On the 33rd anniversary of the Kurdish exodus under the brutal rule of Saddam Hussein.

As we mark the 33rd anniversary of the tragic Kurdish exodus of 1991, let's not forget those who helped, among them the generous people of Poland who sent truckloads of medicine and food while they were spending a difficult time themselves. KRG Poland | PLinErbil

"Halabja massacre was not the only genocidal attack against the Kurds in Iraq. There were others [...]Yet the international community largely downplayed these crimes against humanity for geopolitical reasons." Worth reading in full👇 nypost.com/2024/03/30/opi…

Iranian Judiciary Imposed Inhumane Sentence of 74 Lashes and Two Years of Imprisonment for a Kurdish Child Kolbar hengaw.net/en/news/2024/0…

Turkish gov. brings #fakevoters from other cities to manipulate #localelections in the kurdish region. This #electionfraud by the Turkish state violates the rights of the #Kurdish people to chose their representatives freely. OSCE/ODIHR, EPDE - European Platform for Democratic Elections, António Guterres

Zum internationalen #TransDayOfVisibility möchte ich eure Aufmerksamkeit auf trans Personen & ihre Entrechtung in Russland lenken, mein Text für DIE ZEIT: zeit.de/zett/queeres-l…

A massive fire swept through central Duhok’s Chale bazaar on early Monday, burning over 100 shops. The blaze was controlled several hours later. rudaw.net/english/kurdis…

#Kurdistan | The aftermath of a huge fire in downtown Duhok which burned nearly 150 shops.

IN PICTURES: Assyrians celebrate new year "Akitu" festival in Duhok, Kurdistan Region. 📸 Star Ahmed

#Damascus | The aftermath of the Israeli strike in Damascus targeting an extension of the Iranian embassy. So far, the IRGC has confirmed the death of 6 people, including commander of the Iranian fighters in Syria and Lebanon.

Kein Gefängnis mehr für Menschen ohne Ticket (sondern nur die 60 Euro Zivilstrafe)! Was jetzt Köln für seinen ÖPNV entschieden hat - auf Initiative der FDP ! -, das kann auch Berlin, oder, Franziska Giffey? rundschau-online.de/koeln/kvb-in-k…

Beginning in 1986, the Anfal campaign killed more than 182,000 Kurds in two years of slaughter by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime. Named after the eighth surah in the Quran, the campaign began on April 14, 1988, in the Kurdistan Region's Garmiyan area.

Excited to see my analysis on the EU terror listing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards I wrote at MPIL Heidelberg last year is out now with ZaöRV | Heidelberg Journal of International Law. #OpenAccess #IRGC nomos-elibrary.de/10.17104/0044-…

Condemning the Attacks on Civilians and Energy Infrastructure in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region  state.gov/condemning-the…

The skull of a Neanderthal woman, found in the Kurdistan Region six years ago and featured in a new Netflix documentary, will be returned to the Region, a Kurdish archaeological official said on Friday. rudaw.net/english/kurdis…

Prenzlauer Berg. Habe die Person gefragt, wieso sie einen Sticker abmacht, auf dem „Palestinians against Hamas" steht & ob sie Palästinenserin ist. „Nein, bin ich nicht, aber sie sollten gegen Israel sein!", war die Antwort. Warum denkt diese Person, sie könne darüber 1/

Lange war es ruhig hier aufm Kanal. So viel ist passiert, dass ich an manchen Morgen aufgewacht bin und nicht wusste, wo ich gerade bin. Zwei Umzüge und drei Länder später lebe ich seit Kurzem in Brüssel. Salut tout le monde! Lohnt es sich zu Twitter zurück zu kommen?

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🇩🇪 finance minister Lindner again demands a reduction in corporate taxes to boost growth. As we show in a recent paper, the empirical evidence does *not* support this: growth effects are regularly exaggerated, and particularly weak when goverment spending is cut at the same time.