Wladimir

@vvanwilgenburg

Freelance journalist (MEE, The Region, Daily Beast), analyst, MA Conflict Studies/Kurdish Studies. Not here for discussion or trolls.

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    24 Apr 2016

    I am not on Twitter for debate with anonymous accounts, threats or partisan politics. If you have a question, DM me.

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    The Iraqi parliament is considering a bill providing compensation and rehabilitation for Yezidi survivors of ISIS. This is 'the most significant piece of legislation ever' regarding Yezidis in Iraq, says Yazda.

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    "With new placed on in August 2018, a long-standing network of who, for decades, have facilitated the transportation of contraband from Iraqi to Iran are reaping the benefits." Interesting report by :

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    1 hour ago

    In these districts where the won with more than 50% of the votes will be given now to candidates after the YSK decision: * Amed Baglar * Wan Tuşba * Wan Edremit * Wan Çaldiran

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    The Turkish High Electoral Board (YSK) decides that newly elected mayors previously removed from civil service posts will not be allowed to assume their mandate. This affects mostly candidates, whose positions will be given to candidates

    Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (YSK), KHK ile ihraç edilmiş olan isimlere mazbata verilmemesine karar verdi. Mazbata, yarışı 2'nci bitiren isimlere verilecek.
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    3 hours ago

    The impact of can be clearly seen when four Shapers are invited to the Dead Sea Summit (and Davos for three consecutive years) and given the platform as speakers alongside many global and regional political, business and organizational leaders. Proud!

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    1 hour ago

    Supreme Electoral Board (YSK) decided that candidates dismissed by Emergency Decree Laws (KHK) cannot be mayors. Therefore those came second to be mayors! HDP mayors in Diyarbakır Baglar, Siirt city center, Van Tuşba, Edremit & Kars, Digor Dagpinar are seized from the party

    YSK, KHK'lilerle ilgili kararı verdi
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    5 hours ago

    New Popular Front documentary about Rev Dia, a group of anarchists organising to battle the rise of far-right street politics, is now live. Watch it here.

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    5 hours ago

    My latest, on the diminishing political relevance of the Sunni-Shia divide in the region generally & particularly in Iraq where sectarian dynamics are no longer a chief driver of political instability. . [thread].

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    5 hours ago

    : Baghdad has offered the US-led coalition to try hundreds of foreign IS suspects in exchange for millions of dollars, three Iraqi officials told More here:

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    5 hours ago

    “Every youth, whether a boy or a girl, should have the right to be educated in the accomplishments of half the population.”

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    7 hours ago

    Turkey says it will look elsewhere if U.S. won't sell Patriots, F-35s

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    6 hours ago

    shocked the nation in 2014 by killing over 1,500 cadets and other personnel at a military academy known as Camp Speicher.

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    6 hours ago

    Day 10 since elections: Istanbul’s opposition winner Imamoglu is still not certificated. Part of the CHP officials think this thing going for a re-run election. Imamoglu perhaps need to declare now whether he wld participate such elex or boycott it? Getting more feel like 2015

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    18 hours ago

    Great to meet with to discuss the situation of Yazidi community in Iraq.

    Important meeting with my friend on her work for the Yazidi community and victims of ISIS
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    The coalition is assisting with the repair and refurbishment of some prison facilities (in northeast Syria)," Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Sean Robertson told VOA. "This is an international problem that requires an international solution."

    Prison Repairs Underway to Hold Thousands of IS Fighters
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    7 hours ago

    ‘Mayor-Elect of Mardin Ahmet Turk is Not Given His Certificate of Election as a Delaying Tactic’

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    19 hours ago

    It was great to listen to at the "Faces of Resilience: Future of Syria” panel organized by tonight. Jenny emphasized that US need to politically engage in Syria in addition to military presence

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    8 hours ago

    Kemal Sancılı the former publisher of the banned and closed down Kurdish daily “Özgür Gündem” was released during ongoing “Özgür Gündem” trial. But he has been re-arrested due to a separate conviction from another case

    Özgür Gündem gazetesi davasından yargılanan İmtiyaz Sahibi Kemal Sancılı tahliye edildi. Sancılı bir başka davadan kesinleşmiş hapis cezası olduğu için cezaevine geri gönderildi. …
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    12 hours ago

    My article on the German woman accused of , seven decades after the Holocaust, remarkable similarities in cruelty and dehumanization of minorities, from the SS to ISIS, no difference.

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    9 hours ago

    Today is the birthday of the jailed Kurdish leader His supporters sends him birthday messages through social media. Some share his photos, some his drawings and some even sing for him. 🎂🎈

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