Monthly Archives: November 2009

Iran set to Execute Kurdish Political Prisoner Ehsan Fattahian on November 11

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

Ehsan Fattahian’s lawyer, Nassrollah Nasri, was notified on November 6 that his client will be executed on Wednesday morning, November 11, 2009, Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) reported today. Ehsan, 27, was arrested in July 2008 and first sentenced …

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Kurdish Political Prisoners Begin a Hunger Strike in Syria

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

According to a report by the human rights group Support Kurds in Syria (SKS), on October 30, a group of Kurdish political prisoners in Adra Prison and Sednaya Military Prison in Damascus began an open-ended hunger strike. The Kurds are …

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