Introducing Kurdish Rights

Kurdish Rights is a project by independent students who wish to fight for the rights of Kurds in Kurdistan and abroad. In this website, we aim to campaign for Kurdish human rights and spreading awareness about the human rights violations of the Kurds in Kurdistan and in the diaspora as a result of decades of oppression they have faced and continue to face everyday while the international community turns the other way.

Traditionally, Kurds were never allowed a voice in mainstream media outlets within our region. We encourage all to join forces with us against coercion, intimidation, hatred, and racism in order to shed some light upon the often forgotten brutality that the Kurds face on a daily basis by oppressive regimes. Now we as students and youth activists are standing up to say “enough!”

Expect this platform to be a forceful tool that empowers the Kurdish voice. And most of all, expect us to be very hopeful and ambitious, because we will never give up until we ensure the fact that Kurds in the region are able to benefit from basic human rights which enables them to speak freely and powerfully after many years of silence. It’s time for them to speak up, and it’s time for you to listen.

Fight now, fight strong, and don’t give up. Let’s join forces and productively use new technology to promote and enforce this powerful message.

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May 13th, 200715 ReplyTrackback

15 Responses to “Introducing Kurdish Rights”

  1. Permalink Esra'aMay 13th, 2007 at 6:32 pm

    I am testing the Ajax comment thing.

  2. Permalink Asa YitzchakMay 20th, 2007 at 9:36 pm

    You need to have a link to an actual petition.

  3. Permalink adminMay 21st, 2007 at 5:50 am

    This site is still new. If you want things to move faster perhaps you can help us out? The reason why things move slowly with sites like these is because people spend way too much time demanding things from us and never actually helping us out. So unless people help us out, things might not be as fast as you hope. If you wanna see more things happen with this place, join it.

  4. Permalink Asa YitzchakMay 21st, 2007 at 12:32 pm

    what do you need?

  5. Permalink adminMay 21st, 2007 at 12:37 pm

    Hi Asa, well it is something difficult actually! Or maybe not, but I am a bit clueless as to where to start!

    You see, the petition need to be directed towards all Middle Eastern leaders… not just one or two leaders or countries… so it’s very hard to know who exactly to direct these petitions to. I am thinking we pick one representative from each country and include their addresses on the petitions in order for the petitions to actually find their way to them.

    Basically, what we need is this:

    1) Something on http://www.petitiononline.com requesting the unblocking of Kurdish websites and blogs throughout the Middle East.
    2) Addresses of embassies and offices that we can send our letters to requesting the unblocking of Kurdish websites and blogs.

    Can you help us with this? We’d be really greatful!

  6. Permalink Asa YitzchakMay 21st, 2007 at 7:32 pm

    When you say “representatives from each country” you mean government representatives, or citizens of those countries to represent us?

  7. Permalink adminMay 21st, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    I mean government representatives (officials) for us to send these petition letters to.

  8. Permalink Asa YitzchakMay 25th, 2007 at 10:01 am

    I think there is such a petition on the facegroup groups no?

  9. Permalink adminJune 14th, 2007 at 4:41 pm

    Nope.

  10. Permalink Global Voices Online » Kurdistance: The State of Kurdish ActivismJuly 10th, 2007 at 2:58 pm

    [...] up a petition, which should be ready by the end of the month. Until that time, here is a bit from their opening post: Kurdish Rights is a project by independent students who wish to fight for the rights of Kurds [...]

  11. Permalink Aram AzezJuly 10th, 2007 at 6:38 pm

    I support your project and the rights of Kurds everywhere. These attacks can not stop or scare Kurds from taking advantages of web/ internet.

  12. Permalink Global Voices 日本語 » ブログアーカイブ » クルド人活動の状況July 14th, 2007 at 9:05 pm

    [...] クルド人の声がなぜ消えているのかを説明するのは難しいが、ブログが減っている理由は主にクルドのウェブサイトがさまざまなハッカーから攻撃されているためと言えるだろう。IraqiKurdistanは、自称「危険な亡霊ne mutlu kurtum diyene」という人物によりハッキングされた。また、確認はできていないが、From Holland to Kurdistanのブログは、彼らのサイト（そしてそのオランダ語ニュースサイト）が過去にハッカーによる問題があったために、同様の理由で招待された読者のみへの公開に切替えた。ハッカーだけではなく政府もクルドのブログにとって脅威だ。新サイトThe Arab Network for Kurdish Rightsは、ウェブ上でクルド人の声の保護に取り組む新しい組織だ。彼らは署名運動を計画中で、今月末には準備ができる予定だ。その前に、冒頭部分の一部を紹介する。 Kurdish Rightsは、中東内にいるクルド人の権利のために戦おうとする独立した学生によるプロジェクトです。このウェブサイトでは、イランからトルコ、バーレーンやシリアなど、数え切れない程多くの中東の国々でクルドのブログやサイトがブロックされていても、クルド人ブロガーや管理人が執筆を続けられるようになることを目指しています。伝統的に、私たちの地域ではクルド人の声を主流メディア媒体にのせることは許されていませんでした。今、私たち学生と青年活動家は立上り、「もうたくさんだ！」と声を上げています。 [...]

  13. Permalink Aram AzezAugust 11th, 2007 at 8:46 pm

    It is a kid of fighting for the others’ freedom and rights. Great job, keep doing it.

  14. Permalink HannahJanuary 10th, 2008 at 7:38 am

    Tomorrow I´m giong to make a presentation of the rights of the kurds. I knew, that they´ve a lot of problems, but now I´m upset… That´s so god-awful! But what I can´t understand is why the Kurds fights against each other!! Can you this explain me?
    And now I need to stop, because I´m becoming angry!
    Finally, I need to say, that so wunderful what you are doing for the kurds!!

  15. Permalink aquasparkApril 10th, 2008 at 11:15 pm

    Your blog make me chuckle from beginning to end^_^!! It sounds absolutely great to me. Your blog is my favorite one!

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