On Friday morning, while I dressed for work and my wife, Xezal, made me breakfast, the police were ransacking my father-in-law’s house just blocks away. According to Xezal’s little sister, they took down every one of his books, flipped through …
Posted in Call to Actions, Turkey | Comments Off on Mass Arrests of Kurdish Intellectuals in IstanbulOn 19 October, 24 PKK rebels were killed by the Turkish armed forces in the Çukurca district. Human Rights Association in Hakkari is investigating allegations of chemical weapons used against PKK rebels by Turkish armed forces. Samples from the ground have …
Posted in Call to Actions, Featured, Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan, Turkey | 5 CommentsYoung Iranian Kurds Loghman Moradi and Zaniar Moradi have been fighting for their lives ever since they were sentenced to death by hanging by the Iranian regime on December 22nd, 2010. The two men have spent years in Iranian prisons, …
Posted in Call to Actions, Iran | Comments Off on Take Action to halt the execution of two Kurdish citizens in Iran!Today and in the next two Fridays (June 3rd and June 10) Kurds and supporters of Kurdish human rights will work to raise awareness about the repression of Kurdish identity in Turkey on the social networking site twitter. The campaign, …
Posted in Call to Actions, Campaigns, Suppression, Turkey | Comments Off on New Twitter campaign to raise awareness about Kurdish rights in TurkeyOrganizations and individuals are asking for support for the nomination of the imprisoned founder of the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan (HROK), Mr. Mohammad Sadegh Kaboudvand, for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Kurdish rights activist and journalist, Mr. Mohammad Sadegh …
Posted in Call to Actions, Campaigns, Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan, Iran, Journalists, Petition, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience | 12 CommentsURGENT 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 …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners | Comments Off on Iran: Two Kurds at imminent risk of execution: Hossein Khezri and Zeynab JalalianSyria: Syrian Kurdish human rights activist detained: ‘Abed al-Hafith ‘Abed al-Rahman URGENT ACTION SYRIAN KURDISH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DETAINED ‘Abed al-Hafith ‘Abed al-Rahman, a 44-year-old Syrian Kurdish human rights activist, has been held incommunicado since he was detained by members …
Posted in Call to Actions, Political Prisoners, Syria | Comments Off on Amnesty Intl Urgent Call for Action: Syrian Kurdish human rights activist detainedHabibollah Latifi, a Kurdish political prisoner was sent to solitary confinement from Paak-2, the general ward that holds political prisoners in Sanandaj Central Prison. This move usually happens prior to an execution. Latifi is held the same prison where Ehsan …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners | 1 Comment