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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Iranian court targets Jina Amini’s father over protest against Azizi, Moradi’s death sentences
Amjad Amini, the father of Jina (Mahsa) Amini, who died in morality police custody in 2022, has revealed that Iran’s ...
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European Parliament condemns Iran, addresses plight of Pakhshan Azizi, Warisheh Moradi
The European Parliament has passed a pivotal resolution demanding the immediate annulment of the death sentences for Pakhshan Azizi and ...
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Pakhshan Azizi: A symbol of resistance in ongoing struggle for Kurdish and Iranian women’s freedom
In her article, published a day before the general strike in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat) on Firat News Agency, Zilan Vejin, ...
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Kurds mobilise in historic strike against death sentences for Azizi and Moradi
Kurds in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat) united in an unprecedented general strike on 22 January, demanding the revocation of death sentences ...
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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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Unjust sentence against Pakhshan Azizi in Iran sparks reactions
Iranian, Kurdish and international organisations continue to send messages of protest and discontent against the upholding of the death sentence ...
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Iran faces international pressure as Supreme Court upholds Pakhshan Azizi’s death sentence
Responding to the confirmation of the death sentence of Kurdish social activist Pakhshan Azizi and two other political prisoners, five ...
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Death sentence confirmed for Pakhshan Azizi despite unfair trial
On 8 January 2025, the Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi, ignoring significant ...
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Women behind bars: Deteriorating health of Iran’s political prisoners
Kurdish political prisoner Warisheh Moradi, sentenced to death for "rebellion", remains in critical health in Iran's notorious Evin Prison without ...
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