EMERGENCY COMMITTEE FOR ROJAVA

We envision a future where the world works for everyone, as we stand in solidarity with the struggle for freedom in Kurdistan and around the globe.

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Our Mission

The Emergency Committee for Rojava was founded in 2018 in response to Turkey’s invasion of Afrin. We believe Rojava’s experiment in democratic confederalism, built on principles of pluralism, ecology, and feminism, offers a new model of radical democracy in a world that clearly needs one.

Our mission is to defend Rojava, popularize its political ideas, campaign against U.S. complicity in Turkey’s war on the Kurds, and urge the resumption of peace negotiations between the Kurdish movement and the Turkish government.

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News & Updates

  • SYRIAN KURDS UNDER ATTACK

    January 29,2026

    UPDATE FROM ROJAVA
    Syrian state forces have launched a systematic assault on all territories of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. We call on you to raise your voices, show your solidarity with the people of Rojava, and put pressure on Congress to act.

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  • CALL ON CONGRESS

    January 19,2026

    STOP THE WAR ON SYRIAN KURDS
    Your help is needed to defend the Kurdish people in Syria and the movement in Rojava. Call on members of US Congress to take immediate action to stop the Syrian state’s war on Kurds!

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  • SOLIDARITY WITH ALEPPO'S KURDS

    December 13, 2025

    Hands off Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh!
    For several days, the Syrian Transitional Government has been carrying out an escalating assault on Aleppo's Kurdish-majority neighborhoods, Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh, attacking residential communities with rockets, artillery, small arms, suicide drones, and ground incursions.

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  • DEFEND ROJAVA

    November 25, 2025

    We aim to stop Turkey’s ongoing attacks and human rights violations against the Kurds and other minorities because this region provides an extraordinary beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East and beyond.

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Let Congress know you won’t stand for US inaction and complicity while people suffer in Rojava under Turkish attacks and occupation. Click here to enter your address and ZIP code to find your Representatives and Senators. Then use our script as a guideline for a call or visit to get the conversation started.

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Or, donate directly to Heyva Sor, the Kurdish equivalent to the Red Cross doing the on-the-ground work to care for injured and displaced people.

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