From Iran Human Rights Voice: Hana Abedi is a Kurdish student who has been in detention for the past fourteen months, with the last two months spent in exile in Razan Prison in the city of Hamedan. Her family members …
Posted in Iran, Trials, Women, Youth | Comments Off on Presiding Judge in Hana Abedi Case Not Aware of Her ExileRonak Safarzadeh, a 21 year old member of the Azamehr Association of Women of Kurdistan and an activist for the One Million Signatures Campaign was has been imprisoned since October 2007 under extremely harsh conditions. Ronak’s severe infections were continuously …
Posted in Health, Iran, Prisoners of Conscience, Women | Comments Off on Imprisoned women's rights activist denied medical treatmentFrom Iran Human Rights Voice: Based on a report by Coalition of Human Rights Advocates in Iran, amongst a pile of news printed in recent days, there was some news on an apparent decision by Ayatullah Shahroodi in reference to …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Iran, Petition, Urgent | Comments Off on Farzad Kamangar still faces risk of executionOn the second of November, Human Rights Activists in Iran reported that Iranian security forces arrested four Kurdish citizens – Variya Eskandari, Diyakoo Qobadi, Majid Veysi, and Vahid Nabizadeh. From Iran Visual News: According to this human rights website, Vahid …
Posted in Iran, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression | Comments Off on Four Iranian Kurds arrested in IranFrom Human Rights Activists in Iran At the 22:00 on December 15th, 2008, at the Panjavin border of Kurdistan province, the Revolutionary Guards shot two Kurdish civilians, who died instantaneously. Based on eyewitness reports, last night around Deh Rurgan village …
Posted in Iran, Violence | Comments Off on Two Kurdish Civilians Killed by Armed Forces in IranIn a translation of a news report by the Mokrian News Agency, Iran Human Rights Voice reports that four Kurdish citizens have been arrested in Iran. During the past couple of days, four Kurdish citizens from the villages around Orumiyeh, …
Posted in Iran, Prisoners of Conscience | Comments Off on Four Kurds arrested in IranReports have emerged indicating that Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, journalist and founder of Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan, has suffered a second heart attack on the 17th of December while in prison. Kaboudvand was charged with “acting against national security by …
Posted in Health, Prisoners of Conscience, Reports, Torture | Comments Off on Kurdish activist suffers second heart attack in prisonAccording to Global Voices Online, Davood Azadfar, a Kurdish blogger from the city of Mahabad was detained by authorities for criticizing the city’s authorities in his blog. We will provide you with updates as soon as we have more information.
Posted in Iran, Prisoners of Conscience | Comments Off on Blogger in Iranian Kurdistan arrested