Category Archives: General

A fascinating debate from the excellent Frontline Club on Iraq: Escalating violence and sectarian division is at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/25338503Iraq: Escalating violence and sectarian division

Kurds are becoming a major new factor in the Middle East and could overcome old injustices and fashion new alliances for the better. A generation ago the plight of the Kurds was dire in all four countries where they mainly … Continue reading →

Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s views of Tony Blair and the Iraq war are not new. Very little is in the debate between those who supported intervention in Iraq and those who opposed it. There was also very little in the Archbishop’s … Continue reading →

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – This week, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Council of Ministries established a Women’s Rights Monitoring Board. KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani led the board’s first meeting. Types of violence committed against women were addressed during the … Continue reading →

“A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” Stalin apparently said this to Churchill on the news of the death of a close friend of the British Premier. The cynical saw speaks to a wider truth … Continue reading →

Beyond Borders premiered the documentary Kulajo: My Heart Is Darkened this Wednesday 22nd August 2012, at the Edinburgh Filmhouse, as part of the Beyond Borders ‘Small Nations in Cinema’ season. The event was sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) … Continue reading →

Ms Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, High Representative to the UK of the Kurdistan Regional Government said: “Yesterday, President Obama’s warning that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would cross a red line sent a clear message that such barbaric … Continue reading →

  Many have heard that the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of people. Only some will understand what was involved in the slaughter, and fewer still will know he systematically targeted the Kurdish people … Continue reading →

Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir delivered this lecture at Coventry University on  4 July 2012. Greeting & Introduction Professors, ladies, gentlemen and distinguished guests, Good morning and thank you for having me here to speak with you today. It is a … Continue reading →

The Head of the Foreign Relations Department in the Cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Falah Mustafa Bakir recently addressed a meeting of the APPG. He explained that the KRG was seeking to build a civilised society from the ashes … Continue reading →