to Hewlêr, would you still be opposed? Mohammed: Whether I return to Hewlêr or not, I still cannot see anyone holding that job illegally. If there is nobody who is legally entitled to that job, then one of the first things that Parliament should do, is to tackle the issue. This would be done, firstly, through dialogue with the different parties and, secondly, through the laws of Parliament. Q: But previously Barzani has said that he wouldn’t step down until South Kurdistan has been declared an independent state. Mohammed: I’ve never wanted Barzani to be put in this position. He is a historic figure, one of the leaders of the Kurdish people, with all of his good and bad qualities. He is one of the esteemed leaders of Kurdistan. But now he gives the impression that he only cares about keeping his job. I wish that we had somebody like Nelson Mandela or George Washington among the Kurdish leaders, somebody who would step down from office for the good of his people. If Barzani stepped down now, he would be a model for all the presidents to come. And it’s still not too late. He could still do that. Q: So what do you think Barzani should do? Mohammed: He must allow Parliament to amend the laws about the Presidency ad allow Parliament to elect a new President. Q: In fact, Barzani himself has said he would hand on the job as soon as he was presented with a candidate that everybody agreed on. Mohammed: Yes, but he said that all parties must agree upon one person. That won’t happen. All of the parties have their own agendas. Q: Should the Kurdish Parliament get back to business, what is there to prevent another violent incident or unrest from happening? Mohammed: The rule of law and the judiciary. Political parties shouldn’t use armed force to achieve their political aims. I am sure that the Kurdish military want to defend the land and the nation heroically. I don’t think they want to be used to protect a certain party or a certain person. Q: Let’s move on a little bit and talk about the country in general. If somebody was to say to you that there was no longer a united Iraq, how would you answer? Mohammed: That it’s true. Part of Iraq is occupied by the terrorist organisation known as the Islamic State, and additionally South Kurdistan is treated as an independent entity. Q: In that case, what does the future hold for the Kurdish people? Mohammed: The Kurds play an influential role now, especially in confronting the Islamic State group – and that is not only inside South Kurdistan but also in Syrian Kurdistan. Events in South Kurdistan and over the border in Rojava are uniting Kurds; the fighters in both areas are united against the terrorists. If the Kurds are ready to take advantage of the changes that will take place, then they can regain their rights. Unfortunately there are some forces within the Kurdish people acting against that unity. There are conflicts between groups in Syrian Kurdistan and some parties inside South Kurdistan. Additionally in South Kurdistan there is a power crisis, a disruption of the democratic process and the stalling of legitimate institutions. All this makes the Kurdish people weak. Q: The government in Baghdad is busy with making reforms today. What will be the fate of the Kurds in its cabinet reshuffle? Mohammed: What is happening in Baghdad presents problems for South Kurdistan but it also presents lessons. There are hundreds of people going to protest and demanding change but no blood has been spilled. That is a lesson for the authorities in South Kurdistan. Every time there is a demonstration here, things turn violent. That is despite the fact that the numbers of those demonstrating here are less than those protesting in Baghdad. It shows that the authorities in Baghdad believe in freedom of expression and that they respect the people’s voice – more so than the authorities here. The second lesson is that when demonstrations take place in front of the Green Zone in Baghdad, nobody gets hurt. If someone as much as stands in front of the house of an Iraqi Kurdish official here, there’s a disaster. The third lesson is that the Iraqi authorities have been willing to make changes, even though the government was only formed a short time ago. The Iraqi government has been paying salaries, unlike our government. They have not delayed any projects, unlike our government. Yet they are still ready to listen to their voters. That’s because here, the authorities believe they are above the people and they don’t need to listen to them. The developments in Iraq give the Kurdish politicians a role too. The political parties cannot just meet and make unilateral decisions. The Kurdish people chose their representatives in Bagdad. And I trust that these representatives will be able to hold talks about what’s best for the Kurdish people in Baghdad. http://ekurd.net/barzani-step-down-model-president-2016-04-01 |
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| Karker | 4th April 2016 - 05:47 AM Post #7678 |
