Unprecedented increase in executions in Iran; Widespread repression and international neglect
Zegrus Enderyari is a Kurdish activist and member of the 'No to Executions, Yes to a Free Life' campaign. In ...
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US presses Iraq to approve Kurdish oil exports, escalating pressure on Iran
In an exclusive report, Reuters, citing eight anonymous sources, revealed that the Trump administration has repeatedly pressured Iraq's central government ...
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Kurds demand linguistic rights on International Mother Language Day
On 21 February, International Mother Language Day, Kurdish organisations in the diaspora, along with Kurdish political parties and parliamentarians in ...
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Iran: death penalty for Jin, Jiyan, Azadi protester, long prison terms for two others
An Iranian court has sentenced Pezhman Soltani, a 32-year-old protester, to death on charges of "premeditated murder" following his involvement ...
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UN experts demand Iran revoke death sentence for activist Pakhshan Azizi
Independent United Nations human rights experts have expressed grave concern over the Iranian Supreme Court's decision to uphold the death ...
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Daily News : 07 February 2025
07/02/2025 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 📍The International Press Institute and over 30 other press freedom and human rights ...
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Survival on the edge: Kurdish Kolbars endure economic strangulation and state violence
Political and economic pressures on Kurds in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat) remain unrelenting. Toward the end of 2024, the wave of ...
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A Kurdish political prisoner speaks out: Iran’s rulers have no right to decide who lives or dies
Zeynab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner who has spent 17 years behind bars in Yazd Prison, has written a letter ...
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Yarsan community celebrates Qaultas, a significant religious festival, on 18 January in Iranian Kurdistan
After three days of fasting, the Yarsan community, also referred to as Kakaei or Ahl-e Haq, observe 18 January with ...
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Campigners warn that executions of Pakshan Azizi and Warisheh Moradi could be imminent
Following the release of a footage on the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC)-affiliated Fars News website about Pakhshan Azizi and ...
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