Kurdistan Press Agency
Kurdistan
Concern for son drives prisoner’s hunger strike
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.
Human Rights
Kurdistan
15 People Were Arrested in Protest at Working Conditions in Dariyan Dam in Pawa (Iran)
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.
Kurdistan
One year suspended sentence for Kurdish student
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).
Iran
Iran scraps stoning, capital punishment for minors
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.
Human Rights
Amnesty International Urges Iran to Respect Peaceful Protests on One Year Anniversary February 14 of Demonstrations in Support of Egypt and Tunisia Uprisings
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
Zanyar and Loqman's Execution Imminent
Marivan's Friday prayer leader, Mamusta Mostafa Shirzadi, who is a main player in the twisted case of Loqman and Zanyar Moradi, is not willing to make any public comments about the case of the two young men who have been sentenced to death.…
Human Rights
German reporter says he was beaten in Iran
Kurdpa _ A German reporter says he was beaten by guards during his nearly five months of imprisonment in Iran and that he heard constant, "horrible cries" of other inmates being tortured.
Iran
Iran’s domestic crime figures at an ‘explosive’ level
Two leading Iranian sociologists have warned that the incidence of violent and domestic crime has reached an explosive level, mostly a consequence of economic hardship.
Kurdistan
Kurdish prisoner executed in Evin prison
Kurdish prisoner Esmail Kermanjani, around 30 years old, was executed on Wednesday, January 25th at Evin prison.
Kurdistan
One Hundred Days of Ignorance on Three Activists of the Green Population in Kurdistan
Almost 100 days have passed of the detention of cultural activists in Sanandaj (East of Iran) by the Islamic Republic security forces and they are still in custody.