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.krd is now available to the general public  (before it was not)https://dot.krd/en/this-is-dotkrd http://nic.krd/ .KRD is the new namespace for Kurdistan, its people, institutions and businesses. It is a dedicated open space for the benefit of registrants, the KRG, and Internet users in Kurdistan and globally. The .KRD TLD plays a strategic role in validating Kurdish culture and language in an age of expanding globalisation. It will enable Kurdistan to take part in the increasingly global, cultural online perspective through the ability to educate and share its rich language, cultures and traditions. As such, Kurdistan will be given an opportunity to foster cross-cultural integration and understanding of this region and its people. It is our passion at dotKRD to make sure the rights of registrants are protected and the policies that safeguard a transparent operation are not violated. Hewlêr, Kurdistan Region – The Kurdistan Region’s Department of Information Technology (DIT) announced on Sunday that the Kurdistan’s top domain (KRD) will soon be available for public registration around the world. “In an era of increasing global connectivity and with the emergence of billions of new internet users worldwide .KRD eases the limitation of millions of domain names registered in other top level domains such as .com or .net” said Hiwa Afandi, the head of DIT. “Businesses, individuals and organizations worldwide have a new home on internet as the KRG's [Kurdistan Regional Government] Department of Information Technology (DIT), declares Kurdistan's top domain, .KRD, available for public registry," Afandi added. With an increasing number of partnering registrars all over the world, .KRD domain registrations are now available through retailers such as 101Domain, DomainDiscount24, OpenProvider, Namecheap and NameISP. Registrations are also available through brand protection agencies such as MarkMonitor and SafeBrands. "We encourage brands, organizations and individuals to take this opportunity to register the names that are important to them," he said. In August, 2015, The KRG announced a landmark step in the use of ".krd," a top-level domain (TLD) name like those generally reserved for individual countries. In July 2014, ".KRD" was added to the root zone of the Internet and officially delegated, becoming a technical and operational reality on the internet. By operating its own TLD, the KRG will improve its Internet visibility and may boost the region's digital economy, said the DIT, adding that the move offers the worldwide Kurdish community a new online homeland. Top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name. For example, in the domain name www.example.com, the top-level domain is "com." Responsibility for management of most top-level domains is delegated to specific organizations like the ICANN, which operates the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority and is in charge of maintaining the DNS root zone. http://rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=205878
Edited by Karker, 4th April 2016 - 07:21 AM.
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| ALAN | 4th April 2016 - 11:08 AM Post #7679 |
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There is talks of PUK and Gorran unifications - report Sorani Bahdini |
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| ALAN | 4th April 2016 - 11:16 AM Post #7680 |
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UAE Builds Residential Complex for Refugees in Kurdistan Region The project includes over 600 housing units, a school, a hospital and shops Hewlêr — Emirates Red Crescent, a volunteer humanitarian organisation, built the third refugee camp for Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan Region. The third refugee camp built by UAE Red Crescent opened in a ceremony attended by the Defence Minister of the Kurdistan Region, the Emirates Consul General, and Hussein al-Jassmi, the famous Emirates singer and UN Goodwill Ambassador. The refugee camp, built for the Syrian Kurdish refugees in Bahrka sub-district near Hewlêr, contains 632 residential units, a school, a hospital, shops and a children playground. Emirates Red Crescent is a volunteer humanitarian organisation that supports official authorities in times of peace and war, and has previously supported the refugees in the Kurdistan Region by building 1000 other residential units for the refugees in camps of Dibaga, Bahrka and Qushtapa near Hewlêr. After the eruption of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, millions of civilians were displaced from both sides of the border. The Kurdistan Region, as one of the safest areas in the wider region, is hosting up to 1.8 million Syrian Refugees and Iraqi IDPs. http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/268091 |
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| ALAN | 4th April 2016 - 11:17 AM Post #7681 |
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http://rudaw.net/Embed.aspx?ID=89829 |
