Press Releases
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January 16, 2003- Kurdish American Group Opposes War
Urges Prosecution of War Criminal Saddam Hussein
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October 20, 2000 - 101 Members of the United States
Congress Urge Turkey to Grant Basic Human Rights to Kurds
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July 24, 2000 - WAGGERS Will Protest Sale of
Copters As US Gears to Sell Killing Machines to Turkey
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July 23, 2000 - Turkey Awards US For Its Killing
Machines
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July 10, 2000 - AKIN Office Ransacked; Police
Does Not Rule Out Hate Crime
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June 20, 2000 - Acclaimed Documentary Exposes
US Double Standard on Kurds Washington Premier Raises Arms Sales Issue
on Capitol Hill
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June 8, 2000 - AKIN Will Participate in Silent
Vigil at Gore Headquarters
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April 13, 2000 - AKIN Will Join Anti IMF &
World Bank Demo. in Washington, DC
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June 29, 1999 - Members of Congress Condemn
Turkey for Ocalan Death Sentence
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March 25, 1999 - Clinton Says Kosovars Can't
Speak Their Language; the Kurds in Turkey Can't Either!
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March 23, 1999 - Kurds Protest the Closure of
their Television Station, Med TV at CNN
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February 16, 1999 - AKIN Condemns Apparent Greek
and U.S. Complicity in Arrest of Ocalan; Calls on International Community
to Oppose Turkey's Genocidal Campaign Against the Kurds
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December 3, 1998 - American University Kennedy
Political Union will host Kani Xulam
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October 3, 1998 -Leyla Zana Sentenced to Two
More Years in Jail
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August 30, 1998 -PKK Declares Cease-Fire
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July 15, 1998 -Chairman Gilman Adds His Voice
to AKIN Campaign Urging Nobel Committee to Award 98 Peace Prize to Leyla
Zana
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May 12, 1998 - Silencing Critics: Top Human
Rights Activist Gunned Down in Turkey
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December 2, 1997 - AKIN Endorses the Content
of Leyla Zana's Letter to President Clinton
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October 24, 1997 - Chairman of House International
Committee demands release of Leyla Zana.
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October 23, 1997 - Nobel Peace Prize Co-Recipient
Jose Ramos-Horta Offers Support to the Fasters
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October 20, 1997 - The Plight of the Kurds Sparks
a Fast!
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September 24, 1997 - A Year Ago, Today, Ten
Kurdish Inmates were Beaten to Death in Turkey
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July 25, 1997 - 100 Members of U.S. Congress
Seek Freedom for Imprisoned Kurdish Parliamentarian
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June 19, 1997 - Turkish Army Claims Another
Victim: the Prime Minister
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June 9, 1997 - Jailing of Kurdish Party Leaders
Shows Absence of "Democracy" in Turkey
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May 29, 1997 - Nobel Peace Prize Winner Condemns
Turkey, Urges Action on Behalf of Kurds, Leyla Zana
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May 23, 1997 - Jose Ramos Horta to speak on
behalf of Leyla Zana
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May 15, 1997 - Turkey Deserves Reprimand for
Assault Across Border
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January 19, 1997 - Kurdish Activist Arrested...
For Missing Student Loan Payment?
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December 21, 1996 - UNHCR Must Support the Refugees
at Atrush Camp
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October 9, 1996 - The Judge Says: Mr. Xulam
to Work at AKIN Offices for 400 Hours
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September 25, 1996 - Turks Attack Kurdish Prisoners;
More Than A Dozen Are Killed!
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July 27, 1996 - AKIN Salutes the Hunger Strikers
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July 24, 1996 - Support for MED-TV
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July 5, 1996 - MED-TV Has Been Banned
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June 3, 1996 - Kani Xulam Free on Bail, Back
at Work in Washington, D.C.
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April 16, 1996 - Turkish Government Convinces
U.S. to Arrest Kurdish Activist in D.C.
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March 26, 1996 - End the War in Kurdistan!
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February 12, 1996 - Despite the Cease-Fire, the
Turkish Army Continues to Destroy Kurdish Villages
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December 14, 1995 - PKK Chair Announces Unilateral
Cease-Fire
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October 10, 1995 - Turkey Surrounds Etrus Camp
in Iraqi-Kurdistan; UN Fails to Aid Against Food Embargo
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September 21, 1995 - Turkish Prime Minister Steps
Down; PKK Cease-Fire is Postponed
