Worker-communist Party of Kurdistan

The party had a leading role in the 2011 protests in the Suleymaniyah city. Nawzad Baban, member of politburo, was one of the leaders of the protests. He was kidnapped by ruling government with some other party members and released after several days. Shortly after the protests Worker-communist Party of Kurdistan was officially recognized by the Kurdistan Regional Government. The party rejected several times to receive any budget from the government though. ==Later developments==

In late 2018, Cebar Mistefa, one of the members of the party's Central Committee, died in Australia after a struggle against cancer. Mistefa had reportedly played a role in organizing the 1991 Iraqi uprisings, but later went into exile in Australia. In 2022, the party condemned the Turkish military's operations against Kurdish militants in the Kurdistan Region as aggression, and called on the population to stop the assaults of the Turkish occupation. In a protest event in Silêmanî on 21 July 2022, the party commemorated the civilian victims of the Turkish airstrikes. In a speech, the party member Mehmud Helaq called Turkey a fascist state willing to kill hundreds or thousands of civilians for its military gains. ==See also==