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		<title>A letter from the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change to the Secretary of the Arab League</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your Excellency Secretary of the Arab League Dr. Nabeel Al-Araby, With our great appreciation for the efforts of the Arab League, and the office of Mr. Kofi Annan, for organizing the “Syrian opposition forum”, and with our emphasis on the importance of the League sponsoring such talks, we would like to clarify certain points: The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The AKP&#8217;s &#8216;New Kurdish Strategy&#8217; Is Nothing of the Sort</title>
		<link>http://supportkurds.org/reports/the-akps-new-kurdish-strategy-is-nothing-of-the-sort/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 22:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Interview with Selahattin Demirtas by Jake Hess &#124; published May 2, 2012 Selahattin Demirtas is co-president of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party of Turkey (BDP), the fourth largest political party in the country. The BDP is not formally tied to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has been in armed conflict with the Turkish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Syria: Human Rights and Democracy: The 2011 Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arab Spring sparked protests in Deraa in southern Syria in March. These spread quickly across the country, with demonstrators calling for democratic reform and, latterly, regime change. The Syrian government responded with violent repression. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay reported throughout the year many horrific cases of security forces subjecting civilians, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday 2 April 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alliance for Kurdish Rights: Kurdish soldiers are defecting from the Syrian army, and have harrowing stories of women subject to rape, children to torture and men killed without mercy by the authoritarian regime.  Kurdish soldiers defecting from Syrian army &#124; Alliance for Kurdish Rights ?20 year-old Isa Hussein, a Kurdish soldier in the Syrian army was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ciwan Khalaf al-Qatna has been killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hasakeh: Derbasieh: Ciwan Khalaf al-Qatna was martyred four days after he was kidnapped by four  shabiha. It is believed that he was targeted in an assassination and his body was found today with signs of torture on it. He is the nephew of Mashaal Tammo. Our condolences to his family. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux2ShLm3938&#38;feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2js4yV5j_bc&#38;feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPW9e0C7wm4&#38;feature=youtu.be]]></description>
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		<title>NCB: Observations regarding the invitation to the Istanbul conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria – NCB: Observations regarding the invitation to the Istanbul conference. A number of activists and opposition figures including members of NCB have received unsigned emails which call for their participation in the Syrian opposition conference to be held in Istanbul on 26 March 2012. The following names were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday 21 March 2012 &#8211; Kurdish Newroz</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Piroz Be Newroz: There are a lot of videos of Kurds celebrating Newroz and calling for change today on the Facebook page Ronahi TV - QAMISLO 2  EFRIN.m2p Syrian Uprising 2011 Information Centre: HASAKAH (21/03/2012): Happy Nowruz &#8211; Kurdish New Year. Kurds are an oppressed group in Syria, and Nowruz celebrations always take place under tight security. The video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Syria: Towards a Political Solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUMMARY: With violence escalating and Bashar al-Assad looking unlikely to be pushed from power soon, it is becoming more urgent than ever to find a political solution in Syria. But it is also increasingly apparent that a political resolution is, at minimum, dependent on Russian acquiescence. Without pressure from Moscow, the regime will neither relent in its use of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkish police fight Kurdish protesters, one dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One million people ask for peace: Despite the violence and the intimidation by the police, one million people managed to reach the area where Newroz celebrations are taking place in Diyarbakir. Since early this morning people started to pour into the streets, walking and by buses and cars. Police tried to block the way by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOZENS ARRESTED AND NEWROZ CELEBRATIONS CANCELLED IN TURKEY</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newroz celebrations in Istanbul and Diyarbakir have been cancelled for March 18 after the provincial governorships banned its celebration prior to 21, March. The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirta? has said in a brief statement that the current ruling party in Turkey (AKP) is responsible for this and “No army, no police, [...]]]></description>
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