Monthly Archives: April 2010
Posted on April 27, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
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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Posted on April 23, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
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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Posted on April 19, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
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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Posted on April 16, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
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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Posted on April 3, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
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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