QIZLHASAR, Iran — Kamil Fethullahi a Kurdish civil activist from the suburb of Pawe who had been held in Qizlhasar Detention was killed under torture. Not long ago he was arrested in his accommodation in Tehran by a group of …
Posted in Discrimination, Displacements, Executions, Human Rights Watch, Iran, Kurdistan, Reports, Terror, Torture | Comments Off on Iran killed a Kurdish activist under tortureTurkey’s High Election Board on Monday the 18th banned 12 Kurdish politicians from running for the national election set in June. The 12 politicians are among the dozens of independent candidates running which the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) …
Posted in Discrimination, European Union, Free speech, Kurdistan, Leyla Zana, Reports, Sources, Suppression, Trials, Turkey | Comments Off on Turkey lifts ban on some Kurdish candidates, results remain to be seenHosni 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 …
Posted in Discrimination, Executions, Free speech, Iran, Iraq, Journalists, Kurdistan, Media, Reports, Suppression, Syria, Terror, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on “Without me, there will be civil war, there will be chaos:” The last card of unpopular dictatorsThe operation was called “Anfal Campaign;” Anfal means “Spoils of war” in Arabic. This was a genocidal campaign that was followed by a series of systematic attacks against the Kurdish population and their means of livelihood – villages, agriculture, infrastructures, …
Posted in Arabic, Discrimination, European Union, Genocide, Iran, Iraq, Reports, Syria, Turkey, United Nations, WMD | 12 CommentsOn February 20, masked gunmen attacked and burned the first and only independent TV channel, Nalia Radio and Television – NRT – in the Kurdistan region for its live coverage of the demonstrations in Sulaimaniyah, which is still continuing today …
Posted in Activism, Free speech, Iraq, Journalists, Kurdistan, Media, Reports | Comments Off on Attacks on media in Iraqi Kurdistan has dramatically increasedRights group decries ‘execution binge’ in Iran Associated Press: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities have unleashed an “execution binge” with an average rate of one person hanged every eight hours since the beginning of the year, a rights …
Posted in Executions, Free speech, Iran, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Reports, Suppression, Terror, Violence | Comments Off on AP: Iran unleashes ‘execution binge’ with average of one hanged every 8 hoursThe 25-year-old American journalist from New Hampshire, Jake Hess, was released by Turkish authorities this week and was deported back to the United States. Hess was recently arrested in Turkey after authorities accused him of having links with the outlawed …
Posted in Censorship, Displacements, Free speech, Kurdish Human Rights Project, Political Prisoners, Reports, Suppression, Turkey, Violence | 1 CommentOn the 13th of July, traders and businessmen of northern towns of Kurdistan went on strike, which were widespread in cities such as Saqez and Bokan. In Mahabad these strikes were particularly extensive.
Posted in Activism, General, Iran, Kurdistan, Reports, Suppression, Violence | Comments Off on HROK: People arrested and detained in Mahabad