Young Iranian Kurds Loghman Moradi and Zaniar Moradi have been fighting for their lives ever since they were sentenced to death by hanging by the Iranian regime on December 22nd, 2010. The two men have spent years in Iranian prisons, …
Posted in Amnesty International, Call to Actions, Iran | Leave a commentThe Syrian government recently has intensified its arrests and abductions of the Kurdish activists who speak out against the inequality and discrimination the Kurdish people face in Syria. In 2010, dozens of Kurdish political activists were sentenced to prison on …
Posted in Activism, Amnesty International, Discrimination, Free speech, Journalists, Kurdistan, Political Prisoners, Suppression, Syria, Torture, Violence | Leave a commentURGENT ACTION TWO KURDS AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION Hossein Khezri, a 28-year-old man, and Zeynab Jalalian, a 27-year-old woman, both members of Iran’s Kurdish minority, are feared to be at imminent risk of execution. Both were convicted of “enmity …
Posted in Amnesty International, Call to Actions, Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners | Leave a commentFollowing the March 21 shooting at Kurds celebrating Norouz (new year) in the town of Ar-Raqqah, which left at least one person dead, the international human rights organizations Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have issued statements today. According to …
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