Australian cinematographer Jake Lloyd Jones聽talks to Peter Boyle about聽the ongoing 鈥淒avid and Goliath struggle鈥澛燽etween the Kurds and聽the Turkish state from Bashur (South Kurdistan) in northern Iraq.
Kurds
Demonstrations were held in Sydney and Melbourne聽to protest the Turkish military offensive against Kurds in South Kurdistan/Northern Iraq, and more are planned.聽Peter Boyle reports.
A聽car convoy was organised聽in the lead-up a聽global day of action to free Kurdish freedom movement leader Abdullah 脰calan. Peter Boyle reports.
Kurdish journalists continue to be killed or jailed simply for reporting the news, reports Steve Sweeney.
Members of Sydney's Kurdish community rallied at Sydney Town Hall to protest escalating attacks on Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Peter Boyle reports.
The Kurdish community in Australia held a Newroz (Kurdish New Year) celebration in NSW Parliament House, Peter Boyle reports.
Members of the Kurdish community and supporters joined global protests over concerns about the wellbeing of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah 脰calan, reports Peter Boyle.
Rojava Solidarity Sydney organised a rally to commemorate the 8th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution, reports Peter Boyle.
The following statement was released by Make Rojava Green Again, an international campaign aiming to find solutions to the ecological problems facing the Rojava Revolution in Northern Syria.
MRGA has been financially and practically supporting projects in Rojava in the spirit of solidarity and internationalism, and seeking to spread the word about the inspiring process in this region, which Turkey is now trying to annihilate.
Turkey鈥檚 authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won 53% of the vote in the June 24 presidential election.
This extends his rule until at least 2023 鈥 but now with the sweeping executive powers narrowly endorsed in a referendum last year.
On the 28th anniversary of the Halabja genocide, about 120 people held a candlelight vigil in Sydney's Parramatta Mall. The vigil was organised by the Sydney Kurdish Youth Society.
The massacre was carried out against the Kurdish people on March 16, 1988, in the closing days of the Iran鈥揑raq War in the Kurdish-dominated city of Halabja in Southern Kurdistan (Iraq).
The attack took place as thousands of Kurds were fleeing attacks by the Saddam Hussein regime.
The following statement was released by the Australian Kurdish Association on December 22.
Let's Stand Against the Massacre in Kurdistan, Support the Kurdish People's Struggle for Freedom!
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