Category: Prisoners of Conscience
Posted on June 12, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Report by Sayeh Hassan from Kurdish Herald: Iran has undoubtedly become one of the International Community’s most discussed countries in the world. The Islamic Republic’s pursuance of nuclear technology has raised concerns but has also overshadowed perhaps the more concerning …
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Posted on March 17, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Bia news centre (bianet.org) – Istanbul: A campaign to free Kurdish politician Leyla Zana has been started by rights activists, among them writers Bilgesu Erenus, Murathan Mungan, Seyhmus Diken and Ragip Zarakolu, human rights activists Hurriyet Sener, Esber Yagmurdereli and …
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Posted on March 17, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
According to Mukerian News Agency: Two Kurdish activists and residents of the city of Bokan, Shelir and Fouad Mostafapour, were detained in this city yesterday. It has been reported that both activists were detained while they were distributing announcements for …
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Posted on February 27, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Hana Abdi, women rights activist and student of Bijar University, released from prison. Hana was arrested on October 2,2007 in Sanandaj. She was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in exile, but the court of appeal has reduced her sentence …
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Posted on February 25, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Human rights monitors say Iranian authorities continue to detain and harass men and women of Iran’s ethnic Kurdish minority. According to the Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan, an independent human rights group, more than 100 ethnic Kurdish literary, cultural, and …
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Posted on January 22, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Three Kurdish citizens from the Kamyaran province have been arrested by the Department of Intelligence. On Friday, January 16, 2009, the Security Forces commenced searches of the small villages of Alk and Mareb of the Kamyaran province and proceeded to …
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Posted on January 14, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Zeynab Bayazidi was arrested on the 9th of July and subsequently sentenced to 4 years imprisonment in exile under charges of belonging to an illegal organization (the Kurdistan Human Rights Organization) and for her involvement in the One Million Signatures …
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Posted on January 6, 2009 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
According to the Mukerian News Agency: Two Kurdish residents of the city of Mahabad, Hyman Sufi and Jalal Sufi, were sentenced to jail terms by the Revolutionary Court in this city. Both are residents of nearby villages and they are …
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