Iran’s crackdown on freedom of expression has dramatically escalated in the run up to this week’s parliamentary elections, Amnesty International said today.
A branch of the Revolutionary Court handed down the 8-months prison sentence for two Kurdish citizens from Pava (a town located in the west of Iran).
Two Kurdish teachers have been arrested last month in Mariwan( in Kurdistan Province ,Iran) and they are still in the uncertainty condition.
Sohrab Karimi's family members are being under a great pressure and intimidation by the Intelligence Agency of Iranian Regime. He has left the country because of the security threats by the government organizations.
35 citizens have been arrested by the Intelligence Agency in Sanandaj (Iranian Kurdistan).
There are growing fears today for the well-being of Moahmmad Seddigh Kaboodvand, the Iranian-Kurdish human rights activist who has been on a hunger strike in Evin Prison since Sunday.
Following 7 months of unpaid wages of native workers in Dariyan Dam located in Pawa (in Kermanshah province in the west of Iran), the workers and residents of Dariyan village have held protests at the employer's office.
One of the members of the Democratic Union's Central Council of Kurdish Students was sentenced to one suspended year sentence by the Revolution Court in Sanandaj (The Capital of Kurdistan province in Iran).
The death penalty for minors and death by stoning have been omitted from the Islamic Republic's penal code after years of review and reform of the penal laws.
Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to respect freedom of assembly and allow peaceful protests on February 14 amid fears that authorities may once again use excessive force to quell protests, as in previous years.
Kurdistan Press Agency