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| kurdishpatriot | 4th April 2016 - 07:43 PM Post #7682 |
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These 2 websites are very interesting polling results in bashur about the politics in the krg, polls about popularities of Barzani vs barham salih for example, to which party the people would vote for etc etc. Just take a look it is very interesting and take into account that it isn't 100% like the results like this, but this is a good indication on how krg residents feel about the politics in kurdistan. http://www.kurdish-consultancy.com/parliamentary-and-presidential-elections-polling-survey-in-iraqi-kurdistan/ http://ekurd.net/public-opinion-poll-iraqi-kurds-2016-01-06 |
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| kurdishpatriot | 4th April 2016 - 07:44 PM Post #7683 |
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Basically KDP/islamic groups lost popularity, goran and puk have increased popularity. And witht the recently captured areas kdp will lose even more support. |
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| Karker | 4th April 2016 - 08:23 PM Post #7684 |
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Its nice to see Barham Salih come out on top, I like him the most even though we would disagree on many issues. |
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| kurdo82 | 5th April 2016 - 05:53 AM Post #7685 |
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the high amount of undecided voters means that there must a new political movement thar reset everything, these parties were all involved in the civil war, and in essence all major secular groups, KDP, PUK, GORRAN have the same political grassrots. Eventhough Gorran tried its best to make a difference they are not an independent movement but a PUK offspring and thats how they behave, i havent seen a single constructive solution beside power politics by derailing the whole political process only because they wanted that parliament has to elect the president and they even tolerated violence, while the islamic parties have lost their charisma because of the islamic state and what political islam means. PKK on the other side is solely a party for serhildan and their communist dictatorship rhetoric is nothing more then a nightmare, kurdistan needs a true republican party commited to economic freedom, property rights, a fair and effective tax regime, institutionalized state organs, respecting and enforcing rule of law and an economic policy that invest in education, vocanational training and the private sector, supporting a liberal start up mentality, a way more effective burocracy and raising and praising the kurdish national flag and other republican symbols and then to proceed to declare independence. |
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| kurdo82 | 5th April 2016 - 05:58 AM Post #7686 |
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Barhem Salih is an educated man with good manners as i have said it several times, he s my favorite politician.
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| Armanc | 5th April 2016 - 07:15 AM Post #7687 |
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The decrease of KDP voters (-9%) is not a surprise, this party failed in all important issues, from democracy to war to economy to independence the KDP could not make any success. But it is surprising that the pool shows a high increase of PUK voters (+7%). The PUK is a corrupt divided party wich is part of the ruling system that the people are sick of. I guess the reason why PUK could increase its votes is because they proved themselves in the war against isis and because of some popular individuals in the PUK like Barham Salih. But I think Gorran as a anti corruption party and as a party that wants to abolish party zones and re-establish KRG institutions will gain the most votes in the long term. So I partly agree with kurdo82, as long as people vote for KDP and PUK they will vote for party zones and against a state with functioning institutions. I just disagree with his negative view on Gorran, I see more hope in them. |
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| Karker | 8th April 2016 - 01:36 AM Post #7688 |
