Category: Human Rights

30 Years of Massacres and Political Executions in Kurdistan, Iran

In his blog titled *Neither My Type or that of Yours, writer Shahabaddin Sheikhi reviews the history of executions and massacres of the Kurdish population in Iran post 1979 Islamic Revolution. [*the title of the blog is a direct translation. The name of the blog in Persian is "Na Az Jense Khodam Na Az Jense [...]

Saturday August 28th, 2010 in Human Rights, News, Video | No Comments »

Tonya Kaboudvand : Human Rights Activists Have Forgotten My Father

6 Jul 2010 (Medya News) – Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand , founder and president of the Kurdistan Human Rights Organization has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison due to his human rights activities, his writings and most importantly establishing the non-governmental organization Kurdistan Human Rights Organization. He is spending four years of his [...]

Wednesday July 7th, 2010 in Human Rights, News | No Comments »

Iran: Stop Imminent Execution of Kurdish Dissident

June 29, 2010
(New York) – The Iranian judiciary should immediately halt plans to execute Zeynab Jalalian and other Kurdish dissidents, Human Rights Watch said today. Jalalian is one of 17 such dissidents currently on death row in Iranian prisons.

Wednesday June 30th, 2010 in Human Rights, News | No Comments »

Iran Denies Families To Bury Executed Kurds

Posted on Medya News on 25 May 2010
25 May 2010 (Rudaw) – The families of four Kurdish and one Persian activist that were hanged on May 9 have been denied access to the corpses of their executed loved ones by the Iranian government.

Tuesday May 25th, 2010 in Human Rights, News | No Comments »

Call to Protest in Washington: US Must Not Remain Silent on the Killings in Iran

The regime of Islamic Republic of Iran executed 5 political prisoners on Sunday, May 9, 2010 of which 4 were Iranian Kurdish political prisoners.

Monday May 10th, 2010 in Human Rights, News, Updates | 2 Comments »

Kurdish Political Organizations Jointly Condemn Recent Executions

10 May 2010 – Medya News – Following the mass execution of political prisoners in Iranian Ismaic regime’s, there were widespread uproar and antipathy towards the regime’s disregard for human rights especially the rights of the political prisoners.

Monday May 10th, 2010 in Human Rights, News, PDKI's, Statements | No Comments »

Five Political Prisoners Executed in Iran’s Evin Prison

9 May 2010 – Medya News –According to Kurdish Human Rights Association this morning May 9th 2010 the Islamic Regime executed five (5) political prisoners four (4) of whom were Kurdish political prisoners in the Evin Prison.

Sunday May 9th, 2010 in Human Rights, News | No Comments »

I am a Hostage: A letter from Political Prisoner Ms. Shirin Alam Hooli

“My language is Kurdish, the language that I use to communicate with my family, friends and community, and the language that I grew up with. But I am not allowed to speak my language or read it, I am not allowed to go to school in my own language and I am not allowed to [...]

Saturday May 8th, 2010 in Human Rights, News | No Comments »

Looking Back at the Mykonos Trial

This article was written on the 10th anniversary of Mykonos Verdict where a highest German court found top Iranian officials including then the President of the Islamic regime of Iran, Rafasnajani (CNN: German court implicates Iran leaders in ‘92 killings)responsible for the death of Dr. Sadegh Sharafkandi the leader of Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (PDKI) [...]

Sunday April 11th, 2010 in Commentary, FlashBack, Human Rights, Interests, News, Updates | No Comments »

Medya News Report: Iranian Regime Will Be Pressed at the UN Human Right Body

Representatives of nationalities in Iran (Azerbaijan, Balouchistan, Ahwaz and Kurdistan) will also be present at the 7th Session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review Working Group according to Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran’s (PDKI)representative in UK, which is the main ethnic group opposition to the Islamist regime in Tehran.

Sunday February 14th, 2010 in Commentary, Human Rights, News | No Comments »