Kurdish political prisoner Mr. Farhad Tarom has reportedly become the latest executed prisoner in Iran according to a number of independent sources inside Iran. According to the outlawed Kurdish News Agency, Mr. Farhad Tarom had been residing in Iraqi Kurdistan …
Posted in Censorship, Executions, Iran, Kurdistan, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Terror, Violence | 1 CommentJust a couple of weeks after activists worldwide began protesting the imminent risk of execution of Kurdish political prisoner, Mr. Habibollah Latifi, Iranian authorities reportedly executed another political prisoner, Mr. Hossein Khezri. A number of unverified reports state that Mr. …
Posted in Censorship, Discrimination, Executions, Iran, Kurdistan, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Terror, Violence | 1 CommentRights 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 hoursKurdishRights has produced another video supporting the Kurdish human rights. The video clearly states the situation of Kurds in Syria. It’s a direct request for Arabs to speak up for the basic Kurdish human rights. Watch it, and kindly spread …
Posted in Activism, Censorship, Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Suppression, Syria, Videos | 1 CommentThe 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 CommentAccording to a number of individual sources, Kurdish political prisoner – Mohammad Amin Agoushi – has gone on hunger strike since August 15th. Mr. Agoushi is being held at the central prison in Orumieh and has been sentenced to death …
Posted in Censorship, Executions, Hunger Strikes, Iran, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Violence | 1 CommentA recent article in the Kurdish Globe highlighted the conditions of Syria’s Kurdish population, which numbers somewhere between 10%-15% of the general population. The Kurdish identity is denied by the Baath regime, the use of the Kurdish language is very …
Posted in Culture, Suppression, Syria | Comments Off on Dispossession and Poverty Afflicts Syria’s KurdsBelow is a wonderful blog post by Iranian journalist and columnist Roya Hakakian. In her article Hakakian states that the executions of the five activists a week ago in Iran signal the regime’s paranoia and an attempt to deter a …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners, Suppression, Terror | Comments Off on Iran’s Growing Paranoia Leads to Ravaging of Vulnerable Minorities