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: Kurdish activist and educator receives five-year prison sentence
A Kurdish activist and educator has received a five-year prison sentence in Iran's Sanandaj province. Sirwe Pourmohammadi, a Kurdish language ...
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Kurdish journalist Jina Muderîs Gurcî returns to prison, vows to remain hopeful
Jina Muderîs Gurcî, a Kurdish journalist and women's rights activist arrested in Sanandaj (Sine), Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat), during the "Jin, ...
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‘Peace Mothers’ from Iranian Kurdistan launch hunger strike in solidarity with Warisheh Moradi
In the city of Sanandaj (Sine), in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat), the Peace (Ashiti) Mothers initiated a hunger strike on 17 ...
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Iran intensifies its crackdown on Kurdish activists ahead of Jin, Jiyan, Azadî uprising anniversary
Kurdish citizens in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat) are facing a fresh wave of arrests as the second anniversary of Iran's nationwide ...
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Kurdish teacher and activist Mokhtar Asadi arrested, possibly held in Tehran’s Evin prison
In a continued clampdown on civil activism in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat), the Islamic Republic of Iran has arrested Mokhtar Asadi, ...
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