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Wishing my Kurdish friends and all their friends everywhere a very happy
Newroz
and a wonderful year to come

Lucina Kathmann

KNC-Letter to Hillary Clinton March 2010

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 18.03.2010

If dams destroy completely a whole province

Ercan Bayboga, 17.03.2010

THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RIVERS 14 March 2010 AND THE QUESTION OF DAMS ON THE MUNZUR

Dr. Ali KILIC, 17.03.2010

Basque PEN Clubs statement, regarding the operation against ROJ TV

Basque PEN, 15.03.2010

The statement of Kurdish PEN Centre regarding raids on KNK and Roj-Tv

Kurdish PEN Centre, 12.03.2010

The police raids against Kurdish activists in some European countries violate democratic and human rights principles

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 12.03.2010

THE RIGHT OF SELF DETERMINATION FOR KURDISH PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH EAST KURDISTAN COLONISED BY SYRIA

Dr. Ali KILIC, 11.03.2010

_{We
condemn closing ROJ TV}

a group of kurdish Journalists and Writers in Iraqi Kurdistan, 05..02.2010

“Our Society Will Be a Free Society” campaign launches online petition

Writers in Prison Committee, 05.03.2010

Turkey must “Free Berivan and all Kurdish Children in Turkish Jails” unconditionally if it wants to survive as a UN member state

By Steve Tataii, 03.03.2010

Soraya Fallah interview Dr.Ralph Fertig

VOKRADIO: An Iterview with Dr. Ralph Fertig , Video No 1

VOKRADIO: An Iterview with Dr. Ralph Fertig , Video No 2

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 24.02.2010

FREEDOM FOR ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN TURKEY AND IN NORTH KURDISTAN

Dr. Ali KILIC, 24.01.2010

Call for Solidarity with Iranian women

a group of Iranian feminists and women’s rights activists, 24.02.2010

Free expression groups call on Iran to open door to UN rights experts

Writers in Prison Committee, 18.02.2010

CALL TO ACTION ON IRAN

Writers in Prison Committee, 12.02.2010

OPEN LETTER TO AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI

Writers in Prison Committee, 12.02.2010

Free Press and Free Expression Organizations to Iran: Release Jailed Journalists, Writers

Writers in Prison Committee, 12.02.2010

“MEXICO AND KURDISTAN FREE EXPRESSION IS A CORNERED D0VE”
: by Ricardo Gustavo Espeja

KNC Letter2- to EU Turky-Kurds Conference

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 10.02.2010

International PEN celebrates 50^th anniversary of Writers in Prison Committee with year-long campaign

Writers in Prison Committee, 05.02.2010

The Stocholm Conference on the génocide of Dersim 24-01-2010

EVİN ÇİÇEK

Iran Must Halt Execution of Kurdish Women, Shirin Alam-Hoei

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 22.01.2010

IN MEMORIAM TO CLARA GYÖRGYEY

Dr. Ali KILIC, 22.01.2010

The Turkish Justice colonial and The prohibition of the Kurdish political parties in Turkey

Dr. Ali KILIC, 15.01.2010

TURKEY: Writer and Human Rights Lawyer Detained

Writers in Prison Committee, 12.01.2010

She told me

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 31.12.2009

VITAL, and TIME SENSITIVE: Yesterday's Turkey's un-Democratic actions against Kurds must be Condemned and the 85+ Kurdish Officials Released

By Steve Tataii, 27.12.2009

RAPPORT ON MUS BULANIK

Dr. Ali KILIC, 27.12.2009

Turkey’s High Court decision to ban the DTP was unjust

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 02.12.2009

FREEDOM FOR MISS ZAYNAB JALALIAN

Dr. Ali KILIC, 04.12.2009

Iran: A stubborn murderer of Kurdish human rights activists
Zaynab Jalalian’s Letter to the world’s Conscience
Kurdish National Congress of North America, 02.12.2009

"Eid In memory of 16 March 1988 attack on Halabja"

By Steve Tataii, 02.12.2009

Demand Iran's senseless, and un-Islamic Executions of Kurds to stop

By Steve Tataii, 17.11.2009

More Kurdish students arrested in the Kurdish region of Syria

Khalaf Dahowd, dahowd@yahoo.co.uk 16.11.2009

IRAN: Canadian-Iranian journalist, writer, film-maker and playwright released

Writers in Prison Committee, 02.11.2009

World's Women For Life"'s report on first mission to Southern Kurdistan on air

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 30.10.2009

We Will Never Surrender & the Victory will soon be ours (part 2)

By Steve Tataii, 30.10.2009

We Will Never Surrender & the Victory will soon be ours (part 1)

By Steve Tataii, 30.10.2009

North Turkey and North Kurdistan in Crisis

By Steve Tataii, 05.10.2009

ON THE ENVIROMENTAL MINERALOGY AND ON THE ECOLOGICAL GENOCIDE

Dr. Ali KILIC, 28.09.2009

„Revealing Chauvinism“: Turkey refuses the deceased Armenian artist Aram Tigran a last resting-place

Society for Threatened Peoples International, 21.08.2009

With a long breath

Dr. Zaradachet Hajo (Zeredeşt Haco), 27.07.2009

Letter to President Obama relevant to the withdrawal of US forces from Iraqi cities and the Kurdish concern

