According to a report by Iran Human Rights Voice, Farzad Kamangar, a Kurdish teacher who was sentenced to death in Iran, was transferred from Ward 209 in Evin prison, to Ward 4 in Karaj’s Rajaeishahr prison. The ward is reserved …
Posted in Iran, Prisoners of Conscience | Comments Off on Farzad Kamangar transferred to ward with contagious prisonersMohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, an imprisoned journalist and human rights activist, is currently serving an 11 year sentence in Iran’s notorious Evin prison under the ambiguous charge of “acting against national interestâ€. Kaboudvand has suffered two heart attacks while in prison, …
Posted in Health, Iran, Journalists, Prisoners of Conscience | Comments Off on Ailing Kaboudvand enters hunger strike to protest lack of medical treatmentRonak Safarzadeh, a 21 year old member of the Azamehr Association of Women of Kurdistan and an activist for the One Million Signatures Campaign was has been imprisoned since October 2007 under extremely harsh conditions. Ronak’s severe infections were continuously …
Posted in Health, Iran, Prisoners of Conscience, Women | Comments Off on Imprisoned women's rights activist denied medical treatmentOn the second of November, Human Rights Activists in Iran reported that Iranian security forces arrested four Kurdish citizens – Variya Eskandari, Diyakoo Qobadi, Majid Veysi, and Vahid Nabizadeh. From Iran Visual News: According to this human rights website, Vahid …
Posted in Iran, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression | Comments Off on Four Iranian Kurds arrested in IranIn a translation of a news report by the Mokrian News Agency, Iran Human Rights Voice reports that four Kurdish citizens have been arrested in Iran. During the past couple of days, four Kurdish citizens from the villages around Orumiyeh, …
Posted in Iran, Prisoners of Conscience | Comments Off on Four Kurds arrested in IranReports have emerged indicating that Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, journalist and founder of Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan, has suffered a second heart attack on the 17th of December while in prison. Kaboudvand was charged with “acting against national security by …
Posted in Health, Prisoners of Conscience, Reports, Torture | Comments Off on Kurdish activist suffers second heart attack in prisonAccording to Global Voices Online, Davood Azadfar, a Kurdish blogger from the city of Mahabad was detained by authorities for criticizing the city’s authorities in his blog. We will provide you with updates as soon as we have more information.
Posted in Iran, Prisoners of Conscience | Comments Off on Blogger in Iranian Kurdistan arrestedReports from AKI and independent Kurdish media sources highlight the arrest of another Kurdish female activist in Iran. Iran: Kurdish feminist arrested Tehran, 7 Oct. (AKI) – Kurdish feminist and journalist, Neghin Sheikholeslami, has been arrested and detained in the …
Posted in Censorship, Discrimination, Iran, Prisoners of Conscience, Women | Comments Off on Another Kurdish female activist is arrested in Iran