Signature Campaign Academics / Scientists for Rojava
Dear colleagues,
As Network of Kurdish Academics (Kurd-Akad), we consider solidarity with Rojava to be essential
due to the existential threat it faces. We have therefore launched a signature campaign (see below).
We kindly request your signature via email (info@kurd-akad.com).
We are looking forward to your hopefully positive response.
Kind regards
Network of Kurdish Academics Executive Board
Troops loyal to the Syrian transitional government are attacking Rojava with extreme brutality,
resorting to beheadings and kidnappings. This has led to a new wave of refugees, with numerous
cities being encircled and escape routes blocked. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds
more injured. Critical infrastructure has been deliberately paralysed. Healthcare workers and
facilities are also being targeted. There are concrete indications of genocidal actions being taken
against the population of Rojava. Fundamental principles of international law and international
charters are being violated. Prisons holding thousands of IS fighters have fallen into the hands of
troops loyal to the Syrian transitional government, and a significant number of prisoners have
already been released. This has considerable implications for security policy far beyond the region.
The attitude of the international community is shameful not only against the backdrop of the global
threat posed by the terrorist organisation Islamic State.
The Middle East, which has been plagued by ethnic and religious conflicts for decades, urgently
needs stability. The democratic, ecological and gender-equitable principles in Rojava set a key
benchmark for the region’s progressive reorientation. These achievements must be protected and
recognised internationally.
We therefore demand:
- an immediate end to the offensive against Rojava
- Rojava’s status should be recognised
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- Prof. Bamo Parwez Aziz, President of the University of Halabja, Kurdistan
- Dr. Ranjdar Muhammed Azeez, Vice President of the University of Halabja
- Prof. Ass. Hashem Ahmadzadeh, University of Uppsala, Sweden
- Prof. Andrej Grubačić, California Institute of Integral Studies, US
- Dr. Luqman Guldivê, Rojava University
- Prof. em. Philipp G. Kreyenbroek, University of Göttingen, Germany
- Prof. Kamran Matin, University of Sussex, UK
- Prof. Donatella Della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
- Prof. Kariane Westrheim, University of Bergen, Norway
- Prof. Christian Zeller, University of Salzburg, Austria
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Dr. Kamuran Akın, Independent researcher, Germany – Dr. Zeynep Akinci, independent researcher, Catalonia – Prof. em. Haci Akman, University of Bergen, Norway – Eric Angermann, University of Göttingen, Germany – Muriel Gonzalez Athenas, University of Innsbruck, Austria – Serdar Ay, INALCO Paris, France – Dr. Hanifi Baris, University of Aberdeen, Scotland – Dr. Alice von Bieberstein, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany – Assoc. Prof. Joanna Bocheńska, Jagielonian University, Poland – Prof. Kemal Bozay, IU, Germany – Prof. Katharina Brizić, University of Freiburg, Germany – Dr. Peter J. Bumke, ethnologist, Germany – Dr Dîlan Canan Çakir, University of Cambridge, UK – Dr. Haci Cevik, Humboldt University, Germany – Francis Patrick O Connor, Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands – Dr. Sayid R. Darati, Independent researcher – Dr. Dilşa Deniz, Eastern Connecticut State University, US – Dr. Mechthild Exo, University of Emden/Leer, Germany – Prof. em. Nils Gilje, University of Bergen, Norway – Prof. Fatma Muge Gocek, University of Michigan, US – Assoc. Prof. Özlem Göner, City University of New York, US – Prof. Robert Morris Grey, University of Bergen, Norway – Nilufer Gros, PSL University-CNSAD, France – Prof. Line Thorbjørnsen Hilt, University of Bergen, Norway – Prof. Anne Dåsvatn Homme, University of Bergen, Norway – Yasin Duman, KU Leuven, Belgium – Prof. Umut Erel, UK – Hatip Erdoğmuş, Muş Alparslan University, Turkey – İkram Filiz, Muş Alparslan University, Turkey – Dr. Özgür Sevgi Göral, EHESS, France – Prof. Abdurrahman Gülbeyaz, Nagasaki University, Japan – Dr. Cengiz Gunes, The Open University, UZ – Ümit Işık, Muş Alparslan University, Turkey – Dr. Hoshman Ismail, Birmingham Law School, UK – Dr. Murat Issi, University of Macedonia – Dr. Dastan Jasim, GIGA, Germany – Prof. Dr. Nawzad Jemal, University of Sulymania, Kurdistan – Prof. Ahmet Kara, OTH Regensburg, Germany – Hevin Karakurt, Graduate Student, US – Prof. Mehmet Kart, sociologist, Germany – Dr. Sabahattin Kayhan, University of Rojava and University of INALCO Paris, France – Dr. Sait Keskin, Rojava University – Dr. Hewa S. Khalid, Indiana University, US – Assist. Prof. Gulay Kilicaslan, Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Canada – Nika Nadege Klintborg, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany – Prof. Robert Kordts, University of Bergen, Norway – Dr. Christine Löw, Frankfurt a.M., Germany – Prof. em. Shahrzad Mojab, University of Toronto, Canada – Martina Neuburger, University of Hamburg, Germany – Werner Nijman, Silk Road Conversations – Şeyhmus Orkin, Muş Alparslan University, Turkey – Dr. Eleonora Gea Piccardi, University of Coimbra, Portugal – Dr. Kaziwa Salih, Toronto, Canada – Gonçalo D. Santos, University of Coimbra, Portugal – Ergul Savaş, Rojava University – Ass. Prof. Marlene Schäfers, Utrecht University, Belgium – Prof. Martin Meggele Sjøen, University of Bergen, Norway – Prof. Targol Mesbah, California Institute of Integral Studies, US – Dr. Mahmoud Patel, University of the Western Cape, South Africa – İlyas Sayim, Muş Alparslan University, Turkey – Arjin Taş, University of Vienna, Austria – Prof. Selîm Temo, Rojava University, Kurdistan – Dr. Emre Șahin, Rojava University – Tobias Schmitt, University of Hamburg, Germany – Dr. Amir Shariif, California State University Long Beach, US – Dr Berrin Altin Soran, independent scholar, UK – Melik Taş, Muş Alparslan University, Turkey – Dr. Stanley Thangaraj, Stonehill College, US – Ass. Prof. Mustafa Kemal Topal, Roskilde University, Denmark – Necmettin Türk, University of Hamburg, Germany – Dr. Federico Venturini, University of Udine, Italy – Working Group „Critical Geographies of Global Inequalities“, University of Hamburg, Germany – Filiz Yildirim, University of Cambridge, UK