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 27.07.2009

Kurdistan Election: Another step toward implementing democracy

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 27.07.2009

KNC's letter sent to the Austrian Interior Minister vis-à-vis the new information related to Dr. Ghasemlou's murder and Ahmedinejad's alleged involvement

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 16.07.2009

To Lucina Kathmann

This poem is written by Hêvî Berwarî (Berlin, 01.12.2003) and dedicated to our friend Lucina Kathmann

translated by Dr. Zorab Aloian

Iran: International PEN protests the continued detention of Maziar Bahari

Writers in Prison Committee, 14.07.2009

KNC letter to Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 10.07.2009

TURKEY: Author Nedim Gürsel Acquitted of "humiliating" religion

Writers in Prison Committee, 10.07.2009

We condemn attacks of oppressive forces of Islamic Republic regime against civilian and peaceful movement in Iran

Democratic Women’s Union of Iranian Kurdistan, chnoor56@yahoo.com, 10.072009

Robert A Weinberg and the large medal of the Academy of Sciences

Dr. Ali KILIC, 08.07.2009

IRAN: Canadian-Iranian journalist, writer, film-maker and playwright detained without charge

Writers in Prison Committee, 24.06.2009

URGENT ACTION FOR FREEDOM FILIZ KALAYCI

Dr. Ali KILIC, 24.06.2009

Turkeys human rights representative imprisoned

EuroKurd, eurokurd@comhem.se, 24.062009

Kurdish National Congress calls on all Kurds for an active boycott of the Iranian elections

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 15.06.2009

Syria: Sentence against human rights activist exposes Arab nationalism

Society for Threatened Peoples International, 15.05.2009

IRAN: American-Iranian journalist released

Writers in Prison Committee, 15.05.2009

Did the Kurdish people play any role in murdering Armenians in the beginning of the last century?

Translation and discussion by: Kamaran Jarjees, 04.05.2009

The day of commemoration of innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide

Dr. Ali KILIC, 27.04.2009

The World Conference against racism And anti-Semitic policy of the Iranian President Ahmedinejad

Dr. Ali KILIC, 23.04.2009

IRAN: American-Iranian journalist sentenced

Writers in Prison Committee, 23.04.2009

The Halabja-Anfal Case goes to court

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 15.04.2009

Faith and culture: 'World's Women for Life

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 09.04.2009

IRAN CAMPAIGN MAY 2009

Iran Campaign Case Backgrounds

Writers in Prison Committee, 07.04.2009

Appeal to the President of the United States of America Barack Hussein Obama

Society for Threatened Peoples International, 06.04.2009

IRAN: Detained internet writer dies in suspicious circumstances

Writers in Prison Committee, 13.03.2009

IRAN: American-Iranian journalist detained without charge

Writers in Prison Committee, 13.03.2009

TURKEY - Solidarity Platform with Imprisoned Journalists (TGDP), TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION

Necati Abay, spokesperson of Solidarity Platform with Imprisoned Journalists, 11.03.2009

International PEN-8 mars 2009 and Genocide and kidnapped Armenian women

Dr. Ali KILIC, 10.03.2009

We condemn the death sentence against Habibollah Latifi under all circumstances!

Kurdish PEN Centre, 08.03.2009

ON THE CONFERENCE OF BERLIN

Dr. Ali KILIC, 03.03.2009

UNESCO and The International Day of Mother Language

Dr. Ali KILIC, 02.03.2009

Twenty-six Kurdish demonstrators arrested in Syria during ten minute silent protest about human rights abuses

Committee of Kurdish Yekiti Party in Syria – UK branch, 02.03.2009

The 21^st Annual Conference of the Kurdish National Congress of North America (KNC) will be held March 2009 in the Washington DC area. Please note new Conference location

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 25.02.2009

KNC-Letter to President Obama

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 18.02.2009

Two radio journalists detained!

Necati Abay, spokesperson of Solidarity Platform with Imprisoned Journalists, 10.02.2009

The State of the Republic of Kurdistan

Dr. Ali KILIC, 28.01.2009

Arrest and detention of Kurdish activists in Syria

Kurdish Human Rights Project, 24.12.2008

FREEDOM FOR KURDISH LINGUIST DARWESH XALIB

Dr. Ali KILIC, 23.01.2009

Europe submitted to the Ankara criteria

Dr. Ali KILIC, 22.01.2009

Kurdistan will be featured in California Institute of the Arts AOW Conference on Saturday January 17^th, 09

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 16.01.2009

IRAN: Serious concern for detained Iranian-Canadian journalist Hossein Derakhshan

Writers in Prison Committee, 15.01.2009

On war and peace in the Middle East

Dr. Ali KILIC, 13.01.2009

THE STATES OF ARMED COLONIALISTES OUT OF KURDISTAN

Dr. Ali KILIC, 07.01.2009

The Argentinean Jasmine and the Kurdistan Rose
: by Ricardo Gustavo Espeja

18 Journalists and Columnists Meet Year 2009 in Prison in Turkey

Necati Abay, spokesperson of Solidarity Platform with Imprisoned Journalists, 29.12.2008

An Embalmed Corpse of a King was discovered in Kurdistan-Iran

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 28.11.2008

Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Request for Details of Activities

Writers in Prison Committee, 28.11.2008

KNC Letter to President Elect-Obama

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 26.11.2008

Iranian Kurdish journalist arrested

Zawya.com, 20.11.2008

FOR FREEDOM TERESA TODA AND FOR MOHAMMAD SADIQ KABUDVAND

Dr. Ali KILIC, 18.11.2008

Enough With This Turkey!

SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES, 14.11.2008

Iran: Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand, Journalist

Writers in Prison Committee, 14.11.2008

Peru: Melissa Rocío Patiño Hinostroza, Poet and student

Writers in Prison Committee, 14.11.2008

Writers and Journalists Killed Since Day of Imprisoned Writer 15 November 2007

Writers in Prison Committee, 14.11.2008

Update 2 - Day of Imprisoned Writer 15 November 2008

Writers in Prison Committee, 14.11.2008

GfbV- Austria protests against racist statements of the Turkish Prime Minister

SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES, 12.11.2008

Jon Rud, a member of the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC) Refused Entry into Turkey

MESOP SPECIAL, 12.11.2008

Iranian Regime Continues to Violate Human Rights in Iran

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 10.11.2008

Imagination and Intuition in the sciences

Dr. Ali KILIC, 10.11.2008

15 November 2008 – Day of the Imprisoned Writer - Update

Writers in Prison Committee

The Latest in Steve Tataii's Candidacy for U.S. Congress before the Final Election day

By Steve Tataii, 05.11.2008

IRAN: 11-Year sentence upheld for Kurdish journalist

Writers in Prison Committee

IRAN: Journalist released from prison

Writers in Prison Committee

FREEDOM FOR THE KURDISH PEOPLE IN SYRIA

Dr. Ali KILIC, 03.11.2008

Three political activist detained by Ettelaat

Kurdistanmedia, 03.11.2008

The Kurds in Khorasan, North-east of Iran

Dr. Afrasiab Shekofteh, 03.11.2008

Kurds in Syria demonstrate against presidential decree: Property in border areas must not be confiscated!

SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES, 03.11.2008

Iranian Kurdish writers Adnan Hassanpour, Abdolvahed Botimar and Saman Rasoulpour and Massoud Kurdpour

Lucina Kathmann, 30.10.2008

Call to a conference at the European Parliament: Dersim '38: 70 Years After

Koerdisch Instituut, 29.10.2008

KNC Letter to Robert M. Duncan, Chair of Republican National Committee

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 29.10.2008

KNC Letter to Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 29.10.2008

KNC Letter to Congressman Senator Barack Obama, Democratic Party Candidate for President

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 29.10.2008

KNC Letter to Congressman Senator John McCain, Republican Party Candidate for President

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 29.10.2008

KNC Letter to Congressman Cooper

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 29.10.2008

KNC Letter to Congressman Cohen

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 29.10.2008

Appeal to the members of the DITIB

SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES, 28.10.2008

KNK Open Letter :We call upon you to showsolidarity with the Kurds

KNK , 24.10.2008

FROM SOLIDARITY PLATFORM WITH IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS (TGDP)

Necati Abay, spokesperson of Solidarity Platform with Imprisoned Journalists, 23.10.2008

Kurdish Activist Mashaal Tammo Arrested by the Syrian Regime

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 23.10.2008

PKK and the German Hostages

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 23.10.2008

Iraq’s Return to the Old Legacy under American Tutelage

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 23.10.2008

Kurdish language issue and a divisive approach

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 23.10.2008

Hunger Strike by over 100 Kurdish Prisoners of Conscience

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 23.10.2008

Iran: The last executioner of children and women in the modern world

Kurdish National Congress of North America, 23.10.2008

Increased human rights violations against the Kurdish people in Iran

Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan - Bureau of International Relations, 22.10.2008

SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES APPEAL to the Frankfurt Book Fair 2008

SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES, 21.10.2008

UNICEF urges Turkey to teach in Kurdish

MESOP SPECIAL, by Emma Ross-Thomas, 20.10.2008

DERSİM ‘38 CONFERANCE

Haydar Işik, 20.10.2008

for your information

By Rizoyê Xerzî, 10.10.2008

The condition of the Kurdish prisoners of conscience on hunger strike in prisons of Iran is at an alarming stage

Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK)

IRAN: Death sentence overturned, re-trial ordered

Writers in Prison Committee

15 November 2008 – Day of the Imprisoned Writer, Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand

Writers in Prison Committee

Free expression in the Americas: consultation for 2008-09 campaign, Update report – August 2008

Writers in Prison Committee

PEN WiPC Materials for International PEN Congress, Bogota

Writers in Prison Committee

What ethnic group in the world do you believe has the strongest case to become a nation?

