Monthly Archives: January 2009
Posted on January 28, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
On Thursday, January 15th, Abbass Jalilian, a Kurdish writer, was arrested in Eslam Abad City, which is located in the western part of Kermanshah. Abbass Jalilian, who goes by the name of “Kaou,†is a famous writer of the Kurdish …
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Three Kurdish citizens from the Kamyaran province have been arrested by the Department of Intelligence. On Friday, January 16, 2009, the Security Forces commenced searches of the small villages of Alk and Mareb of the Kamyaran province and proceeded to …
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
An imprisoned Iranian rights activist and journalist, Mohammad Sadigh Kabudvand, is the latest recipient of a Hellman/Hammett grant, awarded by Human Rights Watch (HRW) to persecuted writers. Kabudvand, the head of the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan, is serving a …
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Via Human Rights Activists in Iran: On the morning of Jan 17th 2009, Mr. Ali Haydarian and Mr. Farzad Kamangar were transferred from Rajae city prison to the public court of Tehran to be given additional new charges. Mr. Farhad …
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
According to a press release by Human Rights Activists in Iran, Zeinab Jalalian, a member of the Kurdish party, has been sentenced to execution for “acting against national interests”. Ms. Jalalian is a political activist from Maku who has been …
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
After spending two years in detention, a Kurd from Soleimanieh in Iraq has been sentenced to death by a preliminary court. Sarvahar Omar Faraj, an Iraqi citizen, has been prosecuted for murdering a fellow-citizen in 2000. But since the court …
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Posted on January 15, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
It has been over 20 days since the detention of Mehdi Hamidi, an activist on cultural and literary issues in Kermanshah province. The reason for his detention and his whereabouts are still unclear. Follow-ups by family members to gain access …
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Posted on January 14, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
From Human Rights Activists in Iran: A Kurdish political activist was sentenced to a year and half imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court for the crime of unlawful crossing of the Iranian boarder. Last week, Judge Babai of the first unit …
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