Category: Trials

Iran: Two Kurdish Political Prisoners Executed

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

A France-based organisation, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network claims that it has confirmed reports that brothers Ali and Habib Afshari have been executed. They were arrested in late 2010/early 2011 on charges of  ‘waging enmity against God’ through ‘propaganda activities’ and ‘membership in a dissident …

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Saturday Mothers Come Together For The 500th Week

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Today marks the 500th week that the Saturday Mothers have gathered in a public square in Istanbul to demand justice for their family members who went missing at the hand of the Turkish state. The Saturday Mothers are women of …

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Kurdish political prisoner transferred to solitary confinement in Iran

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Ghader Mohammadzadeh, a Kurdish political prisoner, has been transferred to solitary confinement of a central prison in Urmiye, the Human Rights Activists News Agency reports. The reason for the transfer is unknown. According to the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center …

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Take Action: Demand Medical Care for Kurdish Prisoner In Iran

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Amnesty International is encouraging people to take action on behalf of Zeynab Jalalian, a Kurdish prisoner who was sentenced to death by Kermanshah Revolutionary Court, a verdict that was later changed to to life in prison ”Zeynab Jalalian has had …

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Interview: Roj TV, ECHR and Wikileaks

Posted on by Naila Bozo

In July 2013, I penned a piece about the trial of the Kurdish TV-station Roj TV at the Supreme Court in Denmark and its alleged links to PKK. I wrote about the dubious grounds that the final verdict was based …

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Kurdish Lawyer Sentenced to Prison in Iran

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

Masoud Shamsinejad, a Kurdish human rights lawyer, appeared on May 7 or 8, 2014 before a court in Iran on charges of membership of an illegal political group and propaganda against the state, writes International Campaign for Human Rights in …

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Juvenile prisons in Turkey should be closed

Posted on by Asli Sena Kücükyildiz

                  In the beginning of the 1990s, when intense battles were taking place between PKK and the Turkish Security Forces, the Law on the Fight Against Terrorism (Terörle Mücadele Kanunu, TMK) was …

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Two Kurdish prisoners face execution in Iran

Posted on by Alliance for Kurdish Rights

Two Kurdish political prisoners, Zanyar Moradi and Loghman Moradi, are facing execution as the Iranian government moves forward on charges of murder, reports the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Zanyar and Loghman Moradi were arrested in August 2009 …

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