By Steve Tataii, 08.09.2008

The aid for political prisoners will be more

EuroKurd Human Rights – eurokurd-net , 05.09. 2008

Syrian security services kidnapped Mashall a Temo

EuroKurd Human Rights – eurokurd-net , 28.08. 2008

Stop Kurd execution in Iran

Kurds Human Rights Network , 28.08. 2008

Iran: DI Campaign In Support of DI Member Ms. Z. Bayazidi

DEFEND INTERNATIONAL, Written by DI Media Committee, 26.08. 2008

WiPC Chair's Report July 2007 - July 2008

Writers in Prison Committee

International PEN Day of the Imprisoned Writer

Writers in Prison Committee

SYRIA: Writer and academic Aref Dalila released

Writers in Prison Committee

Number of death penalties against Kurdish Human Rights activists has increased to 8

Stop campaign: Kurdish Human Rights Network, 14.08. 2008

Iran: Human rights abuses against the Kurdish minority

ai, 30.07. 2008

Sheikh Ubeydullah’s role in 1877-1878 Ottoman-Russian War

Dr. M FIRAT KILIÇ, 11.08.2008

International PEN Poem Relay

Kristin T. Schnider, DeutschSchweizer PEN, 04.08.2008

State of Minorities in Iran

Dr. Afrasiab Shekofteh, 04.08.2008

The responsibility of scientists, against the militarization of Sciences

Dr. Ali KILIC, 01.08.2008

International PEN Writers in Prison Committee half-year case list (January-June 2008) now available

Writers in Prison Committee

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE

ai, 30.07. 2008

SYDNEY PEN CENTRE NEWS

SYDNEY PEN CENTRE, 29.07. 2008

IRAN: Kurdish journalist sentenced to 11 years

Writers in Prison Committee - 03.07. 2008

Activities Report on T&LRC - Meeting Ohrid 07.06.2008

Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee - 25.06. 2008

Meeting of the T&LRC in Ohrid from 05 - 09.06.2008

Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee - 25.06. 2008

TURKEY Joint Action (IPA and WiPC condemn conviction of publisher over book on Armenian question)

Patrick Mac Manus, 24 June 2008

Five poems and one song from Kurdistan

Patrick Mac Manus, 23 June 2008

TURKEY: Publisher Sentenced Under Article 301

Writers in Prison Committee - 23.06. 2008

Ragip Zarakolu - clarification

Writers in Prison Committee - 20.06. 2008

Turkey: Three children on trial in case over freedom of expression

ai, 18 June 2008

AGREEMENT Between The International Cities Of Refuge Network (ICORN) Administration Centre and The Member-City/Region

Writers in Prison Committee - 16.06. 2008

F O U N D I N G C H A R T E R

Writers in Prison Committee - 16.06. 2008

AGREEMENT Between International Cities Of Refuge Network (ICORN) Administration Centre and International Pen Writers In Prison Committee (WiPC)

Writers in Prison Committee - 16.06. 2008

The Statutes of The International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN)

Writers in Prison Committee - 16.06. 2008

ICORN Request to PEN Centres

Writers in Prison Committee - 16.06. 2008

IRAN: Afghani Women's Rights journalist freed

Writers in Prison Committee - 12.06. 2008

THE CONFERENCE OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ON THE MEMORY

Dr. Ali KILIC, 09.06.2008

URKEY Threat (three members of children's choir face charges of "making propaganda for a terrorist organisation" after singing Kurdish song in U.S. music festival)

75th International PEN Congress, Bogota, Colombia - 17-22 September 2008

Writers in Prison Committee - 06.06. 2008

IRAN: Journalist’s Trial Opens Amid Health Concerns

Writers in Prison Committee - 05.06. 2008

From Solidarity with the Arrested Journalists Platform(TGDP

THE OBSTACLES TO USE KURDISH LANGUAGE IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE

Kurdish seminar in Londond with Leyla Zana

The Academy of the Sciences of Kurdistan and The Physical Sciences,The Chemical and Biological Sciences, And The conference of the Academy of Sciences in Paris

Dr. Ali KILIC, 19.05.2008

INTERNATIONAL/TURKEY Bulletin (2008 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize awarded to persecuted publisher Ragip Zarakolu)

IRAN: Imprisoned Journalist’s Health Critical

Writers in Prison Committee - 19.05. 2008

IRAQI REFUGEES CRY OUT TO CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD FOR SOLIDARITY

ON THE DECISION OF EUROPEAN COURT CONCERNING THE PKK AND THE KNK AND ON THE QUESTION OF KURDISTAN UNDER THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY

Dr. Ali KILIC, 05.05.2008

Second call for joining Europe and Turkey Free Expression Networks

Writers in Prison Committee - 05.05. 2008

3 May World Press Freedom Day 2008

Writers in Prison Committee - 05.05. 2008

International PEN: Turkey - Article 301 Reforms don't go far enough

Writers in Prison Committee - 05.05. 2008

Article 140 and The Future of Iraq

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 05.05.2008

Kurdish women rights committee, KNCNA

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 05.05.2008

International Appeal

Donate now for Mehdi Kurt!!
Kurdische Gemeinde Bayern (V.i.G.), kurdmail2008@yahoo.com 28.04.2008

INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR HIWA BUTIMAR

Iran Confirms Death Sentence of Kurdish Journalist

Roma Day Celebrations in Chandigarh (India), 8 April, 2008

Guipuscoan Basque
: send by Ricardo Gustavo Espeja

LYDIA CACHO RIBEIRO WINS UNESCO PRESS FREEDOM PRIZE

IPWWC, 16.04. 2008

TURKEY: Cuneyt Ertus (m) aged 15

23 Journalists Imprisoned in Turkey

Turkish state ideology, Kemalism

Eziz Bawermend, 07.04.2008

The open letter to the President of the United States America

Dr. Ali KILIC, 01.04.2008

IRAN: Ali Muhaqiq Nasab, editor of a women's rights magazine in Afghanistan, arrested in Iran

