Add on to this that 6 innocent Kurdish community activists were snatched from their homes in London & have been put on trial in the Old Bailey for 'terrorism' simply to grease this grubby deal and this surely must make this one of the most dirty blood stained deals in the history of humanity. @ETemelkuran

For over 30 years the UK government tolerated Kurdish activism in the UK then soon after the Turkish and UK foreign ministers met regarding a multi billion pound arms deal between UK and Turkey, 6 Kurds were put on trial for terrorism related charges mirroring Turkey’s criminalisation of the Kurdish people’s legitimate struggle for basic human rights! It is of course not a coincidence! It is obvious to any observer that the six Kurdish activists are sacrificial lambs on the alter of this weapons deal. It is beyond obscene! Now this historic trial has reached ‘not guilty’ verdicts on 4 charges and the jury was hung on 12 remaining charges after 70 days, the Attorney General should show some common sense and basic humanity by not pursuing these 6 innocent Kurdish activists any further! They have suffered enough and have had to endure the indignity of being tagged and having to report twice a day to a police station and endured a 70 days trial that has ended with no verdicts! It would be cruel and senseless to put them through any more suffering by pursuing another trial. It would definitely not be in the public interest! What would be more in the public’s interest would be to use the UK government’s good offices to help the Turkish government reach a peaceful and political settlement to the Kurdish Question in Turkey using their experience in conflict resolution with the IRA to solve finally the Kurdish issue. The PKK have disbanded and a political process, albeit fragile, is already under way. So let’s end the failed attempts at criminalisation of the Kurdish people’s legitimate demands for basic rights in Turkey and help secure a peaceful, political solution to this divisive and painful conflict. Stop UK arms sales to Turkey! Freedom for the Kurds!

Kurdistan National Congress Response and Statement on US President Donald Trump’s remarks. @realDonaldTrump

Although Kurdish is spoken by millions of people in Turkey, it is excluded from the education system, public services, & digital infrastructure. The newly launched Kurdolingo platform is a unique initiative to teach Kurdish & fill the gap. ✍️ R. Azizoğlu theamargi.com/posts/kurdolin…

I got a chance to talk about the PKK & how it’s changed/been forced to change over the last few year for the @the_amargi — arguably the most dynamic Kurdish media site today. theamargi.com/posts/intervie…

The Syrian Government has intensified their efforts to further marginalise the Kurdish people in Syria. By orders of the Syrian Government, the Justice-Palace (Courthouse) building had its Kurdish (&Arabic) elements in the building and the walls removed and replaced it with English and Arabic elements. The courthouse of a Kurdish region and city now does not allow the use of the Kurdish language - a direct violation of the integration agreement. Now there is popular unrest in the city. Kurdish residents have torn down the sign. Syrian Government affiliates are again issuing calls for a tribal mobilisation against the Kurds.

Gurbets Tagebuch Ich habe mein Herz in die Berge graviert Gurbetelli Ersöz war Chemikerin, Journalistin, Guerillakämpferin – und eine Frau, die sich weigerte, irgendjemandem anderen zu gehören als sich selbst. Geboren 1965 im kurdischen Dorf Ziver bei Palu, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Çukurova-Universität, zweimal inhaftiert, schwer gefoltert – und schließlich Redakteurin der ersten kurdischen Tageszeitung *Özgür Gündem*, bevor sie 1995 in die Berge Kurdistans ging. Am 8. Oktober 1997 schrieb sie den letzten Satz in ihr Tagebuch. Wenige Tage später fiel sie im Zap. Was sie hinterließ, ist mehr als ein Kriegstagebuch. Es ist das innere Logbuch einer Frau auf dem Weg zu sich selbst: zwischen Narzissen am Garê-Gebirge und Schneeglöckchen am Zap, zwischen Trauer um gefallene Weggefährt:innen und einer unerschütterlichen Liebe zum Leben. Gurbetelli schreibt über Eifersucht und Sehnsucht, über die Stimme ihrer Mutter in einem aufbewahrten Tuch, über Gedichte, Träume, politische Klarheit – und über die Frage, die all ihre Seiten durchzieht: *Was bedeutet Freiheit für eine Frau?* Erstmals 1998 auf Türkisch erschienen, liegt dieses außergewöhnliche Dokument nun erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung vor. Es ist ein Zeugnis kurdischer Geschichte, ein feministisches Manifest und ein zutiefst persönliches Buch zugleich – geschrieben von einer Frau, deren Worte bis heute nichts von ihrer Schärfe und Zärtlichkeit verloren haben. > „Verteilt sogar euer Lächeln gleichmäßig und gerecht.“ > – Gurbetelli Ersöz Ein Buch für alle, die wissen wollen, wie ein freies Leben aussieht – und was es kostet. Meyman.org

