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Iraqi border guards kill a young man and injure his father in Sulaymaniyah countryside
... the attack, 17-year-old Arêz Awat lost his life, while his 43-year-old father, Awat İsmail, was injured. Local sources report that security forces have detained the soldier who opened fire. Some sources say that the father and son were trying to take a sealed official shipment through customs to Iran when they were shot. No official statement has yet been released by authorities in Hewlêr (Erbil) or Baghdad regarding the incident.
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Kurdish political prisoner with cancer on hunger strike over denial of medical leave
... After eight months in solitary confinement under severe physical torture at security detention centres in Sardasht, Saqqez, and Sanandaj, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison and exile to Minab Prison on charges of “enmity against God” (moharebeh) due to alleged membership of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan. Additionally, in two separate cases, he was sentenced to one million rials in fines and one year in prison for “unauthorized crossing of the country’s borders” and nine years in prison, half a full diya (blood money), and a 200-million-rials fine for “complicity in murder”. Since hi...
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Petition for Pakshan Azizi sentenced to death in Iran
International outrage is growing over the Iranian government's death sentence against Kurdish journalist and activist Pakshan Azizi. Several people from Eastern Kurdistan and the diaspora have launched a petition calling for the death sentence handed down to Pakshan Azizi to be overturned. The organizers of the campaign emphasized that Azizi’s...
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Iranian security forces arrest three Kurdish civilians in Oshnavieh, whereabouts unknown
The Kurdish population in Iran continues to suffer never-ending repression at the hands of the regime's forces. Security forces today arrested Kurdish civilians Omid Ebrahimi, Yasser Sharifian, and Rashid Faghizadeh in Oshnavieh, taking them to an undisclosed location, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported. Accordi...
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Serhat Eren: Kurdish Unity Conference embodied Öcalan’s call
...ieve the outcomes of this conference will also influence the other parts. If you apply all the demands expressed here directly to Turkey, you will see that they are also the demands of the Kurds in Turkey. I can say that there is a large degree of overlap. These are also the demands of the Kurds in Iran. In Iraq, although a degree of status has been achieved, fundamentally these demands belong to the Kurds there as well. Any loss or gain that occurs in one part inevitably affects the others. Given the region’s ethnic and religious diversity, how might this model impact the broader region and the ...
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Three Kurdish political prisoners in Iran moved in secret to remote exile prisons
Kurdish political prisoners Vahid Chavaran, Nasser Rezaei and Mohammad Hassan Hasseli, who were arrested during the anti-government ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ uprising in Iran, have been secretly transferred to remote prisons across Iran. Kurdish political prisoners Vahid Chavaran, Nasser Rezaei and Mohammad Hassan Hasseli, who were sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in exile following their arrest during the anti-government ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ (Woman, Life, Freedom) up...
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Iranian court upholds dismissal of Kurdish teacher over alleged anti-state activities
The Iranian regime’s repression of the Kurdish population continues unabated. Branch 31 of the Court of Administrative Justice has upheld the dismissal of Somayyeh Akhtar-Shomar, a 37-year-old Kurdish teacher from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, with 17 years of service, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHR...
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Health of prisoner on hunger strike in Iran deteriorates
Political prisoner Hura Nikbakht, on the 11th day of her hunger strike against the rise in death penalties in Iran, is experiencing severe health deterioration in Evin Prison. University professor and political prisoner Hura Nikbakht went on hunger strike on 23 April to protest the growing issuance, approval, and enforcement of death sentences in Iran. She continues her protest with determination. Nikbakht has ...
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Kurdish artist taken to undisclosed location after arrest by Iranian forces in Maku
The Iranian regime's repression of the Kurdish population continues unabated. Ministry of Intelligence agents arrested Hassan Ahmadi, a Kurdish artist from Maku, on 27 April, taking him to an undisclosed location. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported that the agents raided Ahmadi’s home and a...
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Hatimoğulları: Young people will build a democratic society
...p the true meaning of his call with greater clarity. This call holds immense importance not only for resolving the Kurdish question in Turkey, but also for all four parts of Kurdistan, as well as for Syria and Rojava next to us." She continued: "But we must also recognize that developments in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey, and on a broader scale, throughout the Middle East and North Africa, are all deeply interconnected. Likewise, the tensions between India and Pakistan, between China and Thailand, and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine are all results of the global crisis we are witnessin...
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TJK-E takes to the streets for Öcalan’s freedom
...on 3 May. We want to involve different circles in this process Kaplan pointed out that the campaign’s actions and events will gradually expand over time and stated that one of their goals is to include different communities in the process. She also emphasized that they will act in solidarity with Iranian, Assyrian-Syriac, and Armenian women. She said, “This will be a grassroots effort built through local meetings that bring together, unify, and strengthen women’s will. In line with Mr. Öcalan’s call, we will support the process by gathering women's perspectives to build a democratic society.” K...