Writers in Prison Committee - 20 March 2008

The International PEN Poem Relay is launched on March 25

International PEN - March 25

Interview from Radio Farda in Farsi/ Audio

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 11.03.2008

Press Release: Happy international women’s day

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 11.03.2008

Brief report on the 52nd UN Commission on the Status of Women

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 11.03.2008

The Kurdish PEN Center congratulates to the international woman day

Kurdish PEN Centre, 08.03.2008

The IPWWC wishes everyone a wonderful International Women’s Day on March 8. With a hope that our situation will improve and that we will have more power over our lives.

IPWWC, 08.03. 2008

The Statement of the Kurdish PEN Centre Regarding the Turkish Attacks

Kurdish PEN Centre, 28.02.2008

Iran: Kurdish Teacher Tortured, Sentenced to Death

Majid Hakki, 28.02.2008

8 March 2008 Women's Day Action - Focus on China

Writers in Prison Committee - 8 March 2008 – International Women’s Day

Women Writing Under Surveillance in China

Writers in Prison Committee - 8 March 2008 – International Women’s Day

CHINA: Serious health concerns for four writers Xu Wei, Jin H ai ke, Yang Zili and Zhang Hongh ai , after prolonged periods of detention; reports of ill-treatment.

Writers in Prison Committee - 26 February 2008

Ban Ki-moon Blows the Whistle on Violence Against Women

Lucina Kathmann, 26.02.2008

Questionnaire for PEN Centres

Writers in Prison Committee - 26 February 2008

International PEN Writers in Prison Committee Letter from WiPC Chair, Karin Clark

Writers in Prison Committee - 26 February 2008

PEN congress will be in Bogota

IPWWC, 25 February 2008

Syria: Arrests Kurdish Women

20 February 2008

TURKEY: Monthly “301” Action – 19 February 2008

Writers in Prison Committee - 19 February 2008

Forced assimilation on Australian Aborigines apologized, and EDI BES E rallies held

By Steve Tataii, 18.02.2008

International PEN Writers in Prison Committee Caselist July-December Now Available

Writers in Prison Committee

Karin Clark, International Chair of the Writers in Prison Committee, Invite to PEN Members to Contribute to Evaluation of the Work of the Committee

Writers in Prison Committee

IRAN: Amin Ghazaei, writer and student leader detained; fears of ill-treatment and health concerns

Writers in Prison Committee

According to media reports Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made an important statement on Sunday, February 10th, 2008 in Cologne in the course of his visit to Germany: "Assimilation is a crime against humanity." It can be assumed he was - rightfully and clear-sightedly - talking about forced assimilation. Thus we may now expect the imminent and radical change of Turkish politics in regard to the country's Kurdish minority with great anticipation and well-founded hope!
Sissy Danninger, 15.02.2008

Calls for the Freedom of Kurdish Women Activists in Iran

Soraya Fallah, sorayaf40@yahoo.com, 11.02.2008

20 years after Halabja - The series of mass-murders by poison gas stretched over two years and killed 180.000 Iraqi Kurds

Sissy Danninger, 11.02.2008

Newsletter of the International PEN Women Writers’ Committee

IPWWC, January 2008

The MOVEMENT of the LIBERATION NATIONALE the KOCGIRI

EVİN ÇİÇEK

IRAN: Leading journalist and human rights defender Emadeddin Baqi suffers heart attack in prison; serious health concerns

Writers in Prison Committee

INVITATION 7^TH INTERNATIONAL WRITERS IN PRISON COMMITTEE CONFERENCE, Glasgow, Scotland

Writers in Prison Committee

International PEN remembers Hrant Dink, on the first anniversary of his murder on 19 January 2007

Writers in Prison Committee - Action - 19 January 2008

Article 140 for Kurds has reached its favorable outcome by default in this Proposal

By Steve Tataii, 18.12.2007

TURKEY: Monthly “301” Action – 19 December 2007

Writers in Prison Committee - 19 Dezember 2007

Kurdish doctor asks Czech media to apologize

Fri, 14 Dec 2007

International PEN WiPC Chair's Letter

Writers in Prison Committee - 13 Dezember 2007

Further details of Activities on 15 November 2007 Day of the Imprisoned Writer

Writers in Prison Committee - 12 Dezember 2007

Call for action on Book Censorship in Iran

Writers in Prison Committee - 10 Dezember 2007

Great Sadness

International PEN - 05 Dezember 2007

IRAN: Two journalists and women’s rights defenders, Maryam Hosseinkhah (f) and Jelveh Javaheri (f) detained for their online articles

Writers in Prison Committee - 05 Dezember 2007

INTERNATIONAL PEN WRITERS IN PRISON COMMITTEE DAY OF THE IMPRISONED WRITER

Writers in Prison Committee - 30 November 2007

SEASONS GREETINGS CARD ADDRESS LIST WRITERS IN PRISON OR THEIR FAMILIES - November 2007 - Update

GUIDANCE ON WRITING LETTERS TO WRITERS IN PRISON (OR UNDER THREAT)