The UK local elections are here. This Thursday (May 7th), thousands of Kurds across the country will be heading to the polls. Our growing political presence in the UK is reflected in the increasing number of Kurdish British candidates standing for office, representing both our communities and the wider public. We wish all Kurdish candidates the very best of success in the elections. A special mention to Dr. Mithat Ishakoglu (@M_greenparty), a CKA researcher running from Exeter, we are proud to support his candidacy as well.

Despite the ceasefire, the Iranian regime continues attacks on the Kurdistan Region and the Kurdish Iranian parties. Two were injured.

Birleşik Krallık’ta göçmenlik düğümü: Gözler Mayıs’ta ✍️ Sibel Güler, Birleşik Krallık’taki İşçi Partisi hükümetinin yaklaşık 1,6 milyon göçmeni doğrudan etkileyecek yeni düzenlenlemelerini ve yarattığı belirsizliği sorguluyor. nihaplus.com/birlesik-kralli…

Bu kapsamlı analizde, 1 Ekim 2024'den 31 Mart 2026 tarihine kadar gelişen süre zarfında Türkiye'de Kürt sorunu bağlamında devam eden "süreç" ele alınıyor. Ortadoğu kaosunda Kürt barışı mı Kürtlerle savaş mı? ✍️ Sibel Güler yazdı nihaplus.com/ortadogu-kaosun…

The first graphic novel film Freedom Will Prevail on Abdullah Öcalan’s struggle brought voices of resistance, identity, and freedom to the screen — reminding us that ideas cannot be imprisoned. “The greatest art is the art of creating a free life.”A.Ö Art speaks where silence is imposed. The struggle continues. ✊ #Ocalan #Freedom #KurdishStruggle #FreedomWillPrevail

Öcalan’ın hayatı beyazperdede nihaplus.com/ocalanin-hayati…

Turkey’s new Kurdish resolution "process": A timeline of events 👉Many developments have taken place under the heading of the “process” from October 1, 2024, to March 31, 2026. 🔎Infographic nihaplus.com/en/turkeys-new-…

Öcalan’ın hayatı beyazperdede 👉Grafik roman yazarı Sean Michael Wilson’ın eserinden uyarlanan ve kitapla aynı adı taşıyan “Özgürlük Kazanacak” filmi, Öcalan’ın çocukluk yıllarından başlayarak PKK’nin ortaya çıkışını ve bugüne uzanan süreci konu alıyor 🔗nihaplus.com/ocalanin-hayati…

