A petition has been launched to call for the release of Elfo Ülper, a 79-year old Kurdish mother who has been imprisoned in an M-Type Prison for 8 years and suffers from high blood tension and rheumatism. Elfo Ülper is …
Posted in Health, Petition, Turkey, Women | 4 CommentsLast week, shortly after my father-in-law’s arrest, I came home to find the house dark and empty. My wife, Xezal, was supposed to be home—she had texted me just a few hours before to say she was on her way. …
Posted in BDP, Free speech, Petition, Turkey | Comments Off on Low-Level Torture—A Letter From An Istanbul PrisonOrganizations and individuals are asking for support for the nomination of the imprisoned founder of the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan (HROK), Mr. Mohammad Sadegh Kaboudvand, for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Kurdish rights activist and journalist, Mr. Mohammad Sadegh …
Posted in Call to Actions, Campaigns, Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan, Iran, Journalists, Petition, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience | 12 CommentsA Kurdish political prisoner, Shirkuh (Bahman) Moa’refi, was transferred to solitary confinement yesterday afternoon ahead of his execution, according to his lawyer, Dr. Khalil Bahramian. Shirkuh (also spelled Sherko) was held by the Saqqez Intelligence office and now transferred to …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Petition, Political Prisoners, Torture, Urgent | 6 CommentsEhsan Fattahian’s lawyer, Nassrollah Nasri, was notified on November 6 that his client will be executed on Wednesday morning, November 11, 2009, Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) reported today. Ehsan, 27, was arrested in July 2008 and first sentenced …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Hunger Strikes, Iran, Petition, Political Prisoners, Torture | 8 CommentsFrom Iran Human Rights Voice: Based on a report by Coalition of Human Rights Advocates in Iran, amongst a pile of news printed in recent days, there was some news on an apparent decision by Ayatullah Shahroodi in reference to …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Iran, Petition, Urgent | Comments Off on Farzad Kamangar still faces risk of executionAs reported last week by the Kurdish Human Rights Project: Some 200 Kurdish prisoners of conscience in Iran are undertaking a hunger strike to protest against use of the death penalty and the prevalence of torture in detention centres throughout …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions, Censorship, Discrimination, Executions, Free speech, Health, Iran, Journalists, Our campaigns, Petition, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Torture | 1 CommentAs reported earlier this month, an estimated 200 Kurdish prisoners of conscience have initiated a hunger strike in the prisons of Iran. The Committee for the Support of Hunger Strike for Kurdish Political Prisoners released the following three reports on …
Posted in Call to Actions, Censorship, Discrimination, Executions, Free speech, Health, Iran, Journalists, Petition, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Reports, Suppression, Torture | Comments Off on Health conditions of Kurdish prisoners on Hunger Strike in Iran have greatly worsened