· Hawlati Website: Today, 4 April 2011, at 1:00 PM , a demonstration stared in Erbil, Salahaddin University. Security forces are not letting the journalists to cover the event!
· Hawlati Website: The Kurdistan Parliament cancelled its today’s meeting, 4 April 2011. The parliament present wanted to make it a regular meeting to discuss regular law makings while the opposition members wanted to discuss the immediate demands of the demonstrators.
· Hawlati Website: Suleimany Security Office started a campaign for arresting the Muslim clerics who are leading the Friday prayers in Freedom Square. Mulla Kamaran Ali is in custody for the last 4 days. Mulla Nasrulah, the first who led Friday prayers for demonstrators, was arrested yesterday, 3 April 2011, and another one escaped the arrest as he was not at home when a security forces attacked his home. Security forces didn’t have arrest order from the court for their operations of yesterday.
· Hawlati Website: Suleimany University students are warning the authorities to release the students who have been arrested for the last 2 days and not to arrest anyone without court orders.
· Peyamner Website: In his meeting today, 4 April 2011 with KRG ministers, Massoud Barzani said: We should not mix the demands of the people with the demands of the opposition parties. What people are asking for during their demonstrations are normal requests that we should do our best to achieve. Meanwhile, we should not go by what the opposition parties want to oppose. The situation in Kurdistan is different from what is going on in Arab countries, we took over office through elections.
· Lvin Website: Last Friday, one member of the Temporary Committee for Ranya Freedom Square was tortured by Zeravani Forces (Halgurd Troops, led by Salam Abdulrahman, Kurdistan Democratic Party’s Commando Forces) while he paid a personal visit to his hometown. He was told if he talks about his visit and torcher he will be killed in future.
· Peyamner Website: European Union opened a Representative Office in Erbil on 3 April 2011. Its main task would be governance!
· Standard Website: Talabani told his party’s followers at Erbil branch:
o The 2 Islamic parties agreed to meet him and Nechirvan Barzani in Iran. When he and Barzani arrived there the 2 parties didn’t come. Therefore, as revenge, we will arrest their active members!
o The demonstration will start in Erbil too, I ask you to help Barzani’s party to take over.
o It is true that US asked us not to shoot the demonstrators, but we were not shooting them even before they ask us.
o Iran promised us that it will not support the 2 Islamic parties anymore.
· Standard Website: Mulla Kamaran will be released tomorrow and will give a speech at the Freedom Square in Suleimany. The Cleric was arrested under the anti-terror code as he considered the current demonstrations be a true Jihad.
· Awena Webiste: Koya students are banned from entering Erbil through Degala checkpoint.
· Awena Webiste: Iran forces are bombarding Kurdistan Region’s boarders near Choman.
· Awena Webiste: 7 injured in today’s college students’ demonstrations on the main road of Kalar. Demonstrators were forced to vacate the area after being attacked with mask wearing forces.
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