Kurdistan Press Agency
Kurdistan
A Kurdish Political prisoner may face execution soon
There is growing fear over the fate of Habibollah Golparipour, an Iranian-Kurdish political prisoner who may be in imminent danger of execution.
Human Rights
Iran
Iran Reportedly Removes World AIDS Day From State Calendar
The Iranian government body that sets the country's official cultural policy has reportedly removed World AIDS Day from the state calendar. The move has prompted concern among those fighting the spread of AIDS in the Islamic republic, where…
Iran
Activists call for release of political prisoners for Norooz (the Iranian New Year)
Iranian activists have issued a statement urging the government to release political prisoners for Norooz, the Iranian New Year.
Iran
Executions and savaged punishments escalate in Iran
On the eve of fire feast in Iran, antihuman regime of the mullahs, in fear of popular uprising, has intensified savage executions. Only in the period of 7 to 11 March 2012, 10 prisoners have been hanged in various cities.
Human Rights
Syria: New report finds systemic and widespread torture and ill-treatment in detention
People caught up in the massive wave of arrests in the wake of the Syrian uprising have been thrust into a nightmarish world of systemic torture, a new report by Amnesty International says today.
Iran
At least 716 girls under the age of ten married off in Iran
Farshid Yazdani, a member of the Association for the Defense of Children’s Rights, has raised the flag on the increasing rate of the marriage of girls under the age of 10 in Iran. He stated that in 2009, 449 girls under the age of 10 were…
Human Rights
Asylum seekers arrested in Indonesia
Seventy-two Iranian and Afghan asylum seekers were arrested by Indonesian police while trying to cross from Loji to Australia's Christmas Island.
Iran
Nothing Comes Between Iranians And Their Satellite Dishes -- Not Even The Police
For years now, the authorities in Iran have tried to crack down on the use of satellite dishes, which give Iranians access to foreign channels.
Iran
Iranian human rights activist sentenced to five years and exile
Kouhyar Goudarzi, an Iranian journalist and human rights activist, has been sentenced to five years in jail and exile to Zabol. The Human Rights Reporters Committee reports that the sentence was issued on March 7 at the Revolutionary court.
Human Rights
"Enemies of the Internet": Iran
The announced launching of Iran’s “National Internet” has been widely covered in the media. Meanwhile the authorities have fortified filtering and their technical capacity to closely monitor the Web.