RADIO INTIFADA

Voices from Kolkota to Casablanca

Voices of Struggle, Voices for Change

brought to you by SWANA the (South and West Asian and North Africa) Collective of KPFK

KPFK 90.7 FM in Los Angeles, 98.7FM in Santa Barbara, and Streaming LIVE @ www.kpfk.org

THURSDAY, November 12th 2009, 2:30-3:00 PM  

Kurdish-Turkish Peace Initiative & Current

Developments in Turkey

a discussion with Nazmi Gur, Democratic Society Party of Turkey

representative in Washington DC

Mr. Gur is the founder and former member of the Human Rights Association (HRA) in the province of Van, Turkey. He served as the Secretary General of the HRA for four years, 1997-2001. With other human rights activists, Mr. Gur fought the violations of basic human rights, particularly the burning down and evacuation of Kurdish villages, torture, extra-judicial executions, disappearances, food embargo, forced/internal displacement, and arbitrary detention in Kurdish region of South East Turkey.

Produced and hosted by Nyma Ardalan, SWANA (South and West Asia and North Africa) Collectve of KPFK