In January of this year, the Syrian army and its allies launched a large-scale offensive against the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The offensive was preceded by…
A 26-year-old Kurdish soldier in the Syrian army was brutally killed after being abducted in the Hesekê (Hasaka) area. The victim was Samî Şêxmûs Hiso, a member of the Hesekê…
Download the brochure online or contact us for a printed version. This brochure, entitled ‘Who are the Kurds?’, aims to provide readers with a comprehensive insight into the history, present-day…
We express our full solidarity with Paula Maier, a German participant in a youth delegation to Bakur/Northern Kurdistan in January 2026. She publicly stated today that she was raped by…
July 29, 2026 Published in Turkish on etha Eva Maria Michelmann, a volunteer correspondent for our agency ETHA, reports on her five-month stay in HTS prisons. Michelmann, who was detained…
People's Bridge, 29 July 2026 On 24 March 2026, several Members of the European Parliament, including Katrin Langensiepen (Greens/EFA) and Özlem Alev Demirel (Die Linke), wrote a joint letter to…
Cologne, July 9, 2026 On July 9, 2026, a press conference was held in Cologne by the family members of journalist Eva Maria Michelmann and her attorney, Roland Meister, following…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLc29gvUEp8 "Hello, everyone, My name is Eva Maria Michelmann I have been held in complete isolation in Syria for months since the beginning of the year. I was locked up…
We express our full and unwavering solidarity with our comrade Ghassan Henchiri, who was arrested by the Tunisian authorities on the evening of March 7 together with five other activists…
20 June 2026 Eva Maria Michelmann, a German journalist from Cologne who had been held captive in Syria for over 150 days, returned to Germany on Friday, 19 June. Her…