Today marks 13 years since the YPJ Rojava was formed. 13 years since these women took up arms to liberate themselves, and all women, from the violence and degradation imposed by ISIS and other similar forces that circle Syria like vultures picking at the remaining carcus of a murdered society. Kidnapping, forced marriage, sexual violence, murder, displacement, executions, slavery- this was the future that awaited women who refused to comply or were simply guilty of being members of minority communities such as the Kurds. 13 years of women who terrified extremists and jihadists, men who travelled across borders with the explicit aim of hunting Kurdish women and other minority women as war trophies. Women reduced in their fantasies to spoils, rewards, flesh to be owned and sold again and again. These Kurdish women, joined later by Assyrian, Armenian, Syriac and Yezidi women, refused. They refused to be prey. Refused silence and complicity. Refused to disappear quietly, or into the hands of men who see women as less than livestock, as commodities to be distributed among murderers. And they refused to allow their fellow women to fall into the same fate! For 13 years they fought wave after wave of violence: ISIS, al-Nusra, al-Qaeda, the SNA, the Sultan Murad Brigade, and the endless mutations of the same misogynistic fanaticism. For 13 years these women did not bow. They shattered the mythology of male supremacy. They became a global symbol of resistance, courage, dignity and women's liberation! And now, with the jihadist-led interim regime of Jolani welcomed on red carpets by the US, Germany, the UK and others, the legacy of these women is under threat. Jolani has ordered the disbanding of the YPJ: because armed, organised, politically conscious women are the greatest threat to men like him. Women who defend themselves are intolerable to those whose power depends on female submission, female silence, female compliance. But these women cannot be disbanded. They are not a militia that can be erased with a signature by men in closed rooms. They are a political and historical rupture. They are proof that women do not need permission to defend their lives. They cannot be pushed into the dustbin of history to soothe the fragile egos of violent men and their international enablers. Anyone who claims to believe in human rights, democracy, justice, humanity, peace or stability must defend the legacy of these women. Anyone who claims to care about ecological protection, land, animals, and collective life must stand with them. Their struggle must not be erased! Their resistance must not be dissolved. Their existence must not be negotiated away behind closed diplomatic doors. The world must say it clearly, and loudly, repeatedly: These women cannot be disbanded!!!

" پەیامی سەرکەوتن و ئازادی دەدەینە گەلی خۆمان " پەیامی هاوسەرۆکی پەژاک پەیمان ڤیان، بوبۆنەی ٤ی نیسان ڕۆژی لەدایکبوونی ڕێبەر ئاپۆ و دامەزراندنی پەژاک

🎂 Rojbuna te pîroz be Rêber Apo! 💛❤️💚

🔸گەریلاكانی پژاك ساڵڕۆژی دامەزراندنی پارتەكەیان و ڕۆژبوونی ڕێبەر ئاپۆیان پیرۆز كرد سەرەتای ئاهەنگەکە بە مەراسیمێکی سەربازیی دەستی پێکرد و پەیمان ڤیان هاوسەرۆکی پارتی ژیانی ئازادی کوردستان (پژاک) وتارێکی پێشکەش کرد. “پژاك لە هەموو كات بەهێزترە” ▫️هاوسەرۆكی پژاك تیشكی خستەسەر تێكۆشان و خەباتی پژاك و وتی: سنووری تێكۆشانی پژاك لە هەموو ئێراندا بڵاوبووەتەوە، هەر بۆیە ئەمڕۆ چاوی هەموو جیهان و گەلەکەمان لە پارتیمان (پژاک)ـە، چونكە لەسەر فكری ئازادیخوازی ڕێبەر ئاپۆ گەلی كوردی لە ڕۆژهەڵاتی كوردستاندا زیندوو كردەوە، ئەمڕۆش هەركەس چاوی لە هەبوون و هێز و ڕێکخستنبوونی پژاك و شێوازی تێكۆشانكردنییەتی لەم قۆناغەدایە، هەربۆیە ڕژێمی ئێران گەورەترین ترسی لە هێزی گەل و ڕێکخستبوونییەتی، لەو فكر و فەلسەفەیە دەترسێت كە پژاك خۆی لەناو گەلدا بەڕێكخستن دەكات. تەواوی دیمەنەکە له کاناڵی تلێگرام چاو لێبکەن t.me/PjakMediaCenter/435 پژاک؛ صدای آزادی، اتحـاد و عدالت بـرای آیندەای روشن

Kurdish Peace or War in Middle East Chaos? 👉According to Öcalan, peace is not only the silencing of weapons; it also means the construction of a democratic, ecological, and gender-liberatory way of life. Analysis by Sibel Güler ✍️ nihaplus.com/en/kurdish-peac…

Pro-Kurdish party, leftist groups tell Erdoğan gov’t ‘goodwill’ phase for peace is over, urge concrete steps stockholmcf.org/pro-kurdish-… via @StockholmCF