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http://rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=206765 Hewlêr, Kurdistan Region – Arabic publications on Islam dominate this year’s Hewlêr International Book Fair, where 700,000 titles from publishers in 20 countries have been attracting a steady flow of visitors, some leaving with heavy bags filled with books despite a severe economic crisis that has hit the Kurdistan Region. The 11th edition of the 10-day fair kicked off on Tuesday with titles on religion, science, philosophy, literature and geography – among others. Publishers from France, Italy, Australia, Canada, India, Turkey and several Arab countries are participating. But Arabic books on Islam and Shariah – Islamic law – have been the hot sellers, while books in English are scarcely seen. Some buyers came from other Kurdish cities, looking for titles of interest. "I came from Sulaimani to find the best books of my choice especially those related to basic Islamic principles," said Abdulqadir Ahmed, a 36-year-old Islamic preacher from Sulaimani, as he perused titles at the stall of the Azhar International Institute. He said this year’s offerings were the best, because he was able to find Islamic books dating back decades and written by some of the luminaries of Islam. The interest in Islamic books comes as Kurdish Peshmerga forces have been fighting the Islamic State group since an attack on Hewlêr since August 2014. The war front is only about 70 kilometers southwest of Hewlêr. With so many Islamic books on sale, authorities were concerned about books that could be used to radicalize Kurdish youth. On the second day of the fair, some 60 books banned by Kurdish authorities were found among the offerings, and authorities ordered them removed. Masoud Abu Hassan, a vendor from Egypt, complained to Rudaw that three of his titles were ordered off the shelves. “Fair organizers should have initially notified us about books prohibited in the Kurdistan region, so that we would not bring them," Hassan said. Gaylan Mohammed, an 18-year-old studying at an Islamic school in Hewlêr, shopped for books at a Turkish publishing house, together with 20 fellow students. Mohammed, who wants to become an Islamic mullah, said there were books at the annual fair that were not found in local bookstores. "For the past three years I have been buying books at the Hewlêr fair. I find exactly the books I am looking for,” he said. The owner of the Turkish stall said that “the vast majority” of clients buying his books on Islam were males, aged between 18 and 20. Nawzad Sabir, a member of the book fair’s administration, said that this year’s edition of the exhibition had a different flavor. “Last year was more crowded, less Arabic books were on display and more Kurdish books were bought by customers. But I see an extreme reversal this year.” |
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| kurdishpatriot | 8th April 2016 - 01:44 AM Post #7689 |
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Well doing research about your religion is good, but if it are bad books/sources which contains extremism it is bad. Just like the christians did in the end of the dark ages with christianity, they researched it themself instead of using the information granted by the government/church. Because of this Christianity was able to reform and the community able to progress. Thankfully krg atleast does something and fights extremism by banning extremists books and television channels in bashur. |
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| Karker | 8th April 2016 - 05:56 AM Post #7690 |
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Man I have more than one issue with this. 1) The books are primarily in Arabic. We have our own language, lets stick to it. These books could have at least been translated into Kurdish. 2) The sudden rise in demand for these books and the sudden decrease in demand for Kurdish books, while we have an on going war with the Jihadist cut-throats, suggests that interest in extremism is growing. Kurds are a religious people, why didn't we see this happen before the war? 3) Banned books somehow entered our country. |
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| ALAN | 8th April 2016 - 07:16 AM Post #7691 |
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If its arabic then only older gen will buy and read, new gen dont read arabic  they dont speak nor write... |
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| Karker | 8th April 2016 - 07:23 AM Post #7692 |
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I hope what you say is true bram, but look at what the article says: The owner of the Turkish stall said that “the vast majority” of clients buying his books on Islam were males, aged between 18 and 20. |
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| ALAN | 9th April 2016 - 01:27 AM Post #7693 |
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John Kerry is in Bagdad forces SK PM to go meet him there, a clear msg from US about our independence rhetoric... http://rudaw.net/Embed.aspx?ID=90407 |
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| ALAN | 9th April 2016 - 01:29 AM Post #7694 |
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| ALAN | 9th April 2016 - 01:31 AM Post #7695 |
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PUK and Gorran have began their unification program, Gorran has heavy conditions, like retiring the old PUK farts etc.... would be a better option IMO too I like the idea but PUK has many expired faces to get rid of and big thieves, they can become a good opponent for upcoming elections 
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| ALAN | 9th April 2016 - 01:36 AM Post #7696 |
