Two 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 KurdsRonak Saffarzadeh is a Kurdish women’s rights activist, and signatory to “One million signatures campaign for the repeal of discriminatory laws against women”. She was arrested on October 9th, 2008 for distributing pamphlets about “education in Kurdish language and objection …
Posted in Activism, Call to Actions, Iran, Women | 2 CommentsKurdish blogger and Human rights activist Rojin Mohemedi has been released from Evin prison. She was released on the 2nd of January according to her Facebook fan page. When she returned to Iran from Istanbul, she was arrested at the …
Posted in Censorship, Free speech, Iran | 2 CommentsThe Iranian Supreme Court has reduced Zeinab Jalalian’s death sentence to life in prison. She was arrested in 2008 in association with an outlawed rebel group PJAK, which she later denied. Her trial was speedy, and legal procedures were not …
Posted in Iran, Kurdistan, Women | Comments Off on Kurdish girl tortured and sentenced to life in PrisonIn an annual census of imprisoned journalists conducted by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Iran and Turkey were listed amongst the countries with the most number of arrests. Other countries noted as the world’s worst for journalists included China, …
Posted in Censorship, Discrimination, Free speech, Iran, Journalists, Political Prisoners, Reports, Turkey | Comments Off on Iran and Turkey maintain statuses as worst countries for journalistsA Kurdish Med student has been arrested in Iran. Rojin Mohemedi was arrested upon her return to Iran. She studied at Manila Medical School of Philippines and has been transferred to Evin prison. The charges against her include incitement of …
Posted in Iran, Kurdistan, Urgent, Women | Comments Off on Kurdish girl arrested in IranYoung 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, …
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