Posted on October 14, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Sources from Iran have reported that Kurdish political prisoner, Ahmad Mohammadi was killed after having suffered severe torture while in prison. Iranian prison guards allegedly tortured Mohammadi in order to try to get information from the young man. Mohammadi was …
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Posted on June 30, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
The Supreme Court of Appeals has called the killing of a father and 12-year-old son “legitimate defence”. The family is considering an appeal to the ECHR. Bianet reports: In April 2007, four police officers, Mehmet Karaca, Yasafettin Açıkgöz, Seydi Ahmet …
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Violence,
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