Recently I have been travelling through northern Kurdistan, and have met with Kurdish people from all different kinds of backgrounds. They told countless stories of the current systematic oppression and repression they face – especially from the Turkish state –, as well as a

Man who burned Quran wins free speech appeal bbc.in/3J7KSQJ

VICTORY! Hamit Coskun, fined for burning Qur’an in London, wins appeal against conviction Judge says free speech means he had a right to offend, shock & disturb – even if followers of Islam were outraged BIG thanks to National Secular Society & The Free Speech Union theguardian.com/world/2025/oct…

Druze leader appeals to UN over Syria siege thenewregion.com/posts/3308

Today marks six years since Hevrin Khalaf was brutally murdered by a Turkish-backed militia led by U.S.-sanctioned Abu Hatem Shaqra—now promoted to commander over parts of northeast Syria under the Syrian Government’s security forces. As General Secretary of the Future Syria

Turkish spy chief who pressed Hamas: empathetic to hostages, seeks renewed ties with Israel ynetnews.com/article/by9006…

Middle East’s Forgotten Persecutions (Druze to Kurds) moderntokyotimes.com/middle-easts-f…

🇻🇪 At the UN, Venezuela alerts of “a killer roaming around the Caribbean” committing massacres Samuel Moncada displays today's T&T Guardian newspaper, which reported that two Trinbagonians were murdered in the latest U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean

#Iran’s Execution Crisis: 1,500 Death Row Prisoners Defy Regime in Sixth Day of Hunger Strike #StopExecutionsInIran iranfocus.com/human-rights/5… via Iran Focus

#Turkey seeks to extend troop mandates in #Syria, #Iraq, and #Lebanon for three years starting Oct. 30. The pro-Kurdish #DEMParty rejects the move, calling it “illegal” and “interference in other states’ affairs.” npasyria.com/en/131255/

Netanyahu made clear that Turkey’s involvement in any post-ceasefire mission in Gaza is an absolute red line, warning that Ankara’s deep ties to Hamxs and its regional ambitions make its participation entirely unacceptable.

So HTS, which continues to murder Christians, Shia and Allaouites, is now not a terrorist organisation. But Palestine Action, which has never killed anybody, is.

A sober assessment from Meghan Bodette Meghan Bodette on the prospects for an agreement between the Kurdish led administration in northeastern Syria and the transitional government in Damascus kurdishpeace.org/research/kpi-q…

Syrian MP Incites Against Women, Druze and Kurds: Who Bears Responsibility? syrianobserver.com/syrian-actors/…

🚨Urgent Internal conflict within HTS is spreading! First Idlib, then Deir ez-Zor, now Aleppo! A vehicle explosion occurred in the village of Al-Aziziya in the Al-Safira district of eastern Aleppo. Two people were killed when an explosive device planted in a vehicle identified

“Syrian Firing Squads and Forced Death Leaps: A Tipping Point in Syria.” Heartbreaking The New York Times report of around 2,000—mostly Druze—killed in Suwaida, many at the hands of government security forces who filmed and posted their own crimes online. nytimes.com/2025/10/22/wor…

As Keir Starmer signs a deal with TR worth billions, a massive crackdown on human rights is taking place in the country. Just this week, a major independent TV channel was taken over by the state and its editor-in-chief arrested on ‘espionage’ charges. 👇🏽 amnesty.org.uk/press-releases…

“We urge Keir Starmer to use the opportunity of his meeting with President Erdogan to question the disturbing state of human rights in Türkiye & to ensure UK business dealings don’t exacerbate or provide diplomatic cover for human rights abuses” Amnesty UK amnesty.org.uk/press-releases…

"To hell with human rights....