Kurdistan Press Agency
Human Rights
Iranian journalist arrested at his home
Iranian journalist Farshad Ghorbanpour was arrested after a raid on his home in Tehran, the Human Rights House of Iran reports.
Human Rights
Kurdistan
Tabriz University student commits suicide
A student from the city Dehgolan (Iranian Kurdistan) committed suicide and died on Monday December 5, 2011.
Kurdistan
Shocking Statistics of Violation of Human Rights in Kurdistan Province
In arriving of December 10th,the World Day of Human Rights, 185 people have been detained, 215 year prison sentences for political and cultural activists, 34 local on-foot traders were killed and 14 others wounded by the security forces of…
Kurdistan
Officials in Nosod city levy fees on students to pay for school heating costs
Our reliable sources have confirmed that in schools in Nosod city (in Kirmanshah province) school officials have levied imposed fees on parents contrary to the Article 30 of the Constitution and the General Director of the Ministry of…
Kurdistan
Nosoud security forces brazen out with local on-foot merchants
Following the encounter of the security forces stationed in “Nosoud District” with the border traders in the region, their passage was blocked to the border markets.
Human Rights
US, EU Tighten Syria Sanctions as Death Toll Mounts
The United States and the European Union tightened sanctions on Syria Thursday as the United Nations said the death toll in the Damascus government's crackdown on protestors now exceeds 4,000. A top State Department official said Syrian…
Kurdistan
Three Kurdish citizens were detained in Dehgolan (Iranian Kurdistan)
Three Kurdish citizens were detained by the Islamic Republic security forces in Dehgolan (a city located in Iranian Kurdistan)
Iran
Iranian protesters enter British Embassy compound in Tehran
Iranian protesters stormed two British Embassy compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, smashing windows, hurling petrol bombs and burning the British flag during a rally to protest against sanctions imposed by Britain, live Iranian television…
Kurdistan
No News on the Condition of Jailed Female Blogger
Although one week has passed since Rojin Mohammadi was arrested upon arriving in Iran, nothing is known about her current condition. Rojin Mohammadi is a blogger and medical student at the University of Manila (UM) in Philippines.
Human Rights
UN: Syrian Forces Commit 'Crimes Against Humanity'
A U.N. investigation released Monday accused Syrian forces of killing and torturing children and other crimes against humanity over the past eight months as President Bashar Assad's regime tried to crush an unprecedented uprising.