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KNK: Syrian Kurdistan, Rojava, a national
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April 6, 2014
SLÊMANÎ,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— A group of 12
political parties, organizations and movements in
Iraqi (Southern) Kurdistan have come together under
the umbrella of the Kurdish National Congress (KNK)
in order to demonstrate their support for Syrian
Kurdistan (Rojava) Revolution, according to a report
from ANHA and carried in Özgür Gündem.
KNK co-President Tahir Kemalîzade, speaking at the
meeting, said “Kobanê’s resistance is showing
freedom’s horizons to the whole of Kurdistan.”
Meeting on Kobanê in
Slêmanî
The meeting took place in the Slêmanî [Sulaimaniyah]
offices of the Rojava Democracy Movement (TEV-DEM)
and members of the KNK, the Hizba Ayîne, the PÇDK,
the Zehmetkêşanî Kurdistan, the Yekgirtuy Islamî
Kurdistan, the Tevgera Goran, the YNK, and the
Komeley Mafê Mirovan took part together with
prominent Kurdish intellectuals and a number of
Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government KRG MPs. The
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on the agenda were recent developments in
Kurdistan, support for the Rojava Revolution, and
the ongoing attacks on Kobanê. Discussions around
the administration of national support for Rojava
Kurdistan and lifting the current embargo on Rojava
also took place.
Common Position
KNK co-President Tahir Kemalîzade told those in
attendance that “The gains that have been thus far
in Rojava are not only Rojava’s but are in the
service of the other four parts of Kurdistan.
We should be one, and would should stand against
the attacks on the Kobanê Canton with the same
position, the same spirit and the same voice.
Kobanê’s resistance is showing freedom’s horizons to
the whole of Kurdistan.” At the conclusion of the
meeting a decision was made to support the Rojava
Revolution and to work to open the borders between
the KRG and Rojava Kurdistan.
We Are The Voice Of Kobanê
As a campaign which began this month in the KRG’s
southern province of Silêmanî continues to grow
various locations have been set up around the city
in order to collect support for the people of Rojava.
One such center set up in the front of the Culture
Tea House has been visited by a large number of KRG
MPs, intellectuals and workers. Melle Nadir Elî, a
member of the Support Initiative who was speaking at
the center told those present that in the same way
the people of Rojava had support the people of
Southern Kurdistan in their difficult days that now
the people of Southern Kurdistan must do likewise
and for that reason this campaign had been launched.
The name of the campaign is “We Are The Voice Of
Kobanê” (Em dengê Kobanê ne).
Meaningful Support from
Jazeera (Cizîrê) to Kobanê
The Jazeera (Cizîrê) has donated a half of a million
dollars in material support to the Kobanê Canton as
it continues to fight off a three front attack from
forces attached to the Islamic State of Iraq and
Sham (ISIS). According to a statement given by the
Kobanê Canton’s Assembly of Democratic Autonomy the
Defense Ministries of the Cizîrê Canton provided the
aid and the members of the assembly offered thanks
for their contribution.
Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava)
Syrian Kurds
declared their
own autonomous Kurdish region (Western Kurdistan,
Rojava) in November 2013.
Following
Jazeera (Cizîre) and
Kobanê
(Ayn al-Arab) cantons,
Efrin (Afrin)
has officially proclaimed the establishment of its
government of Democratic Autonomy in January 2014.
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