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Tag: Kurdish activists
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Crackdown in Iran Targets Women, Labor, and Ethnic Minority Activists
Iranian authorities have stepped up arrests of activists, workers, women, and minorities, especially Kurds and Arabs, in a coordinated crackdown following the recent 12-day…
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Woman, Life, Freedom from Rojava to Rojhelat According to Behrooz Boochani
In a conversation at this event, Behrouz Boochani, discussed the importance of the role of Kurdish people in the region and the influence of…
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Rights Groups are Concerned as more Arrests are Allegedly Linked to ISIS in Iran
An official with Mashhad Judiciary in Iran says that the recent arrests of 27 individual in Iran are linked to “ISIS terrorists”
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Kaboodvand, Jailed rights activist on hunger strike close to death
Mohammad Sedigh Kaboodvand jailed Iranian journalist and activist is approaching 30 days on hunger strike and doctors have been trying to prevent him from…
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Human Rights Groups: a Kurdish Prisoner Is Dying inside an Iranian Prison without Medical Care
Fourteen Iranian human rights organizations in a joint statement have warned the public about the health and the medical condition of Afshin Sohrabzadeh, a…
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Turkey accused of “political murder” in death of Kurdish lawyer, activist
Thousands of Turkish citizens took part in the funeral of Tahir Elci, a human rights activist and head of the Diyarbekr Bar Association. Reuters…
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Medical treatment, furloughs demanded for Kurdish activist
A group of Iranian activists has called on authorities to respect the right of Zeynab Jalalian, a jailed Kurdish political activist, to medical treatment…