Category: Free speech
Posted on January 9, 2012 by AKR
A database of political prisoners in Iran has been compiled by online activists using the social media tool, Hyper Activist. The database names the prisoners, information including charges and their activity/occupation, along with their ethnicity. Verification for each prisoner is …
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Journalists,
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Prisoners of Conscience,
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Posted on January 7, 2012 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Kurdish blogger and Human rights activist Rojin Mohemedi has been released from Evin prison. She was released on the 2nd of January according to her Facebook fan page. When she returned to Iran from Istanbul, she was arrested at the …
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Posted on December 24, 2011 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
36 journalists have been sent to jail for alleged links with KCK (Union of Communities in Kurdistan) despite lack of evidence of any criminal activities or association with KCK. The list of the detainees is as follows, published on DIHA. …
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Activism,
Free speech,
Media,
Turkey,
Women |
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Posted on December 23, 2011 by Naila Bozo
Editor’s note: Naila is a frequent contributor to both KurdishRights.org and MideastYouth.com. Her poems and stories capture the spirit of Kurdistan. Below is her latest poem: A Wan Minute Kurdistan brushes my hair, gently singing I am your mother, I …
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