Writers in Prison Committee - 29 November 2007

Article 140’s scheduled date must be respected to avoid eminent conflicts in peaceful North

By Steve Tataii, 26.11.2007

TURKEY: Monthly “301” Action – 19 November 2007

Writers in Prison Committee - 19 November 2007

Kurdish language in the Iranian legal framework

Abdoulmajid Hakki - 19 November 2007

PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 13/133/2007, Adnan Hassanpour, Mansour Tayfouri, Abdolwahed Butimar

ai - 16 November 2007

7th International PEN Writers in Prison Committee Conference 4-6 April 2008 – Glasgow

Writers in Prison Committee - 16 November 2007

Iranian Kurdish journalist Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand detained; reports of ill treatment

Writers in Prison Committee - 15 November 2007

Pleading for writer Adnan Hassanpour

Lucina Kathmann, 15.11.2007

Jailed writer Mr. Mohammed Sadiq Kabudvand

Lucina Kathmann, 15.11.2007

Death sentence against Iranian Kurdish journalist Adnan Hassanpour upheld by Supreme Court

Writers in Prison Committee - 14 November 2007

International PEN Day of the Imprisoned Writer 15 November 2007

Writers in Prison Committee - 14 November 2007

The letter of Peace Committee of International PEN to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Writers for Peace Committee -14 November 2007

The Letter of the PEN Centre of German-Speaking Writers Abroad to Kurdish PEN Centre

14 November 2007

Adnan Hassanpour must be free unconditionally. The new unproven evidence against him can not be admissible so late, hence he is not guilty based on the universal "Double Jeopardy" legal clause

By Steve Tataii, 12.11.2007

An Eye for an eye makes the whole world blind: STOP TURKEY ATTACKING IRAQ

12.11.2007

INTERNATIONAL PEN WRITERS IN PRISON COMMITTEE CAMPAIGN: DEFAMATION AND ‘INSULT’: WRITERS REACT

Writers in Prison Committee - 07 November 2007

Request for comments on PEN communications strategy

Writers in Prison Committee - 31 October 2007

IRAN:Leading journalist and human rights defender Emadeddin Baqi detained; fears of ill treatment

Writers in Prison Committee - 31 October 2007

IRAN: Economic journalist Ali Farahbakhsh released on ‘conditional bail’

Writers in Prison Committee - 31 October 2007

C artoon

Diko, 29.10.2007

Condolences

Kurdish PEN Centre, 22.10.2007

PKK Rebels already back in Turkey since October 12, 07

By Steve Tataii, 12.10.2007

TURKEY: PEN Protests Sentences under Article 301 - Correction

An alert issued on 11 October 2007 on convictions under Article 301, referred to the case of Ragip Zarakolu, currently on trial under the same law. Please note that the book for which Zarakolu is being prosecuted is George Jerjian’s History Will Set us Free /Turkish-Armenian Conciliation. The next hearing is set for 5 December 2007.

For further details contact Sara Whyatt at the Writers in Prison Committee London Office: Brownlow House, 50/51 High Holborn, London WC1V 6ER UK Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7405 0338 Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7405 0339 e-mail: wipc@internationalpen.org.uk

Writers in Prison Committee - 12 October 2007

TURKEY: PEN Protests Sentences under Article 301

Writers in Prison Committee - 12 October 2007

DAY OF THE IMPRISONED WRITER: 15 NOVEMBER 2007

Writers in Prison Committee - 09 October 2007

Adnan Hassanpour and Hiwa Boutimar Are in the middle from world Day against the death penalty

Dr. Ali KILIC

PRELIMINARY INVITATION 7^TH INTERNATIONAL WRITERS IN PRISON COMMITTEE CONFERENCE Glasgow, Scotland

Writers in Prison Committee - 28 September 2007

CUTTHROAT LITERARY CONTESTS
Joy Harjo Poetry Prize and the Rick DeMarinis Short Story Prize. Our postmark deadline is Oct. 10th. We are interested in publishing a diversity of writers, and we publish a lot of political poetry

Kemalism is Cesaro Papism no Secularist Although their self proclaim
: by Ricardo Gustavo Espeja

Literature and the sublime

Shawket Mela Ismail Hassan, 24.09.2007

TURKEY: Monthly “301” Action – 19 September 2007

07_09_10_Joint_statement_turkey_abolition_of_article_301.pdf

International PEN - September 2007

Ilisu: The giant hydroelectric power plant is set to start operating by 2014

Sissy Danninger, 18.09.2007

TURKEY Joint Action (International PEN, ARTICLE 19 and IPA call for abolition of Article 301)

International PEN - September 2007

INTERNATIONAL PEN VACANCY

International PEN - September 2007

IRAN: Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari (f) released on bail; Kian Tajbakhsh still detained

International PEN - September 2007

International PEN Writers in Prison Committee Half Year Case List - January-June 2007

International PEN – Writers in Prison Committee, September 2007

Kurdistan My Identity, Hawre Qendil

Hunger strike of Kurdish journalists Adnan Hasanpour and Hiwa Boutimar

Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan - International Relations, 21.08.2007

Massacre of Yezidi Kurds

The Kurdish National Congress of North America, 20.08.2007

With the deepest and greatest sorrow we received the regretful news of Mr. Bahaldin Adab’s passing

