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	Kurdish Women, their plight and Socio-political Inertia By Dr Amir Sharifi: The ferocious flames had all the signs of despair, they held up a plea, a dramatic protest against a cruel and tormenting reality plaguing the lives of many women in the Kurdish autonomous region in Northern Iraq. Awena Newspaper had vaguely identified the woman from Garmian, a young 33 year old whose husband had taken a second wife. The horrific image of the self- immolation on June 2, 2013 made visible the invisible and agonizing life that the woman had endured. What is shocking is the relative frequency of such tragic incidents and the little effect such acts have... Read More » Iraqi Kurdistan's ruling parties agree on delaying presidential poll ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— Kurdistan region's two ruling parties have agreed to postpone the presidential elections, which were set for September. Leaders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) agreed to postpone the elections hours before regional President Massoud Barzani sent a special proposal to Parliament, advising lawmakers to study the views of all political parties on the draft constitution. "It is better if we postpone the elections so that we can draw a new election law and amend some articles of the constitution... Read More » Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief. June 17, 2013 High European official arrives to Iraq to hold talks with al-Maliki and Barzani. Baghdad: The EU representative of foreign policy, Catherine Ashton arrived on Monday to Baghdad in a visit expected to discuss the Syrian crisis. "Ashton will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki and Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari," A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. It is scheduled for Ashton to visit Kurdistan region and meet the Kurdistan president, Massoud Barzani. -- Talabani can perform his duties as president: Dr. Karim. Slêmanî: Dr. Najmaldin Karim, the authorized spokesman on President Jalal... Read More » Two Iranian Kurds die of self-immolation in Eastern Kurdistan SAHNEH, Iranian Kurdistan,— Two followers of Ahl-e Haqq in Iranian Kurdistan (Eastern Kurdistan) set themselves on fire in protest to the persecution of another member of this group. Ahl-e Haqq is a religious minority whose members are mostly ethnic Kurds. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency Hrana, on June 4, 2013, Hassan Razavi set himself on fire in front of the main administrative office in the Kurdistan Province. Razavi's self-immolation was in protest to how Keyumars Tamnak was being treated by officials in Hamadan Prison. Tamnak had been forced to shave off... Read More »
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