A large demonstration in front of Hotel Tara to protest the murder of a young Kurdish girl who escaped rape in the hands of intelligence agent by jumping from the four story hotel. She died immediately and the hotel owner is alleged to be an accomplice in the murder. Apparently…
March 20, 2015: At the Conference on Genocide ‘Prevention to Justice’ organized by the Armenian Genocide Centennial and Armenian National Committee of Canada at University of Toronto. Honored to be here, however, disgusted by the presence of so-called Yeizidi representative from ‘Yezidi Yezidi Human Rights Organization-International‘ as a guest speaker who…
On March 20, 2015, at the request of the Office of Canada’s Defence Ministry, a delegation of Canadian Kurds from all parts of Kurdistan met the Minister, Mr. Jason Kenney. At the meeting, the Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Streetsville, Mr. Brad Butt was also present. So far, Brad has made several…
Post by Sharif Behruz.
PRESS RELEASE For the first time in its nearly one hundred year history, the US Federal Bar Association will be presenting an award for professional excellence to two European colleagues from Germany. The Rule of Law Award, presented by the Federal Bar Association Southern District of New York Chapter and…
Post by PDKI Canada. Related: -Call to protest in Toronto against the recent surge of executions of political prisoners in Iran
The United Nations’ monitor for human rights in Iran sounded the alarm Tuesday over a rise in arrests of journalists, volume of executions and extrajudicial killings in Iran. Many western countries, including Canada applauded the Special Rapporteur’s periodic human rights report on Iran. Canada referred (full statement below) to the treatment of ethnic and religious…
In 2010, the Honourable Jim Karygiannis, Liberal M.P. for Scarborough-Agincourt introduced Motion M-505 in the Canadian House of Commons, which recognized the actions of Saddam Hussein against the Kurds, as a crime against humanity. On the 25th anniversary of this brutal genocidal campaign of Saddam Hussien against the Kurdish people, Jim is…
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan in Eastern Canada will be hosting an event to commomorate the victims of 1992 Mykonos Assassination, Berlin Germany. Exactly 20 years ago, gunmen dispatched by the regime in Iran stormed a gathering place of Iranian opposition groups and opened fire on some of the guests. Among…
December 31, 2011 Happy New Year! As we embark on the journey of another year, let us wish all of you the best on New Year’s Day and beyond. We leave yet another year behind us and our people and fellow countrymen and women still live under tyranny and oppression….
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The regime of Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the most terrorist-state that we have witnessed in our times. Much of the free world, Europe and US included, recognizes the extent of terrorism in Iranian regime’s policy and doctrine; however they only go as far as making reference to…
by pdki.org staff writter May 30, 2011 (pdki.org) Representatives and leaders of Iran’s ethnic and religious minorities were invited for a briefing symposium on Capitol Hill to discuss the situation of their communities this past Monday. The event was hosted by two human rights organization (Leadership Council for Human Rights…
28 Sep 2010 – If you happen to be exiting the Foggy Bottom/GWU metro station in DC next week, that’s a sign you may run into…and several blindfolded Kurds too! This Friday is the kick-off of ‘Silent Theatre for Freedom,’ a series of street performances in Washington DC organised by…
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