Monthly Archives: January 2011

Rights activist’s letter of concern over imminent execution of political prisoner in Iran

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Voices that are buried under the debris of silence A letter by Kurdish rights activist Ms. Soraya Fallah to Ms. Shirin Abadi concerning the imminent execution of a female Kurdish political prisoner Zainab Jalalian. (Translated to English from Farsi by …

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European MPs are denied access to ‘landmark’ Kurdish trials in Turkey

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Reuters Ibon Villelabeitia reports on Turkey’s refusal to allow European MPs to attend the trial of Kurdish defandants in what some say are landmark cases regarding the Kurdish question in Turkey: Euro MPs say they banned from Kurdish trial (Reuters) …

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Kurdish political prisoner Farhad Tarom becomes the latest victim in Iran

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Kurdish political prisoner Mr. Farhad Tarom has reportedly become the latest executed prisoner in Iran according to a number of independent sources inside Iran. According to the outlawed Kurdish News Agency, Mr. Farhad Tarom had been residing in Iraqi Kurdistan …

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Iran reportedly executes another Kurdish political prisoner; authorities refuse to confirm

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Just a couple of weeks after activists worldwide began protesting the imminent risk of execution of Kurdish political prisoner, Mr. Habibollah Latifi, Iranian authorities reportedly executed another political prisoner, Mr. Hossein Khezri. A number of unverified reports state that Mr. …

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AP: Iran unleashes ‘execution binge’ with average of one hanged every 8 hours

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Rights group decries ‘execution binge’ in Iran Associated Press: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities have unleashed an “execution binge” with an average rate of one person hanged every eight hours since the beginning of the year, a rights …

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