Two young Kurdish men in Iran will be executed as early as this coming Friday, according to news website Rooz Online. In October of last year, activist organization United4Iran led a campaign urging the Iranian authorities to halt their execution. …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Youth | Leave a commentTwo 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 Comments