Category: Sharif's

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 [...]

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

Military Attack or Regime Change?

“Regime Change” viable option to remove the threats of an Islamist regime in Iran
Medya News – Editorial
10 Aug 2010 (Medya News) During an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen told host David Gregory that the US military has a plan to attack Iran, and [...]

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Tuesday August 10th, 2010 in Interests, News | No Comments »

Petition Demanding the United Nations Credentials Committee to Reject the Credentials of the Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran

In view of the similarities , and the ever worsening situation of gross and systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Iran today, to that of the South African gross violations of human rights ,before 1992, we therefore demand that the Credential Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations , in [...]

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Wednesday July 14th, 2010 in Activities, Interests, News, Updates | 3 Comments »

Celebrating Dr. Ghassemlou’s Work and Achievements

In 1989 when ARG [Dr Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou] decided to go and meet his nemesis in Vienna, he may have been reckless. He may have made the controversial decision to go anyway, but he knew the risks because he had been publicly warned 10 years before that he was being condemned to death, while simply [...]

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Tuesday July 13th, 2010 in Interests, News, Updates | No Comments »

Democratic Movements in Iran: Pitfalls and Potentials

July 2, 2010 – A two day event held in the Italian Parliament brought together Italian Senators, Members of Parliament, Iranian exiles, human rights defenders, civil society representatives and international experts to forge concrete proposals on how to consolidate the democratic transition in Iran to the betterment of all Iranian citizens including non-Persian nationalities who [...]

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Saturday July 10th, 2010 in News, Video | No Comments »

This is my home, Oh Canada! Happy Canada Day!

As one of the Millions of people who have come to call this place a home, I take the moment to cherish this July 1st, Canada Day, as a proud Kurdish Canadian.
As Canadians from all strides celebrate this historic day in our Canadian history, people, like me and my family and countless others, who have [...]

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Thursday July 1st, 2010 in Articles, Interests, News, Updates | No Comments »

Photo Gallery

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Wednesday June 30th, 2010 in Multimedia, Photo Gallery | No Comments »

Fouad Ajami : Iran and the ‘Freedom Recession’

In his piece in the Wall Street Journal, Fouad Ajami makes some good points:
“a year after the fraudulent election last June 12, the theocracy is entrenched and the Revolutionary Guards and the Basij, the regime’s murderous paramilitaries, man a political order bereft of mercy and restraint. Iran was not fated to have its “velvet revolution.” [...]

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Wednesday June 16th, 2010 in Commentary, News | No Comments »

Iranian Kurds Mourned Their Death With a Day on Strike

To Protest the death of 5 political prisoners of which 4 were Kurdish political prisoners, Iranian Kurds went on strike on a coordinated campaign by exiled Kurdish opposition political parties.

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Saturday May 15th, 2010 in Articles, Commentary, News | No Comments »

Kurdish Political Parties Call for a General Strike in Kurdistan

12 May 2010 – Medya News – All of the different Kurdish political parties have called for a general strike in Iranian Kurdistan tomorrow, 13 of May 2009, to condemn the recent execution of five political prisoner, of which four were Kurds.  

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Thursday May 13th, 2010 in News, Updates | No Comments »