Category: Political Prisoners
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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Posted on December 12, 2011 by AKR
In an annual census of imprisoned journalists conducted by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Iran and Turkey were listed amongst the countries with the most number of arrests. Other countries noted as the world’s worst for journalists included China, …
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Iran,
Journalists,
Political Prisoners,
Reports,
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Posted on December 2, 2011 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Legal action has been taken against 76 Kurdish politicians, including 30 detainees who were taken into custody for taking part in political classes. The detainees are charged with “spreading propaganda for an illegal organisation”. The classes were organised by BDP, …
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Posted on December 1, 2011 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
European lawyers federation AED and ELDH have urged the Turkish government to release Kurdish lawyers imprisoned in the KCK investigation. In a joint statement, they concluded the following; We are deeply concerned about the arrests of lawyers and raids on …
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