Click to get a sign-in link sent to your email. Please click 'Sign in and Subscribe' to continue. Tweets and other social media entries are not endorsements. Kaplan said his organization does not have the luxury of fragmenting Kurdish issues, but to work on the Kurdish questions in multiple countries simultaneously. “The only axe we have to grind is for the Kurds,” Kaplan told Rudaw. kurdi, english, deutsch, français, español, italiano, türkçe, arabic and farsi. kurdi, english, deutsch, français, español, italiano, türkçe, arabic and farsi. Please click 'Create Account and Subscribe' to create a new account and subscribe to our email alerts. 12,360 talking about this. We cross party lines”. “Justice For Kurds has asked us to communicate to decision makers of the US government both in the executive branch and the Congress messages about the importance of Kurdish people to the US national security interest,” Senior Counsel Stephen Rademaker at the law firm, and former assistant Secretary of State under President George W. Bush told Rudaw in a Zoom interview on February 26th. The President of Kurdistan Region will deliver a keynote speech at a conference on "The Kurds in the Middle East" s… https://t.co/JohoWnif0v, بە وتارێکی تایبەت سەرۆکی هەرێمی کوردستان بەژداری لە کۆنفرانسێک دەکات لە ئەمریکا کە دەربارەی داهاتووی کورد و هەرێمی… https://t.co/keR5bRbKWw, رێکخراوی (دادپەروەری بۆ کورد) بە هاوبەشی لەگەڵ زانکۆی ییەڵ کۆنفرانسێکی ڤێرچواڵ دەربارەی کورد ڕێکدەخات بە بەژداری جە… https://t.co/q4fifaGm0N, Graphic design & logo: Frédéric Menant 7,187 talking about this. WASHINGTON , United States — A New York based pro-Kurdish group has hired international law firm Covington and Burling LLP to advocate for the formulation of a Middle East policy in President Joe Biden’s new administration that benefits Kurds. Kurdish news search engine offering news in 11 languages incl. Justice for Kurds (JFK), a Franco-American non-profit advocacy group, was established in 2017 by French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy and American billionaire and conservationist Thomas Kaplan, who currently chairs the organization. Rudaw is a broadcast and digital news network based in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, publishing in English, Kurdish, Arabic, and Turkish. Rudaw delivers current news from the Middle East to a global audience through its award-winning platforms. Rudaw delivers current news from the Middle East to a global audience through its award-winning platforms. Rojname is not responsible for the content of any externally linked website or webpage. Forgot your password? ‎ڤیدیۆکانی بەشی بەرهەمهێنان و بەرنامەکانی رووداو بڵاودەکەینەوە‎ 19th group of Kurdish refugees takes over hunger strike in Greek camp ANF News 12:58 4-Apr-21 Young women celebrate Öcalan's birthday playing daf in the streets of Zurich ANF News 11:57 4-Apr-21 Kurds in 'mountain prison' cower as Turkey fights PKK with drones in Iraq The Guardian 11:41 4-Apr-21 we will not accept the status quo with regards to taking the Kurds for granted, we will take whatever it takes… in order to grow that agenda”, JFK has over 100 dignitaries from the US and Europe in its advisory group including former president George Bush’s brother Jeb Bush, retired General David Petraeus, former congress members. The network aims to impart news and information about Kurdistan and the Middle East in … | Advertise with us! Rudaw is a broadcast and digital news network based in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, publishing in English, Kurdish, Arabic, and Turkish. We are sorry, but the email address you entered does not appear to be valid. JFK plans to work with the law firm for as long as the Kurdish people remain disenfranchised, according to Kaplan. Please try different keywords. Sign up for a FREE NewsNow account and get our email alert of the day's top stories from the UK and around the world. Please check you have typed it correctly. In response to whether the advocacy group was worried the new administration may keep on with the former administration’s policies, Kaplan said, “it’s too soon to tell […] but the answer is yes, not because we have seen any evidence for it, but because we have not yet seen evidence against it.”. There are over 250,000 Kurds in the UK, making it one of the largest diasporas in the country. In an interview with Rudaw on February 25, Kaplan said, “our aim is to make sure those in the West understand that not only are the Kurds important for our national security… we also share common values that the Kurdish people are part of the solution for the Middle East and the broader region”. Date: January 5, 2021 Author: Karwan Faidhi Dri. Rudaw Media Network Rudaw is a Kurdish media network funded and supported by Rudaw Company. You can unsubscribe whenever you want. The Kurdish National Council (KNC, Kurdish: Encûmena Niştimanî ya Kurdî li Sûriyê ‎, ENKS; Arabic: المجلس الوطني الكوردي ‎ al-Majlis al-Waṭaniyy Al-Kurdi) is a Syrian Kurdish political party. Rudaw Media Network consists of Digital Portal Rudaw.net, a weekly newspaper, TV (A Kurdish news channel), and radio station. Two days ago, Rudaw Satellite Channel published a news with the broad title, stating that the Kurdish National Council in Syria withdrew