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Fréderike Geerdink 3 posts 0 comments

Journalist, writer and speaker focused on power structures, and those who want to tear them down. She works in Kurdistan and the Netherlands and is the author of 'This Fire Never Dies', (2021). Her previous book, 'The Boys are Dead: The Roboski Massacre and the Kurdish Question in Turkey', (2015) was nominated for the Brusse Prize.

Restoring Şengal: Yazidis Gather to Secure Justice and their Future

In two conferences in Amsterdam and Brussels, members of the Yazidi community tried to heal wounds and look at the future, finding strength in coming together. The genocide against the Yazidis, carried out by ISIS, happened ten years ago, in August of this year. Or, better phrased: it began ten years ago, but the violence […]

Roboski: Murdered for Being Impoverished Kurds

On December 28, 2011, the Dutch journalist Fréderike Geerdink was in Istanbul when the Turkish army massacred members of a Kurdish convoy transporting goods between Turkey and Iraq. Witness reports revealed during the investigation that it occurred with the knowledge of the authorities. The government of northern Kurdistan made sure that people remained absorbed in […]

A Letter to Znar Bozkurt

Dear Znar, How are you? did you sleep last night in yet another bed in the house of friends who gave you a temporary place to hide? How long does it take the European Court of Human Rights to decide whether Sweden can put you on a plane to Turkey? I hope and pray that […]