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MP says letter reveals abuse of inmates in Hewlêr prison Hewlêr — The head of the Human Rights Committee in Kurdistan’s Parliament, Soran Omer, said on Wednesday (March 6) he had received evidence of torture and abuse of prison inmates in the Kurdistan Region. Omer, a member of Kurdistan’s Parliament, showed a letter written by an Hewlêr prison inmate describing human rights violations including physical abuse, torture and mistreatment. “In the past, during the Baath Regime, prisoners sent out messages [about their mistreatment],” Omer said in an interview with NRT. “This should not be the case in a democratic government in 2015. The inmate described punishments including electric shocks, beating by cables, inmates being hung by the legs and put into “death boxes” and having nails torn out. The letter, written in Kurdish, also said inmates were restricted from watching certain TV channels and reading “religious books.” The inmate said prisoners are detained despite a lack of evidence and witnesses in court adding the Asayish [security forces] put a barrier blocking their release. (NRT) http://www.nrttv.com/EN/Details.aspx?Jimare=6229 |
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| ALAN | 9th April 2016 - 01:38 AM Post #7697 |
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| ALAN | 9th April 2016 - 07:22 AM Post #7698 |
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Kerry meets KRG PM Barzani on visit to Baghdad U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) meets Iraq's Kurdish Regional Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani (L) at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 7 hours ago BAGHDAD -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday (April 8) met with the leader of the Kurdistan Regional Government on a visit to Baghdad. Kerry visited Iraq to show support for its prime minister who is grappling with a political crisis, a collapsing economy and a fight to retake ground from Islamic State militants. “With KRG PM Barzani affirmed US support for Peshmerga and strengthening cooperation with Baghdad,” Kerry tweeted. U.S. officials fear the political unrest may harm Iraq's efforts to retake territory it has lost to Islamic State (IS) militants, notably its second city of Mosul, seized when parts of the Iraqi army collapsed in 2014. In the past two weeks, Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led coalition air strikes have retaken significant parts of Hit, a town 130 km (80 miles) northwest of Baghdad. The State Department said Kerry planned to "encourage the Iraqis, while they're dealing with the cabinet reshuffle, not to lose sight of the need to stay focused on the fight against" Islamic State, he said, stressing the need "to plan steadily and carefully" to retake Mosul. (NRT; Reuters) http://www.nrttv.com/en/Details.aspx?Jimare=6242 |
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| ALAN | 10th April 2016 - 05:28 AM Post #7699 |
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A meeting was held for the parliament speake in Sweden
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| ALAN | 11th April 2016 - 07:06 AM Post #7700 |
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Turkey prohibits Kurdistan football team jersey Hewlêr, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – Turkish police confiscated 60 Kurdistan football team jerseys on Sunday. Two clothing shopkeepers in the Kurdish town of Hezekh in Sirnakh, southeastern Turkey, were arrested by police officers and held for interrogations. After the investigation, they were sent to court and warned not to sell the jerseys, said a Kurdistan24 reporter in Diyarbakir. The all-white jersey displayed the flag of Kurdistan as well as the words “Kurdistan” and “Biji Newroz”, Kurdish word for “long live Newroz,” written on the shirt. The court had also warned the shopkeepers that they will be strictly punished if they attempt to sell the jerseys again in the future. Following the 2015 elections in Turkey, clashes have once again erupted between Kurdish fighters of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Turkish army in the southeast of the country. Additionally, curfews have been declared in many Kurdish towns and cities. On Feb. 16, 2016, a curfew was declared in Hezekh and clashes took place between the Turkish army and Civil Protection Unit (YPS) fighters, a unit linked to the PKK group. During the conflict, dozens of people from both sides were killed and wounded. The curfew was lifted on March 31, where a large number of residents started to return home after they abandoned the area for almost a month. Reporting by Mewan DolamariEditing by Karzan Sulaivany http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/36e1d393-be43-403a-95fc-5c33672e14e5/Turkey-prohibits-Kurdistan-football-team-jersey?platform=hootsuite |
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