Ruwayda Mustafah
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Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar (born in Hawler, Kurdistan, 1989) is a freelance British-Kurdish writer based in London, and is currently completing her law degree at Kingston law school. She is the Editor of Kurdish rights, and blogger on Huffington Post.
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20 March 2012
Turkey: Riot Police Continue to Clash with Kurds Celebrating Newroz
Kurdish people are the largest ethnic group in Turkey. They have been subject to state-sanctioned discrimination and human rights violations. Today, in Yuksekova, which is a district in the Hakkari province of Turkey, Kurdish people were attacked for gathering to celebrate Newroz - the Kurdish new year.
18 March 2012
Turkey: Police Attack Kurds Celebrating Newroz
Thousands of Kurds took to the streets in celebration of Newroz across Turkey today but were dispersed with water cannons and tear gas. The celebration marks the first day of Spring. Kurds in the past were not allowed to exert their Kurdish identity in public, but since the 1980s, Newroz has become a symbolic event in highlighting Kurdish culture, and identity.
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