Monthly Archives: April 2010

Kurdish Activists Face Executions and Heavy Prison Sentences in Iran

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According to Human Rights Activist in Iran, until now, eighteen Kurdish political activists in prisons in western Iran are awaiting their death sentences to be carried out: Ali Heidarian, Farzad Kamangar, Farhad Vakili, Shirin Alamhouyi, Zeinab Jalalian, Habib Latifi, Shirkou …

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Iran: Two Kurds at imminent risk of execution: Hossein Khezri and Zeynab Jalalian

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URGENT ACTION TWO KURDS AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION Hossein Khezri, a 28-year-old man, and Zeynab Jalalian, a 27-year-old woman, both members of Iran’s Kurdish minority, are feared to be at imminent risk of execution. Both were convicted of “enmity …

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Continued Repression of Kurds in Iran: Arrests, Torture, Extrajudicial Killings

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Over the last week, repression of the Kurdish minority in Iran did not abate: Kurds were arrested, tortured, sentenced to jail terms for links to Kurdish groups, acting against national security and even espionage. Two Kurdish merchants were killed by …

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New Letter from Farzad Kamangar, Kurdish Political Prisoner on Death Row in Iran

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The purpose of this letter is not to pinpoint the problems of the Kurds and deny the inequalities that exist among the Baluchis, Turks, Persians, and Arabs. By adopting a sympathetic comradely toward others, one can regard themselves as a …

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Turkey’s Judiciary Continues Its Persecution of Kurdish Media

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With a recent three-year of imprisonment verdict for the former editor of Turkey’s only Kurdish-language daily, the country’s judiciary continues to utilize Turkey’s Anti-Terrorism Law to repress freedom of speech. Vedat Kursun, the former editor Azadiya Welat (Free Country), was …

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