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January 30, 2018 at 5:30pm – 7:30pm On the 30th of January 2018, in the Grand Committee Room of the House of Commons, the Centre for Kurdish progress held a public forum with members of an international delegation that traveled to Turkey to observed the trails of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chairs…
December 05, 2017 at 7pm – 9pm The Centre for Kurdish Progress held a public forum with Dr David L. Philips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights, Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University, who previously served as a Senior Adviser andForeign Affairs Expert at…
PUBLIC FORUM ‘IMPLICATIONS OF THE KURDISTAN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM’ On 22nd November, the Centre for Kurdish Progress held a public forum with Academy Associate at the Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House, Dr Renad Mansour; Managing Director at Carduchi and research fellow at the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) at King’s…
November 20, 2017 at 7pm – 9pm On 20th November 2017, the Centre for Kurdish Progress organised a joint forum in the UK Parliament with the Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC) and Peace in Kurdistan on the recent Belgian court of appeal decision ruling that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is not a terrorist organisation. PHOTOS The…
October 23, 2017 at 7pm – 9pm On 23 October 2017, the Centre for Kurdish Progress put on a joint forum in parliament with the Peace in Kurdistan campaign group on ‘Democratic Confederalism’, the alternative political model of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan. The event was kindly hosted by Kate Osamor MP, who…
September 12, 2017 at 7pm – 9pm On Tuesday 12 September 2017, the Centre for Kurdish Progress held a public forum in parliament with keynote speaker Mr Shaswar Abdulwahid Qadir, owner and founder of Nalia Media Corporation (NRT), an independent media organisation in Iraqi Kurdistan. The event was kindly hosted and chaired by Lord Maurice…
September 11, 2017 at 7pm – 9pm The Centre for Kurdish Progress teamed up with Kurdistan24 for a forum in the House of Commons on the upcoming Kurdistan independence referendum entitled ‘The Kurdistan Region: A Strategic Ally in a Tough Neighbourhood’. The event was well attended with the committee room over-spilling with attendees. It was…
June 27, 2017 at 6:30pm – 8:30pm Unite the Union The Centre for Kurdish Progress held a public forum with Nadeem Al-Abdalla, manager of the London-based Anglo-Iraqi Studies Centre (AISC) and Maher Soltan, a journalist and international media advisor to the Imam Hussain Holy Shrine. The event was kindly chaired…
June 19, 2017 at 6pm – 8pm Centre for Kurdish Progress in partnership with Freedom for Ocalan Campaign and Peace in Kurdistan organisations held a book launch event on 19 June 2017. Abdullah Ocalan’s recently published book Abdullah Ocalan: Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization, Volume II Capitalism – The Age…
March 15, 2017 at 6:30pm – 9pm On the evening of the 15th of March, the Centre for Kurdish Progress hosted its annual Newroz (Kurdish New Year) Reception at Portcullis House Westminster at the Houses of Parliament. The event was hosted by the Shadow Home Secretary the Rt Hon Diane…