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Iran sentences Kurdish political prisoners to additional jail time
Pakshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, who refused to attend the court session, were sentenced to an additional six months’ imprisonment for “disturbing the prison order” in Evin Prison. Pakshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, and Warisha Moradi, a member of the East Kurdistan Free Wome...
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Increasing repression against women prisoners in Iran
As the crackdown on journalists, activists and political prisoners in Iran continues, hundreds of people signed a joint letter calling for a halt to the prison sentences given to journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi. Two young female journalists, Niloufar Hamidi and Elaheh Mohammadi, were sentenced to long prison sentences in Iran for reporting on the murder o...
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Warisha Moradi’s health deteriorating on day 12 of hunger strike
Warisha Moradi, who has been imprisoned in Evin prison in the Iranian capital Tehran for more than 14 months, has been on hunger strike for 12 days. Imprisoned Kurdish activist Warisha Moradi went on an indefinite hunger strike on 10 October on World Day against the Death Penalty to protest against the death penalty in Iran and her own prolonged detention. Moradi...
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Kolbar wounded in an attack by Iranian forces
A kolbar from the city of Saqqez in Eastern Kurdistan was wounded in an attack by Iranian forces. According to reports by media in Eastern Kurdistan, a Kurdish kolbar named Rizgar Hasan from the city of Saqqez (Seqîz) was wounded in an attack by Iranian forces that directly targeted kolbars. It was reported that the kolbar was being treated in the intensive care unit of Şifa Hospital...
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Peace Mothers in Sine go on hunger strike in solidarity with Warisha Moradi
Peace Mothers in Sine (Sanandaj) started a hunger strike in solidarity with the resistance of Kurdish activist Warisha Moradi in Iranian prison. Kurdish activist Warisha Moradi, who is in Tehran's Evin prison, went on an indefinite hunger strike on 10 October on World Day against the Death Penalty to protest against the death penalty in Iran and her own prolonged detention. Peace Mothers in the Sine (Sanandaj) city of East Kurdi...
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Kongra Star calls on women to express solidarity with Warisha Moradi
The Rojava Women’s Movement, Kongra Star, issued a statement addressed to women calling for solidarity with Warisha Moradi. The Rojava Women’s Movement, Kongra Star, issued a statement addressed to women calling for solidarity with Warisha Moradi, a Kurdish activist jailed by the Iranian regime who has gone on hunger strike against the death penalty in Iran. The statement said: "Over the past two years, Iran has repeatedly been the source of painful news about death sentences against brave women and men executed by the Iranian regime. In 2024, 20 death sentences against women h...
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Mother of slain protester Nîka Shakremî detained in Iran
The mother of Nîka Shakremî, who was murdered during the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’ protests in Iran, was detained. The sister of Nîka Shakremî, who was murdered during the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’ (Woman, Life, Freedom) protests, announced that her mother Nesrin Shakremî was detained by Iranian forces in Tehran. Nîka Ayda Shakremî’s sister reported that they have not learned about the charges against...
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Karasu: Turkey has been left out of the equation in the Middle East
...opportunities, the problems it is having with its allies have thrown Turkey out of all political equations in the Middle East. The US gives full support to Israel’s attacks. This means that Israel will increase its political and military influence in the region by neutralizing Hamas and Hezbollah. Iran, on the other hand, will lose its alliances in the region and turn inward, which will change Iran’s regional policies. Except for Iraq, its political influence will either disappear or be limited. The Houthis will continue to pursue Iranian-influenced policies for a while, but they will not carry o...
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Award-winning author Wilson: Abdullah Öcalan's leadership sends important messages to the world
... What kind of reactions do you get, for example, from people who hear about Abdullah Öcalan for the first time? A British anarchist was here earlier. He said he came to the event specifically because of this book. I couldn't discover how he found out about the book. There was also another guy from Iran who had somehow heard about the book. I got mostly positive reactions. Some said: why a comic? Because when they think of comics, they think of humor. The interesting thing about this situation is that there is nothing new in terms of the general approach. Nowadays, complex comics are called "grap...
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Warisha Moradi on day 6 of indefinite hunger strike in Evin Prison
Kurdish activist Warisha Moradi, who is in Tehran's Evin prison, went on an indefinite hunger strike on 10 October on World Day against the Death Penalty to protest against the death penalty in Iran and her own prolonged detention. Eastern Kurdistan Human Rights Network published a report on the health condition of political prisoner Warisha Moradi who is on indefinite hunger strike in Iran's Evin Prison. The report stated that Warisha Moradi was on day 6 of hunger strike and rejected the doc...
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Pakshan Azizi not allowed to meet with her family and lawyers for 100 days
The Campaign for Freedom for Pakshan Azizi stated that the Kurdish journalist, who is imprisoned in Iran's Evin Prison, has not been allowed to meet with her family and lawyers for 100 days. The Campaign for Freedom for Pakshan Azizi shared information about the situation of the Kurdish journalist and drew public attention to the serious human rights violation she has been subject to. According to th...
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Five kolbars tortured by Iranian forces in Mariwan, one in serious condition
Iranian state forces brutally tortured five kolbars in Mariwan, Eastern Kurdistan. According to Eastern Kurdistan media, 5 kolbars (load carriers) from Mariwan city were detained and tortured by Iranian state forces on 13 October. According to reports, one of the kolbars is in serious condition due to ...
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'The campaign for Öcalan’s freedom and a solution for Kurdistan must be continued with rich methods'
...the struggle to free Rêber Apo at the highest level. The fascist Turkish state’s attacks to occupy Kurdistan continue uninterruptedly. One of the centers of these attacks are the Medya Defense Zones (Areas on the border between North, South and East Kurdistan/South-East Turkey, North Iraq and West Iran, that are under the control of the Kurdish freedom guerrillas). By collaborating with the KDP, the Turkish state wants to push the agreement with the Iraqi government to its maximum. At this point, what has been revealed by the war? For more than four years, the Turkish state has been conducting a...
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Kurdish language teacher sentenced to three months in prison in Iran
A Kurdish language teacher for 17 years in Bukan and nearby villages, Susan Hassanzadeh has been repeatedly summoned and interrogated by the security services in recent years for her activism. Susan Hassanzadeh, a civil rights activist and Kurdish language teacher, has been sentenced to three months...
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5 years in prison for two female journalists who reported on the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini
Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who reported on the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini by Iranian police in 2022, were sentenced to up to 5 years in prison. Iranian authorities have announced that two young female journalists, Niloufar Hamidi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who were sentenced to long prison sentences for reporting on the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini by the ‘Morality Police’ on the prete...