Monthly Archives: September 2008
Posted on September 28, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
As 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 …
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Posted on September 28, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Kurdish activists are still calling for an investigation of Soran Mama Hama’s death, which was detailed in July by the Committee to Protect Journalists: Mama Hama, 23, a reporter with the Sulaymania-based Livin magazine, had received threatening messages before the …
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Posted on September 26, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
As 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 …
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Posted on September 23, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Thomas Seibert reports on the pending trial against the main Kurdish political party in Turkey, the Democratic Society Party (DTP). The DTP is the just the latest Kurdish party of several that have had to face the threat of closure …
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Posted on September 19, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
One of many examples of inequality and discrimination facing Kurds in Turkey, from Today’s Zaman: ANKARA (Zaman) – Democratic Society Party (DTP) deputy Nuri Yaman has claimed that a student in the town of AliaÄŸa in the province of Ä°zmir …
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Posted on September 16, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Several Kurdish women and other women’s rights activists in Iran have been arrested throughout the year. Amnesty International has released another public statement renewing it’s demands that the Iranian authorities end their pressure and discrimination against these women’s rights defenders.
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Posted on September 16, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
AFP (via Gulf Times) reports: A Damascus military court jailed 50 Kurds for between four and six months after a 2005 protest calling for a probe into the death of a Kurdish scholar, a Syrian human rights group said yesterday. …
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Posted on September 10, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
From 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 the country. The individuals …
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