Category: Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran

5,000 People on 2-Day Hunger Strike in Protest of DTP Arrests

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Bianet’s Emine Özcan reports on the recent hunger strike led by members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey. The hunger strike is being led in protest of the recent mass arrests against members of the DTP as …

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Report claims at least 86 arrested in Iran, serious concern for the well-being of protestors

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In a communiqué released through their website, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan reports on the arrest of at least 86 Kurds in the Bokan region of Kurdistan in Iran after participating in a general strike. No official statements have …

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