Azad Moradian, Chair of Kurdish American Committee for Democracy in Iran, 20.08.2007

The Statement Of Kurdish PEN Centre On The Recent Mass Killing In Shengal

Kurdish PEN Centre, 16.08.2007

Urgent Request for Action from the International President, International Secretary, and International Chair of International PEN - Death sentence in Iran

International PEN - 10.08.2007

A deep shock to International PEN

Hilde Keteleer On behalf of the Writers in prison Committee Flanders

International PEN – Writers in Prison Committee, 10.08.2007

Czech court acquits Kurdish physician Uzunoglu

06.08.2007

IRAN: Death sentence against Iranian Kurdish journalist Adnan Hassanpour confirmed

International PEN – Writers in Prison Committee, 03.08.2007

THE PAST AND THE PRESENT OF BOOK PUBLISHING IN KURDISH LANGUAGE IN TURKEY

THE PAST AND THE PRESENT OF BOOK PUBLISHING IN KURDISH LANGUAGE IN SYRIA

02.08.2007

We are concerned about an apparent pattern of problems for Iranian Kurdish journalists and writers

Lucina Kathmann, 01.08.2007

Resolutions passed at the Assembly of Delegates of International PEN meeting at its 73^rd Congress in Dakar, Senegal, 4-11 July 2007

International PEN – Writers in Prison Committee, 31.07.2007

International Congress, Dakar, July 2007 – Press Release and Resolutions

Writers in Prison Committee, 31.07.2007

IRAN: Iranian Kurdish journalist Adnan Hassanpour sentenced to death

Writers in Prison Committee, 31.07.2007

Wife of Kurdish Journalist On death-Row Speaks

30.07.2007

The Situation of Women in General and Women Writers in Particular in Kurdistan

By Berivan Dosky, 27.07.2007

Adnan Hassnpour, and Hiwa Botimar must be freed now

By Steve Tataii, 25.07.2007

List over the Iranian Kurdish refugees at the Iraqi-Jordanian borders

Shamzin JIHANI, 25.07.2007

Leyla Zana for President of Turkey can speed up EU membership

By Steve Tataii, 24.07.2007

Turkey's Suicide amass may lead to a possible mess in a stone age war culture

By Steve Tataii, 17.07.2007

Appeal to the International and German Public to intervene against the Detention in Germany of the Kurdish Writer Mr. Haydar Isik

Kurdish PEN Centre, 10.07.2007

Five Peshmerga forces were just killed getting caught unguarded in Baghdad - Open Letter To U.S. President George Walker Bush, June 21, 2007

By Steve Tataii, 29.06.2007

Kurdish PEN Centre’s Appeal concerning Firing of Mr. Abdullah Demirbaş, the Mayor of Sur Municipality, Diyarbakir

Kurdish PEN Centre, 26.06.2007

TURKEY: Monthly “301” Action – 19 June 2007 (Update)

Writers in Prison Committee, 19.06.2007

The tragic fate of the Iranian Kurdish refugees between the Iraqi-Jordanian borders

Shamzin JIHANI, 14.06.2007

Insult Laws in Europe – a Silent Threat: 5^th Gathering in Istanbul for Freedom of Expression

Writers in Prison Committee, 14.06.2007

TURKEY: Monthly “301” Action – 19 June 2007

Writers in Prison Committee, 14.06.2007

IRAN: Imprisoned economic journalist Ali Farahbakhsh seriously ill

Writers in Prison Committee, 13.06.2007

IPWWC News Network May 2007

IPWWC, 11.06.2007

IRAN: Two prominent Iranian-American academics detained under national security laws; fears of ill-treatment

Writers in Prison Committee, 06.06.2007

Ilisu: Austrian delegate of the Greens back from on site-inspection

Sissy Danninger, 06.06.2007

Report on the Kurdish PEN Centre Conference in the Klausenhof Academy, Germany, 1st-3rd June, 2007

Dr. Zorab Aloian

Amnesty International report about Syria 2007

ai , 04.06.2007

The Kurdish PEN Centre wishes Children of the World Peaceful and Joyful Childhood

by Anwar Mohamad Ahmad, 31.05.2007

IRAN: Iranian Kurdish journalist Kaveh Javanmard sentenced to two years in prison

Writers in Prison Committee, 31.05.2007

Proscriptive measure against Kurdish Parties

Daily Star ( a Lebanese journal) , 29.05.2007

Nearly 2000 affected people demonstrated to Hasankeyf against the planned Ilisu dam

Diren Özkan (Tel: 0090-5358977666) and Ercan Ayboga , 20.05.2007

A number of PEN Centres are staging monthly actions calling for the abolition of Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (Insult to the state) on and around 19^th of each month, marking the day of the murder of Hrant Dink

Writers in Prison Committee, 21.05.2007

Refugees of a short-lived dream

By Sami Michael, 14.05.2007

INTERNATIONAL PEN WRITERS IN PRISON COMMITTEE CRIMINAL DEFAMATION AND INSULT CAMPAIGN NEWSLETTER

Writers in Prison Committee, 11.05.2007

TURKEY: Trial Against Publisher Ragip Zarakolu Ends with Acquittal

Writers in Prison Committee, 10.05.2007

Azerbaijan: Writer Rafiq Tagi and Newspaper Editor Samir Sadagatoglu Served Heavy Sentences for “inciting religious hatred”

