Two Kurdish activists has been sentenced to death by the Iranian courts for ‘waging enmity against God’ through ‘propaganda activities’ and ‘membership in a dissident group’ according to the Mokerian News Agency. Ali and Habib Afshari were arrested last year, …
Posted in Executions, Iran | 2 CommentsA 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 …
Posted in Executions, Free speech, Iran, Journalists, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Torture | Leave a commentRonak Saffarzadeh is a Kurdish women’s rights activist, and signatory to “One million signatures campaign for the repeal of discriminatory laws against women”. She was arrested on October 9th, 2008 for distributing pamphlets about “education in Kurdish language and objection …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions, Iran, Women | 2 CommentsKurdish 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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