From Amnesty International: A Kurdish boy, believed to be 16 or 17 years old at the time of execution, was executed in Iran on Tuesday. Mohammad Hassanzadeh was hanged in Sanandaj prison following his conviction for the murder, when aged …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Kurdistan, Youth | Comments Off on AI: Kurdish boy executed in IranReport by Owen Bowcott from the Guardian UK: Families seek redress for Turkish incursions Raids on Kurds blamed for deaths and damage in Iraq British lawyers take cases to human rights court British lawyers are taking Turkey to the European …
Posted in European Union, Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on Families seek redress for Turkish incursions / British lawyers take Turkey to EU Court of HRIFEX – News from the international freedom of expression community ALERT – TURKEY 6 June 2008 Three members of children’s choir face charges of “making propaganda for a terrorist organisation” after singing Kurdish song in U.S. music festival (Antenna-TR/IFEX) – …
Posted in Censorship, Free speech, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey, Youth | Comments Off on Kurdish Youth face prison charges in Turkey for singing Kurdish song in San FranciscoKurdish Media reports on recent statements from members of Iraqi Parliament: London (KurdishMedia.com) 05 June 2008: As the result of the Turkish and Iranian bombardments for the last two years, 450 southern Kurdish families have been displaced, two MP’s of …
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Terror, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on 450 Kurdish families displaced by Turkish/Iranian bombardmentsFrom the Agence France-Presse (AFP): SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — Iranian shelling of five villages in Iraqi Kurdistan close to the border wounded at least two civilians Wednesday, a security official told AFP. The pre-dawn bombardment of the villages near the town …
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Violence | Comments Off on Iranian Shelling Wounds Two In Iraqi KurdistanFrom the Turkish Daily News: Tens of thousands of people gathered yesterday in Kadiköy district on Istanbul’s Anatolian side demanding a “peaceful solution” to the Kurdish problem. Many demonstrators at the gathering who spoke to the Turkish Daily News highlighted …
Posted in Activism, Free speech, Reports, Turkey | Comments Off on Tens of thousands in Istanbul rally for peace