Reports coming out of Syria indicate that intelligence security forces have opened fire on Kurds celebrating Norouz yesterday in the town of Ar-Raqqah in Northern Syria. According to Kurdish reports, 15 minutes into the celebration members of the Baath party …
Posted in Syria, Terror | 2 CommentsTomorrow, March 16th, marks the 22nd anniversary of the Halabja poison gas attack which was carried out as part of the Al-Anfal genocide campaign to terrorize the Kurdish population and peshmerga rebels in northern Iraq. The attack, which was executed …
Posted in Activism, Genocide, Iraq, Suppression, Terror | 1 CommentHuman Rights Activists in Iran report that a Kurdish resident of Saqez, Iran was sentenced to death by the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court. The man, Rashid Akhoknadi, was arrested in April of 2008 on charges of establishing a Kurdish militia in …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Terror, Trials | Comments Off on Iranian Kurd sentenced to death on charges of terrorismFrom Spiegel Online, Daniel Steinvorth in Istanbul Reports: Part I: ‘We Used to Murder People at Night When the Soldiers Weren’t Around’ When members of the special Turkish police unit Jitem arrived at night, Kurdish inhabitants of southeast Turkey knew …
Posted in Executions, Mass Graves, Suppression, Terror, Turkey, Violence | 1 CommentFormer Turkish State Minister confesses: Massacres blamed on PKK were committed by the Turkish State Ekmen confessed it: The Güçlükonak massacre was conducted by the state. The former state minister responsible for human rights, Adnan Ekmen, had important statements about …
Posted in Reports, Suppression, Terror, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on Turkish minister confesses to massacres committed by Turkish StateSeveral Kurdish women and other women’s rights activists in Iran have been arrested throughout the year. Amnesty International has released another public statement renewing it’s demands that the Iranian authorities end their pressure and discrimination against these women’s rights defenders.
Posted in Censorship, Executions, Free speech, Iran, Journalists, Kurdistan, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Terror, Torture, Trials, Women | Comments Off on Iran must end pressure on women's rights defenders campaigning for an end to discrimination – Amnesty IntlKurdish Media reports on recent statements from members of Iraqi Parliament: London (KurdishMedia.com) 05 June 2008: As the result of the Turkish and Iranian bombardments for the last two years, 450 southern Kurdish families have been displaced, two MP’s of …
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Terror, Turkey, Violence | Comments Off on 450 Kurdish families displaced by Turkish/Iranian bombardmentsThe Leadership Council for Human Rights is outraged and saddened by the world’s lack of concern for the death in detention of Kurdish political activist Kaveh (Kawa) Azizpour, as information has emerged suggesting that torture by Iranian authorities caused the …
Posted in Executions, Iran, Political Prisoners, Terror, Trials | Comments Off on LCHR Press Release: LCHR denounces Iranian government for death in custody of Kurdish activist