Reports coming from Iran indicate that the death sentence of Zeynab Jalalian, a female Kurdish political prisoner, has been confirmed by the Iranian Supreme Court. Zeynab was arrested in May 2008 in Kermanshah and held by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners | 5 CommentsEhsan Fattahian execution is set to occur in less than 24 hours in Central Sanandaj Prison, Iran. The following is the text of Amnesty International’s Urgent Action Call about Ehsan’s execution. URGENT ACTION: Ehsan (Esma’il) Fattahian, Kurdish man faces execution …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners | 1 CommentEhsan 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 …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Hunger Strikes, Iran, Petition, Political Prisoners, Torture | 8 CommentsAccording to a press release by Human Rights Activists in Iran, Zeinab Jalalian, a member of the Kurdish party, has been sentenced to execution for “acting against national interests”. Ms. Jalalian is a political activist from Maku who has been …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners, Trials, Women | Comments Off on Kurdish activist sentenced to executionFrom Iran Human Rights Voice: Based on a report by Coalition of Human Rights Advocates in Iran, amongst a pile of news printed in recent days, there was some news on an apparent decision by Ayatullah Shahroodi in reference to …
Posted in Call to Actions, Executions, Iran, Petition, Urgent | Comments Off on Farzad Kamangar still faces risk of executionAppeal to Save Kurdish Social Activist from Death Sentence: Write to Iranian leaders to stop the execution of Farzad Kamangar, a 32 year old Kurdish teacher and social activist, sentenced to death following an unfair trial. Cut and paste the …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions, Campaigns, Executions, Iran | Tagged execution, Farzad Kamangar, Iran, Kurdish activist, social justice | 2 CommentsAs reported last week by the Kurdish Human Rights Project: Some 200 Kurdish prisoners of conscience in Iran are undertaking a hunger strike to protest against use of the death penalty and the prevalence of torture in detention centres throughout …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions, Censorship, Discrimination, Executions, Free speech, Health, Iran, Journalists, Our campaigns, Petition, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Torture | 1 CommentKurdish activists are still calling for an investigation of Soran Mama Hama’s death, which was detailed in July by the Committee to Protect Journalists: Mama Hama, 23, a reporter with the Sulaymania-based Livin magazine, had received threatening messages before the …
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