Wednesday, 6 August, 2008 , 16:49 AFP — The EU presidency on Wednesday condemned human rights violations committed against the Kurdish minority in Iran and urged Tehran to scrap the death penalty.
Tuesday, 5 August, 2008 , 11:37 AFP — Mullah Krekar, founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, has filed charges with Europe's human rights court against Norway, where he lives, for "inhuman treatment," his lawyer said Tuesday.
Tuesday, 5 August, 2008 , 11:27 AFP — The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region Massud Barzani has sharply criticised a provincial election bill as a "conspiracy," deepening a political rift over the oil-rich Kirkuk province.
Tuesday, 5 August, 2008 , 09:13 AFP — Mullah Krekar, founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam, has filed charges with Europe's human rights court against Norway, where he lives, for "inhuman treatment," his lawyer said Tuesday.
Sunday, 3 August, 2008 , 10:09 AFP — Eight Kurdish rebels have dies in clashes with the security forces in Turkey's southeast, the military said Sunday.
Sunday, 3 August, 2008 , 09:15 AFP — An alleged Kurdish militant charged with two deadly blasts in Istanbul has confessed to detonating the bombs and watching the ensuing carnage, the mass-circulation Hurriyet daily reported Sunday.
Saturday, 2 August, 2008 , 17:48 AFP — Separatist Kurdish militants carried out the two bomb blasts in Istanbul last week that killed 17 people, Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday, announcing several arrests.
Saturday, 2 August, 2008 , 15:45 AFP — Separatist Kurdish militants carried out two bomb blasts in Istanbul last week that killed 17 people, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday, announcing the arrest of the suspected perpetrators.
Saturday, 2 August, 2008 , 15:23 AFP — Separatist Kurdish militants carried out two bomb blasts in Istanbul last week that killed 17 people, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday, announcing a number of arrests.
Saturday, 2 August, 2008 , 08:51 AFP — Five pro-government Kurdish militiamen were shot dead overnight in fighting with separatist Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported.
