Category: Journalists
Posted on June 4, 2012 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Human rights activist Mohmmad Seddigh Kaboodvand was transferred to the Evin Prison infirmary on the tenth day of his hunger strike against his unfair detention by the Iranian government. Kaboodvand began his hunger strike on May 26th after he was denied a …
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Posted on March 8, 2012 by Minhaj Akreyi
One of the essential pillar of democracy is freedom of press and if this pillar is missing in a democratic country, then that country can no longer be considered democratic. True, Turkey hold free elections and it has competing political …
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Posted on January 9, 2012 by AKR
A 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 …
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Posted on December 12, 2011 by AKR
In 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, …
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Posted on December 1, 2011 by Ruwayda Mustafah Rabar
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced the sanctions imposed on Syria on Wednesday, as a consequence of Syria’s brutal crackdown on protesters. The sanctions include a freeze on Syrian assets in Turkey and banning transactions with the Syrian central bank. …
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Posted on October 4, 2011 by Suzan Boulad (Syria)
Friday morning brought an unusual disruption to the London offices of the international newspaper, The Guardian. Fifteen Kurdish youth stormed the office as they sought a new means of amplifying the Kurdish voice within mainstream media. The group assembled in …
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Posted on March 29, 2011 by Minhaj Akreyi
Hosni 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 …
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Posted on March 16, 2011 by Minhaj Akreyi
Kurdistan Region has been called the “Other Iraq,” “the next Dubai,” and is the most stable region of Iraq with a vibrating economy and social life, though primarily enjoyed by the elites and the middle class, which do not make …
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