Urmia Prison, West Azerbaijan Province of Iran: On Friday 15 December three Kurds were summarily executed in Urmia prison, among them Gafur Mirza, who’s father was executed last year. Part of Gafur’s last words were allegedly: “My only fault is …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Prisoners of Conscience | 2 CommentsRajai Shahr Prison, Iran- Two Kurdish prisoners who have been on death row in Iran since December 2010 sent a letter out of their jail cell in commemoration of the two year anniversary of the execution of Kurdish teacher Farzad Kamangar, and four other …
Posted in Executions, Iran | Comments Off on A letter from Prison honors Kurds executed in IranTwo young Kurdish men in Iran will be executed as early as this coming Friday, according to news website Rooz Online. In October of last year, activist organization United4Iran led a campaign urging the Iranian authorities to halt their execution. …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Youth | Comments Off on Zanyar and Loqman Moradi: Two Kurdish citizens in Iran awaiting executionTwo Kurdish activists has been sentenced to death by the Iranian courts for ‘waging enmity against God’ through ‘propaganda activities’ and ‘membership in a dissident group’ according to the Mokerian News Agency. Ali and Habib Afshari were arrested last year, …
Posted in Executions, Iran | 2 CommentsA database of political prisoners in Iran has been compiled by online activists using the social media tool, Hyper Activist. The database names the prisoners, information including charges and their activity/occupation, along with their ethnicity. Verification for each prisoner is …
Posted in Executions, Free speech, Iran, Journalists, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Torture | Comments Off on Database of Political Prisoners in Iran lists a large number of KurdsQIZLHASAR, Iran — Kamil Fethullahi a Kurdish civil activist from the suburb of Pawe who had been held in Qizlhasar Detention was killed under torture. Not long ago he was arrested in his accommodation in Tehran by a group of …
Posted in Discrimination, Displacements, Executions, Human Rights Watch, Iran, Kurdistan, Reports, Terror, Torture | Comments Off on Iran killed a Kurdish activist under tortureHosni Mubarak, the ousted president of Egypt who ruled for 30 years, is said to have accumulated $70 billion from corruption and Egypt has been under Emergency Law as long. Under the law, the police power was extended, constitutional rights …
Posted in Discrimination, Executions, Free speech, Iran, Iraq, Journalists, Kurdistan, Media, Reports, Suppression, Syria, Terror, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on “Without me, there will be civil war, there will be chaos:” The last card of unpopular dictatorsThe United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on February 4th said: “We have urged Iran, time and again, to halt executions. I am very dismayed that instead of heeding our calls, the Iranian authorities appear to have …
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