Kurdistan Press Agency
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.
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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
Iran's Ahmadinejad faces hostile lawmaker questions
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appeared in parliament for an unprecedented grilling by lawmakers dissatisfied with his performance, Iranian media reported on Wednesday.
Iran
Japan follows allies, adds Iran bank to sanctions list
Japan on Tuesday placed Iran's third-largest bank on a blacklist for allegedly having helped Tehran develop its nuclear programme, following up on similar moves by the United States and the European Union announced in January.
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.
BESET BY ONLINE SURVEILLANCE AND CONTENT FILTERING, NETIZENS FIGHT ON
This report, which presents the 2012 list of countries that are “Enemies of the Internet” and “under surveillance,” updates the report published on 12 March 2011.
Kurdistan
Little Hope for Kurdish Political Prisoners in Iran
Rahim Mahmoudi, the head of the Council for Defending Political Prisoners in Iran, said that due to the lack of free media in Iran, there is no correct estimate of the number of Kurdish political prisoners in Iranian jails.
Human Rights
Emo Teens Killed in Iraq at Alarming Rate
“Emo” is now a term used in Baghdad to refer to young men who dress and act in a hip-hop style. This trend has become popular among teenagers between 12 and 17 years old.
Do you know what it means to be destitute?
This article tries to describe the deteriorating situation for workers in the Islamic Republic with ever-rising inflation, the decline of the manufacturing sector and mismanagement of the economy.