Posted on February 14, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Below is a Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders) press release about the heavy verdict issued to Ozan Kilinç, the editor and owner of the only Kurdish paper in Turkey. Kurdish newspaper editor sentenced to 21 years in prison February …
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Posted on February 8, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Below is a letter from Farzad Kamangar, A Kurdish teacher who was sentenced to death for alleged ties to the PKK. In his trial, which lasted seven minutes, neither Kamangar or his lawyer were allowed to speak. Below is a …
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Posted on February 5, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Another wave in the arrest and imprisonment of Kurdish people in Iran has begun. In recent days, a large number of activists in fields ranging from environmental science, literature, art, business, labor rights advocacy and academia to politics have been …
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