Category: GIN
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The Uyghur Diaspora and International Institutions
Introduction The plight of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang province (widely referred to as East Turkestan by Uyghurs) has recently gained international attention and support. According to the independent Tribunal in London, and multiple parliamentary and governments Uyghur Muslims are undergoing a genocide perpetrated by the Chinese government. The atrocities they face have led to…
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The Abandoned Iraqi – the Promise of “Baqia”
The Middle-East is often polemicized as an area embroiled in perpetual violence, with the orientalist sentiment “the Middle East has always been at war” unjustly imposed upon the people in this region. This narrative has persevered with the invasion of Iraq and the rise of the “Islamic” State of Iraq and Syria (hereinafter referred to…
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The Banjska Attack – Notes (2023)
From 1998 to 1999, one of the bloodiest wars in modern Europe occurred in the territories consisting of ex-Yugoslavia. The Kosovo War was underpinned by the Yugoslavian army’s policy of committing war-crimes against the ethnic Albanian population to keep them under the Serbian led state of Yugoslavia. Consistent war crimes and an aggravated militant situation…
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Syria – October (2023)
A brief timeline of events: 01/06/2023 – A suicide bombing in front of the General Directorate of Security building in Ankara. Two police officers injured. PKK claims responsibility. 05/06/2023 – The Turkish Armed Forces deploy troops and engages in aerial warfare against YPG – the Syrian branch of the PKK. 05/06/2023 – A series of…
Ghurkan Investigative Notes 