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		<title>Moving forward in Kurdistan and setting the stage for change</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/03/moving-forward-in-kurdistan-and-setting-the-stage-for-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As demonstrations and protests across Sulaimanyia rage past its third week, what is resoundingly clear is that the Kurdistan government needs a detailed plan of action to deal with grievances and to cater for the demands and voices of the people. Ultimately, it&#8217;s the people that sway governance, and leaders and politicians can only assume [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>In the midst of a new Middle Eastern storm, Kurdistan needs evolution not revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  A socio-political earthquake has arrived in the Middle East that threatens to bury a number of regimes and rulers with it. The notion of transformation and democratisation in the Middle East has been a long-established taboo that has seemingly been smashed in a matter of weeks. Much like the last wave of global political [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The democratic will of the people cannot be ignored</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/02/the-democratic-will-of-the-people-cannot-be-ignored/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a tense political climate ensues in Kurdistan ahead of the critical national elections in March, the notion of change and evolution must be embraced, however, at a crucial historical juncture the Kurds must be careful to guide their region towards a new dawn and not a tainted past. There is nothing wrong with change, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New political climate must not compromise Kurdistan</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/01/new-political-climate-must-not-compromise-kurdistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s embrace the new democratic beginning in Kurdistan, not allow our historical disadvantages resurface. With escalating tensions between Change Movement and PUK a real danger &#8211; further disunity, a historical Kurdish failing, will only handicap the Kurdistan Region and benefit Kurdish rivals The unprecedented elections in the Kurdistan Region in July of last year, with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>An affective judicial system is the best judge of a functioning civil democracy</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/04/an-affective-judicial-system-is-the-best-judge-of-a-functioning-civil-democracy/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/04/an-affective-judicial-system-is-the-best-judge-of-a-functioning-civil-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  An independent and modernized judicial system remains the best benchmark of a civilized democracy. Progress remains to be made, although the government have admittedly been their own worst critic and have outlined the importance of a sound and respected judicial system, and their belief in the supremacy of the law. A prominent judicial system [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>As Kurdistan Government battles back against damning Amnesty International Report, the truth may well be somewhere in the middle.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human rights organization, Amnesty International, issued a new report on Kurdistan Region based on a fact finding mission in 2008. Whilst sounding improvements in the region, the main sway of the report was a warning that Kurdish security forces operate &#8220;beyond the rule of law&#8221;. In a stark disapproval, Ismat Argushi, General Director of Security [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Look at Democracy in Kurdistan</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/03/a-look-at-democracy-in-kurdistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From fighting in the mountains to running in parliament, fundamental achievements have been made since 1991 but democracy is still bogged by changing times, factional alliances and increasing expectations of the people. To state that 1991 was a unique milestone in Kurdish history is perhaps the understatement of the century, for the Kurds, quite literally. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurdish Authorities Welcome CPJ Report on Kurdish Press</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2008/05/kurdish-authorities-welcome-cpj-report-on-kurdish-press/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2008/05/kurdish-authorities-welcome-cpj-report-on-kurdish-press/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has received much praise and attention as an oasis of peace and economic prosperity, particularly in contrast to an Iraq blighted by turmoil, one of the criticisms has been a lack of a fully liberal press. Although a blossoming media has been witnessed in a relatively short period, with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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