Category: Extrajudicial Punishment
Posted on November 10, 2019 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian continues to be denied sufficient medical treatment, writes Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) who has spoken to Ms. Jalalian’s family. Zeynab Jalalian is a Kurdish woman in the beginning of her thirties who was …
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Posted on October 25, 2014 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Today marks the 500th week that the Saturday Mothers have gathered in a public square in Istanbul to demand justice for their family members who went missing at the hand of the Turkish state. The Saturday Mothers are women of …
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Posted on July 29, 2014 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Ghader Mohammadzadeh, a Kurdish political prisoner, has been transferred to solitary confinement of a central prison in Urmiye, the Human Rights Activists News Agency reports. The reason for the transfer is unknown. According to the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center …
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Posted on June 30, 2014 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Amnesty International is encouraging people to take action on behalf of Zeynab Jalalian, a Kurdish prisoner who was sentenced to death by Kermanshah Revolutionary Court, a verdict that was later changed to to life in prison ”Zeynab Jalalian has had …
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Posted on February 8, 2011 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
A report from the Turkish daily, Hurriyet, regarding reactions to the recently discovered mass graves in the Kurdish regions of Turkey: ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires – Thousands of people marched Wednesday in eastern Turkey to protest what they …
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Posted on September 11, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Last week, human rights organizations in Iran reported about the death of a Kurdish youth after he was arrested and tortured by the Kamyaran police. The same week, a Syrian human rights organization reported about the death of a Kurdish …
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Posted on June 15, 2010 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Alkarama has just received preliminary information indicating the death of 25 men of Kurdish origin, under mysterious circumstances while they were performing their compulsory military service. The exact number of deaths in recent years under similar circumstance has yet to …
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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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