Monthly Archives: December 2008
Posted on December 31, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
From Iran Human Rights Voice: Hana Abedi is a Kurdish student who has been in detention for the past fourteen months, with the last two months spent in exile in Razan Prison in the city of Hamedan. Her family members …
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Posted on December 31, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Ronak Safarzadeh, a 21 year old member of the Azamehr Association of Women of Kurdistan and an activist for the One Million Signatures Campaign was has been imprisoned since October 2007 under extremely harsh conditions. Ronak’s severe infections were continuously …
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Posted on December 31, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
From 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 …
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Posted on December 25, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
On the second of November, Human Rights Activists in Iran reported that Iranian security forces arrested four Kurdish citizens – Variya Eskandari, Diyakoo Qobadi, Majid Veysi, and Vahid Nabizadeh. From Iran Visual News: According to this human rights website, Vahid …
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Posted on December 24, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
From Human Rights Activists in Iran At the 22:00 on December 15th, 2008, at the Panjavin border of Kurdistan province, the Revolutionary Guards shot two Kurdish civilians, who died instantaneously. Based on eyewitness reports, last night around Deh Rurgan village …
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Posted on December 24, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
In a translation of a news report by the Mokrian News Agency, Iran Human Rights Voice reports that four Kurdish citizens have been arrested in Iran. During the past couple of days, four Kurdish citizens from the villages around Orumiyeh, …
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Posted on December 24, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Reports have emerged indicating that Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, journalist and founder of Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan, has suffered a second heart attack on the 17th of December while in prison. Kaboudvand was charged with “acting against national security by …
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Posted on December 23, 2008 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
According to Global Voices Online, Davood Azadfar, a Kurdish blogger from the city of Mahabad was detained by authorities for criticizing the city’s authorities in his blog. We will provide you with updates as soon as we have more information.
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