Reuters correspondent, Khaled Yacoub Oweis, reports: DAMASCUS, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Syrian authorities have arrested two Kurdish leaders and charged one with a capital offence, as part of a campaign to crush political dissidents that has triggered international protests. The …
Posted in Censorship, Free speech, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Syria, Trials | Comments Off on Syria arrests two Kurdish leadersThis is recent and disturbing news from AKI (Adnkoronos International Iran), showing that the mistreatment of Kurds: Yousuf Ben Azizi, was found guilty of ‘subversive activities’ after he published several articles three years ago after protests in the city of …
Posted in Free speech, Iran | Comments Off on Iranian Kurdistan: Journalist Jailed for Five YearsMassoud Kordpour is a Kurdish human rights activist who has been arrested for the second time by the Iranian authorities supposedly for “spying” for foreign governments: This time authorities accused him of being a spy after he gave interviews to …
Posted in Iran, Journalists, Reports, Trials | Tagged Human Rights, Iran, kordpour, Kurds, massoud | 2 Comments