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35 citizens arrested in Sanandaj (Iran) by the Intelligence Service
35 citizens have been arrested by the Intelligence Agency in Sanandaj (Iranian Kurdistan).
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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.
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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.
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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).
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Marivan shops have been shut down by the Revolutionary Guard on February 11
Over the past few days Mariwan (Kurdistan province located in West of Iran) police announced shopkeepers that they have to close their shops on February 11(the date of Islamic Revolutionary Anniversary).
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Kurdish writer and translator Ebrahim Yunesi dies
Kurdish writer and translator Ebrahim Yunesi who was in bed in the last three months died on Wednesday afternoon at 85.
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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.…
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Death Sentences Upheld for Two Kurdish Political Prisoners
The Iranian Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences of two Kurdish political prisoners, local sources told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Prison authorities from Rajaee Shahr Prison allegedly told Zanyar Moradi…
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Kurdish prisoner executed in Evin prison
Kurdish prisoner Esmail Kermanjani, around 30 years old, was executed on Wednesday, January 25th at Evin prison.
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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.