Monthly Archives: September 2008
Posted on September 10, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Reporters Without Borders Reports: Reporters Without Borders today called for the release of a Kurdish contributor to national and foreign media, Massud Kurdpoor, who was arrested by intelligence ministry agents at his home in Bukan, Iranian Kurdistan on 7 August …
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Posted on September 10, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Reported by the AFP: DAMASCUS (AFP) — The Syrian authorities have arrested three people, including the brother of the head of a banned Kurdish political group who has been in detention since July, a human rights group said on Saturday. …
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Posted on September 10, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Reported by the AFP: DAMASCUS (AFP) — Syrian authorities have blocked access to 160 dissident websites since 2000 as part of a drive to censure the press and control Internet use, a free speech organisation said on Tuesday. Security services …
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