Ronahî TV is a Kurdish television channel focusing on Kurds around the world. The channel was launched in 2012 and broadcasts from
EU countries
and
Syria. Its headquarters are in Qamishli.
Description
It is the first Kurdish television channel from Kurds in Syria.
It reports mostly in
Kurdish, but as well in
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...
and
English language.
The channel runs via the collective efforts of 250 volunteers and has its headquarters in Qamishli
and has teams reporting from
Kobani and
Afrin.
Eutelsat
Eutelsat S.A. is a French satellite operator. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas, it is the world's third-largest satellite operator in terms of revenues.
Eutelsat's satellite ...
on 14 April 2017 expressed its intention “to remove” the ability for Ronahi TV to broadcast, on grounds that Ronahi TV has broadcast statements by members of the
Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) and the
Kurdistan Workers' Party
The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement, which historically operated throughout Kurdistan, but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of sou ...
(PKK) who are considered being a terrorist organization.
The EFJ alleges that Eutelsat is taking action due to pressure from the Turkish
Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), to remove them.
It has a YouTube channel with 50'5000 proscribers.
Several Ronahi TV-employed journalists have died or been wounded in the
Syrian Civil War, among them are:
* Mustefa Mihemed, who died from injuries related to a mine explosion on July 13, 2016
*Kendal Cudi, who was injured in the same mine explosion as Mustefa
*Zekeriya Şêxo, who was wounded in the
Turkish military operation in Afrin
Operation Olive Branch ( tr, Zeytin Dalı Harekâtı) was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces and Syrian National Army (SNA) in the majority-Kurdish Afrin District of northwest Syria, against the People's P ...
References
Kurdish-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2012
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