Sunday, 22 November, 2009 , 17:52 AFP — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew to Tehran on Sunday to appeal for the lives of Iranian Kurds sentenced to death, a newspaper website reported.
Sunday, 22 November, 2009 , 16:46 AFP — Eleven people, including four policemen, were injured Sunday when clashes broke out at a Kurdish rally in western Turkey, forcing police to fire warning shots in the air, Anatolia news agency reported.
Sunday, 22 November, 2009 , 12:00 AFP — The president of Iraq's Kurdish north, Massud Barzani, intends to create a unified army in the autonomous region, a statement from his office said on Sunday.
Tuesday, 17 November, 2009 , 12:48 AFP — Turkey transferred five inmates to a high-security prison island Tuesday to provide company for Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, the sole prisoner there since 1999, the justice minister said.
Tuesday, 17 November, 2009 , 10:04 AFP — Turkey transferred five inmates to a high-security prison island Tuesday to provide company for Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, the sole prisoner there since 1999, Anatolia news agency reported.
Tuesday, 17 November, 2009 , 09:24 AFP — Iran's Kurdish lawmakers asked the country's judiciary on Tuesday to reconsider issuing death sentences on people from the Kurdish minority fearing it was distancing the ethnic group from the regime.
Monday, 16 November, 2009 , 12:20 AFP — Iraq's general election in January was thrown into doubt on Monday when the war-torn country's presidential council demanded more clout be given to minorities and nationals living abroad.
Sunday, 15 November, 2009 , 13:29 AFP — A Syrian court on Sunday jailed three Kurds for three years each for being members of a banned political party, a human rights group said, adding it was the second such verdict in a week.
Saturday, 14 November, 2009 , 15:44 AFP — Turkey's plan to expand language rights for Kurds and prevent discrimination is unlikely to persuade armed rebels to lay down arms and risks heightening nationalist anger at the government for caving in to "terrorists", analysts said Saturday.
Friday, 13 November, 2009 , 17:15 AFP — Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay announced Friday details of a plan to give wider rights to Kurds, including allowing them to restore Kurdish names to their towns.
