Zeynab Jalalian is a 31-year-old Kurdish woman who was arrested in May 2008 in Kermanshah for her alleged membership of an illegal Kurdish opposition party within Iran and charged with “enmity against God”. Around January 2009, Zeynab was sentenced to …
Posted in Discrimination, Iran, Political Prisoners, Torture, Trials | Comments Off on Zeynab Jalalian: Refused medical treatment in Iranian prisonShirkoo Moarefi, a Kurdish civil rights activist incarcerated in Iran’s Saghez Prison, was executed on Monday. Neither his family nor his lawyers were given prior notice, as is demanded by the law, that his death sentence was to be carried …
Posted in Executions, Free speech, Iran, Political Prisoners | 1 CommentAn Iranian Kurdish political prisoner was executed in the early morning hours of October 26th. Habibollah Golparipour, 29, had spent the last four years of his life in prison, where he was subject to the abusive treatment and torturous practices of …
Posted in Call to Actions, Discrimination, Executions, Free speech, Iran, Political Prisoners, Women | Comments Off on Kurdish Political Prisoner Executed In Iran; Two Others Sentenced to DeathSevcan Dönmez, a Kurdish prisoner in Kocaeli T Type Prison in Turkey, has been allegedly persecuted and tortured by warders and prisoners on the excuse that he is Kurdish and Alevi, Dicle News Agency (DIHA) reported. Not being able to …
Posted in Hunger Strikes, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Turkey | Comments Off on Kurdish Prisoner on Hunger Strike Due to TortureIt was barely dawn when Iran security officials arrived at the home of Anvar Hossein Panahi six years ago to take him away from his family. Without an arrest warrant, they barged into his home, insulted his family, roughed up …
Posted in Activism, Discrimination, Free speech, Iran, Political Prisoners, Torture | 1 CommentThe International Senior Lawyers Project, a global organization that “provides the pro bono services of highly skilled and experience lawyers to promote human rights”, released a press statement early this week urging the European Commissioner of Human Rights, to investigate …
Posted in Free speech, Political Prisoners, Terror, Turkey | 1 CommentHuman beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. Hassan Rouhani took the office of president this Saturday and it appears he did …
Posted in Discrimination, Iran, Political Prisoners, Protests, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Continuation of Human Rights Violations Against Kurds In IranSuat Bahadır’s age has been increased in a report from the Istanbul Institute of Forensic Medicine (ATK) from 15 to 22 years and he has been given aggravated life imprisonment twice on charges of “killing someone deliberately due to the …
Posted in Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Trials, Turkey, Youth | Comments Off on Kurdish Boy Sentenced to Life in Prison Twice Despite Contradictory Age Reports