Reporters Without Borders Reports: Reporters Without Borders today called for the release of a Kurdish contributor to national and foreign media, Massud Kurdpoor, who was arrested by intelligence mini...
Reported by the AFP: DAMASCUS (AFP) — The Syrian authorities have arrested three people, including the brother of the head of a banned Kurdish political group who has been in detention since Ju...
Reported by the AFP: DAMASCUS (AFP) — Syrian authorities have blocked access to 160 dissident websites since 2000 as part of a drive to censure the press and control Internet use, a free speech...
Reuters correspondent, Khaled Yacoub Oweis, reports: DAMASCUS, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Syrian authorities have arrested two Kurdish leaders and charged one with a capital offence, as part of a campai...
This is recent and disturbing news from AKI (Adnkoronos International Iran), showing that the mistreatment of Kurds: Yousuf Ben Azizi, was found guilty of ‘subversive activities’ after he ...
Massoud Kordpour is a Kurdish human rights activist who has been arrested for the second time by the Iranian authorities supposedly for “spying” for foreign governments: This time authorit...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) recommends that engagement with Syria should include human rights: Western countries looking to increase engagement with Syria should know that Syrian authorities continue to ...
The Agence France-Presse reports on a statement by the National Organization of Human Rights in Syria regarding the recent arrest of a pro-Kurdish political party chief. Mohammed Mussa was arrested in...