Kurdistan Press Agency
Kurdistan
3 Kurdish citizens in Bukan were each issued one-year prison sentence
Three Kurdish citizens resident in Bukan (West Azarbaijan Province - West of Iran) were each handed down one year prison sentence.
Human Rights
Kurdistan
3-year sentence prison for two Kurdish citizens
Tow Kurdish citizens resident in Kamyaran (Kurdistan Province - West of Iran) were handed down a sentence 3 year prison by The Judicially system in Sanandaj City.
Iran
Alireza Sepahi Laeen's family is under pressure and intimidation
"Alireza Sepahi Laeen", a prominent Kurdish writer and poet resident in Khorasan Province (East of Iran), has being held in detention after 4 months and his family is under pressure and intimidation.
Kurdistan
A Human Rights Activist was held in detention in Mariwan (Iran)
An activist in the field of human rights was held in detention by The Intelligence Agency in Mariwan( Kurdistan Province - Iran ).
Kurdistan
Environmentalist Veria Khosravi Arrested
On Sunday, October 23, 2011, the environmentalist Veria Khosravi was arrested in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Provience. Veria Khosravi is a member of Green Society of Kurdistan.
Iran
31 Young Guests Arrested at a Birthday Party in Tabriz
Iranian security forces raided a birthday party held at a traditional café in Tabriz and arrested 31 young men and women.
Iran
Iran arrests 65 people on spy charges
Fifty such people have been summoned to appear before magistrates courts in Tehran and other major cities, accused of helping the BBC to produce a series of films that the intelligence services believe to be ‘harmful to national security’.
Iran
The Addiction Treatment Camps Are Promoting Moral Corruption in Iran
Based on a report by semiofficial Fars News Agency related to the addiction treatment camps; despite claims by the relevant agencies to oversee the health camps in Iran, moral corruption and drug abuse in the camps continues.
Kurdistan
More than 142 political and cultural activists detained in the Kurdish regions of Iran during the last 3 months
Iranian judiciary and security system have arrested more than 142 Kurdish political and cultural activists throughout Kurdistan areas during the last 3 months. Based on various reports from reliable websites, in mostly of the Kurdish cities…
Human Rights
186 children victims of Syrian revolution so far
Recent statistics obtained by Asharq Al-Awsat confirm that 186 children and 98 women have been killed since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution on 15 March. The youngest Syrian child killed during the revolution was just 2 months old,…