Writers in Prison Committee, 10.05.2007

Ilisu: Austrian, German and Swiss governments gave „Green light“

Sissy Danninger, 07.05.2007

NGO’s Global Campaign for the Return of Varosha (Famagusta)

Stella Charalambous, Kurdish PEN Centre, 07.05.2007

Czech court convicts Kurd of German nationality of crimes not committed

Sissy Danninger, 07.05.2007

IRAN: Prominent women writers and journalists amongst six women’s rights activists to receive lengthy prison terms

Writers in Prison Committee, 03.05.2007

Advance Notice - 7^th International Writers in Prison Committee Conference 2008

Writers in Prison Committee, 27.04.2007

ELECTION FOR CHAIR OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEN WRITERS IN PRISON COMMMITTEE

Writers in Prison Committee, 24.04.2007

Turkey: Murders of three people at Christian Publishing House

Writers in Prison Committee, 19.04.2007

CALL BY 247 INTELLECTUALS FOR APRIL 13 TRIAL

05.04.2007

Municipal Services and Local Governments in the Light of Multilingualism

Intense legal and administrative pressure on Sur Municipality and Mayor Abdullah Demirbas!

Abdullah DEMIRBAŞ, 05.04.2007

Persecution of languages, Compromising humanity

Berivan Dosky, 04.04.2007

Kurdish language: Authors create a new language

Sedat YURTDAŞ, 02.04.2007

Re: Turkey 301 Appeal

Message from WiPC Chair, Karin Clark , 02.04.2007

Turkey: Update – Agos Trials Continue

Writers in Prison Committee, 02.04.2007

IRAN: Iranian Kurdish journalist Kaveh Javanmard detained; fears of ill treatment

Writers in Prison Committee, 29.03.2007

Kurdish PEN Centre condemns anti-Kurdish actions in California

Kurdish PEN Centre

IRAN: Author, translator and barrister Nasser Zarafshan released

Writers in Prison Committee, 26.03.2007

FROM THE PLATFORM OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE ARRESTED JOURNALISTS TO THE PRESS and THE PUBLIC OPINION

Platform of Solidarity with the Arrested Journalists (TGDP), : tutuklugazeteciler@mynet.com , 26.03.2007

IRAN: Economic journalist Ali Farahbakhsh detained; health concerns

Writers in Prison Committee

Close, Yet Remote Chance for a Peaceful Resolution of the Kurdish Conflict

By Ana Villellas

SOMALILAND: Three journalists given prison sentences in connection with allegations of corruption by President

Writers in Prison Committee

Kurdistan Immigrant Center to Help Kurdish Community Abroad

Deadline for Resolutions to be presented to the Assembly of Delegates, 73rd International PEN Congress 2007, Senegal , 4-11 July 2007

Writers in Prison Committee

The Kurdish PEN Centre sends its Warmest Greetings to the Women Writers Worldwide

Kurdish PEN Centre

The ‘Kurdistani’ question

By Dr Rebwar Fatah

International PEN Writers in Prison Committee 8 March 2007 – International Women’s Day

Writers in Prison Committee

IRAN: Iranian Kurdish journalist Adnan Hassanpour detained; fears of ill treatment

Writers in Prison Committee

International PEN Writers in Prison Committee Newsletter No. 32

Writers in Prison Committee

Commemorating Hrant Dink – 28 February 2007 – Update 2

Hrant Dink Commemoration

Hrant Dink Commemoration – Appendix 1

Writers in Prison Committee

UA 39/07 Fear of torture or ill treatment/ arbitrary arrest:IRAN Adnan Hassanpour (m), journalist

PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 13/017/2007

IRAN: Iranian Kurdish journalist, human rights activist and Kurdish PEN member Sherko Jihani released; still facing charges.

Writers in Prison Committee

Writers in Prison Committee Caselist – July to December 2006 – Now Available

Caselist in PDF-Format

Writers in Prison Committee

Murder of Hrant Dink Leads to Renewed Calls for Repeal Article 301 of the Penal Code

Writers in Prison Committee

The Last Article of Hrant Dink

Writers in Prison Committee

Murder of Hrant Dink – strategy

Writers in Prison Committee

Dink’s Death and "The Pigeon-like Unease of My Inner Spirit"

Dr. Ali KILIC

PEN Statement on the Murder of Hrant Dink in Turkey

Writers in Prison Committee

Petition to Free Kurdish journalist and filmmaker Shirko Jahani

http://www.urmiye.com/modules.php?name=ePetitions&op=more_info&ePetitionId=2

Dear friends, according to a website Persian, on Thursday, 14th December, there have been a demonstration in the Iranian Kurdish city of Senendedj. The hundreds of students of the local Azad University demanded the release of Mr. Shirko Jihani and other political prisoners in Iran. For more info in Persian about this demonstration: http://www.peshmergekan.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1166204626&archive=&start_from=&ucat=4&

Yours very sincerely, Zorab Aloian

Kurdish PEN Centre, 16.12.2006

Urgent Appeal concerning the Kurdish PEN Centre member Mr. Shirko Jihani who is being detained in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Kurdish PEN Centre