Ronahî TV

Ronahî TV is a Kurdish television channel focusing on Kurds around the world. The channel was launched back in 2012 and broadcasts from EU countries[1] and Syria.[2] It is the first Kurdish television channel from Kurds in Syria.[3] It reports mostly in Kurdish, but as well in Arabic and English language.[3]

Ronahî TV
Country Rojava
HeadquartersQamishli
Programming
Language(s)Kurdish, Arabic, English
History
Launched2012
Links
Websitehttp://ronahi.tv/

The channel runs via the collective efforts of 250 volunteers and has its headquarters in Qamishli [3] and has teams reporting from Kobani and Afrin.[3]

Eutelsat 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 (PKK) who are considered being a terrorist organization.[1] The EFJ alleges that Eutelsat is taking action due to pressure from the Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), to remove them.[1] It has an YouTube channel with 50'5000 proscribers.[4]

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[5]
  • Kendal Cudi, who was injured in the same mine explosion as Mustefa[6]
  • Zekeriya Şêxo, who was wounded in the Turkish military operation in Afrin[7]

References
  1. "Eutelsat puts pressure to remove Kurdish News Channel TV, Ronahi TV and Sterk TV". europeanjournalists.org. European Federation of Journalists. 16 May 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. "Ronahi TV was founded at the end of 2012 in Amuda and is the only Syrian satellite channel that broadcasts in Kurdish". MSN. 8 November 2015. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. Zurutuza, Karlos. "Syrian Kurds Have Their Own TV Against All Odds". www.ipsnews.net. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. "Ronahi TV". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  5. "Ronahi TV reporter wounded in mine explosion dies". Firat News Agency. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. "Kurdish Ronahi TV journalist wounded in Syria's Manbij, dies". ekurd.net. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. "Ronahi TV cameraman wounded in Afrin". Firat News Agency. 22 Jan 2018. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.


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