from the National Coalition for the Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, and it was not satisfied with that, but fabricated another news, in which it confirmed that the Kurdish National Council will transfer its headquarters and offices from Turkey to Saudi Arabia or Egypt. Rudaw: CPJ calls on Turkey to release pro-Kurdish news outlet’s journalist. In an interview with Rudaw on February 25, Kaplan said, “our aim is to make sure those in the West understand that not only are the Kurds important for our national security… we also share common values that the Kurdish people are part of the solution for … In October 2019, former US president Donald Trump, after a phone call with his Turkish counterpart, decided to withdraw troops from Syria, green lighting Turkey’s incursion into the Kurdish-held northeastern Syria. The network aims to impart news and information about Kurdistan and … Rademaker told Rudaw he believes there is a ”very receptive audience in the United States government for that message”. © Copyright 1997 - 2021 NewsNow Publishing Limited. Despite the resignation of then Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and the US envoy to defeat ISIS Brett McGurk, the Trump administration proceeded with the withdrawal prompting many to question the reliability of the United States as an ally to the Kurds. Goditi la tua musica preferita, notizia, gli sport, e migliaia di stazioni online su LiveOnlineRadio.net This gives us the flexibility to be able to be nimble,” Kaplan told Rudaw. An existing account was found for this email address. News Rudaw. 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Rudaw Media Network was temporarily banned in Syrian Kurdistan due to its partisan news and alleged smear campaigns against the Kurdish political parties which oppose the Kurdistan Democratic Party, a ruling political party led by the Barzani family members. Please ensure your password has at least 8 characters, an uppercase and a lowercase letter, and a number or symbol. “We believe that in a country as divided as the United States is today, the Kurdish cause represents what we call low hanging fruit for the new administration to be able to establish at least one area in which there is true bipartisan appreciation,” said the JFK chairman. Rudaw delivers current news from the Middle East to a global audience through its award-winning platforms. 2,514 talking about this. پۆرتاڵی رووداو دوایین هەواڵەکانی کوردستان و رۆژهەڵاتی ناوەڕاست و جیهان بڵاودەکاتەوە. “We are advocating for all Kurds. We will not share your email address with any third parties. Listen to Rudaw News Radio, Stazione radio Iraq. 561,760 talking about this. ‎سۆشیاڵمیدیای رووداو، بەشێکی رووداو دیجیتاڵە. Suggest a website! Same for Britain, we have labor lords and conservative lords. By clicking 'Sign in and Subscribe' you agree to us subscribing you to our newsletter in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Legal Notice.Emails, which may be sent daily or less frequently, may include marketing elements. A war of crossings between the regime and the SDF: Who loses? You can unsubscribe whenever you want. At the time there was no lobbying group to advocate for the Kurds, Kaplan says, “but now there is…. Rudaw Media Network publishes in Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish and English. 626,187 likes. It’s pro-Democrat, pro republican to the extent that they will respect and honor our long standing commitment and responsibilities to the Kurdish people ” Kaplan told Rudaw. The first Kurdish TV channel Rudaw launches on Freeview 271 via the Channelbox platform in the UK. On the lobbying account apart from Rademaker who is well connected to the Republicans, there is also Howard Berman, a former Congressman from California who served as the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign affairs from 2008 to 2011 and is a well connected politician to the Democrats. Subscribe to our email alert of the day's top stories from the UK and around the world. All rights reserved. Don't miss out! Pressed for more specific details on what issues, or what part of Kurdistan they are focusing on, Rademaker told Rudaw: “We are not focused on the Kurdish population of any particular country in the Middle East. We don’t receive any government or official money from any Kurdish source, actually any government source, we are completely independent in terms of our narrative, in terms of our thought process, and in terms of our funding. In France there are people on our advisory council that range socialist, communist all the way to conservatives. Rudaw is a broadcast and digital news network based in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, publishing in English, Kurdish, Arabic, and Turkish. “The Kurdish language is under great threat in northern Kurdistan,” writer Kerem Tekoglu told Rudaw English late Monday, referring to Kurdish-majority areas in southeast Turkey. Rudaw is a Kurdish news network delivering news … The Kurdish news search engine of Rojname.com is publishing content of mostly Kurdish news-feeds with link to the source for 15 years. We are talking about the Kurdish population in general, although obviously there are some countries where the Kurdish people face greater risks.”.