Kurdish politician Leyla Zana jailed after SOAS speech
Posted by KSSO in News on 02. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
SOAS Vice Principal, Professor Nirmala Roa, said: “Our Principal has written to the Turkish Embassy asking for clarification about the charges being brought against Ms Zana.
“SOAS is committed to the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge. This can only be done effectively in an atmosphere of openness, mutual tolerance and intellectual freedom, without fear of intimidation or reprisal. For SOAS freedom of speech is paramount and the notion that people should be prosecuted for things said in an academic seminar at SOAS is deeply worrying.”
Seminar on parliamentary and presidential elections in Kurdistan of Iraq
Posted by KSSO in Seminar on 30. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
Kamal Rauf the editor in cheif of Hawlati newspaper will highlight the main issues in the recent Kurdistan regional elections in Iraq which were held on the 25th of July, 2009.
Call out for assistance for research on Yezidis in the UK
Posted by KSSO in Research on 11. Jul, 2009 | 6 Comments
Research into the Yezidi community in the UK, looking at the difficulties which may be encountered by Yezidis in conducting aspects of their religious practice and in assuring the continuance of their religion in the conditions of isolation implied a minority status.
