Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Kurdish Prisoners executed and their body parts being sold by the Iranian Government


Iranian Government continue their arrest of activists, and the rate of these arrests are on the rise. these arrests in Kurdish populated areas are on the rise . Many times Kurdish activists have been sentenced behind closed doors and executed behind closed doors.  there are some reports that Iranian government forces after executing  the Kurdish political prisoners cut them to peaces for easier way of discarding them and sale their body parts: Heart, kidney, ect... to those that are in big need of these body parts. prices on these body parts are very high. recently there were mass graves that were found in Kurdish city of Sine full of bodies with cut off parts. after this mass grave was found the Iranian government closed the area and relocated the bodies .

unknown fate for 2 Kurdish Political prisoners in Iran


Iranian Government continues their arrest of activists in iran. many time the fate of those prisoners stays unknown.
Mr. Peyman Selewati was arrested 5 months ago  in Kurdish city of Sine by the Iranian government. the family of Mr. selewati have no news of him and his fate remains unknown.

Mr. Saed Senger, another Kurdish activist was arrested and spent 10 years in Jail. According to Mukriyan News agency on Sunday he was transferred to a unknown place by the Iranian government.

Another Kurdish worker killed by the Iranian government


A Kurdish worker by the name of Ibrahim Rasti that was 24 years old was shot and killed by the Iranian government military.
Mr. Rasti was one of the many in the group of Kurdish workers, the faith of other workers are unknown but when the Iranian government forces opened fire on the workers , Mr. Rasti was hit and lost his life immediately . Iranian government has been continuing such murders against Kurdish workers on a high rate.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Over 1023 Kurdish children are in Jail for Political Reasons in Turkey


Bianet News: The Turkish Minister of Justice Mr. Sadullah Ergin, stated that the number of childern that are in turkish priosners for political reasons have increased from 17 in 2005 to 1,023 in 2010.

these data was released  based on BDP Deputy Buldan's request and she had asked about conviction that were on the grounds political activism in Turkish Criminal Law.the list and report that was  published shed a new light on the number of Kurdish children in prisons.

the numbers goes as stated below:

year convicted   Acquitted
2005      17    78
2006      14    67
2007      47    97
2008      36   122
2009     1015   1144
2010    1023   857

The total numbers of Arrests and convictions for Men and women are as followed:


year Men Women
2005 2314 412
2006 3355 374
2007 5284 647
2008 5423 649
2009 8299 912
2010 8686 1206

The source for the Article and the numbers : http://www.bianet.org/english/children/136289-1023-child-political-convicts---dramatic-increase

President Barzani: Kurds will not kill or fight against each other anymore.


In a conference that took place in capital of South Kurdistan, President of Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), President Barzani stated that : Kurds will not kill or fight against Each other any more.

President Barzani also stated that : We have reached a point today that shows that Kurdish problem cannot be solved through policies of violence. Like every other people and groups, Kurds also have the right for self-determination. This right should be respected by everyone and the problem should be solved through peaceful ways.

2 Kurdish Workers shot by the Iranian government


Attacking Kurdish workers by the Iranian government continuing and is on the rise .  yesterday, a group of Kurdish worker were attacked  and 2 of them were injured and are in critical conditions .

those 2 workers that were identified as : Mr. Eyhan Kehrizi and Mr. Nezam Beshiri came under fire around the Kurdish city of Urmiyeh yesterday by the Iranian government.

they underwent surgery and currently are in critical conditions in Urmiyeh's central hospital.

15 More Kurds Arrested by the Turkish Government


Today 12 more Kurds were arrested in Kurdish city of Mersin by the Turkish Government. also, Kurdish observer reported that 3 Kurds were also arrested in Kurdish city of Wan.

Turkish Court charged the following Kurds with spreading propaganda. 

35 Kurds were arrested by the Iranian government in Kurdish city of Sine


Kurd watch organization in iran reported that today 35 Kurds were arrested . these arrests took place while Ahmadinijad's right hand man, Reza Rahimi the former governor of Kurdistan province returned to Sine.  these 35 people were all arrested at the same time as a group in hassan abad area of Sine in a house raid by the iranian secret police.

Sources did not mentioned any of the names beside Mr. Mehrdad Amir Vaziri . couple days ago, another mass arrest of mountain climbing group of Kurdistan by the Iranian government  took place.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

7 Kurdish prisoners were relocated to a unknown place by the Iranian government


Kurdish observer stated that 7 Kurdish prisoners that  were in central prison of Kurdish city of Urmiyeh were relocated to a unknown place on Feb 14.
the names of those 7 Prisoners are as followed :
  1. Habibullah Golperipur : Membership in Kurdish Political party
  2. Eli Ehmed Suleyman : 14 years for membership of Kurdish political parties
  3. Ehmed Temuyi :
  4. Mustefa Eli Ehmed ; 6 years involvement in Kurdish political parties
  5. Cehangir Badozade
  6. Mustefa Kake Memi 
  7. Yosof Rehmanipur: 5 years for involvement in Kurdish political parties
 the families of above prisoners are very worried about their conditions.

Turkish Tank injured a 70 years old Kurdish woman


Turkish military used tanks to attacked the Kurdish protesters in Kurdish city of Amed today and severely injured a 70 years old Kurdish woman .
Mrs. Aysha that is 70 years old was protesting along with many other Kurds was badly injured and it is being reported that she is in critical condition in hospital .

this is another example of human right violation by the Turkish military and Turkish government. such violations are taking place everyday and no human right organizations are taking any actions .

Executions are continuing by the Iranian government


Kurdish observer reported that another Prisoner was hanged in central prison of Iranian city of Zanjan. also, another prisoner was sentenced to death by the Iranian government in this city under the charges of burglary and threatening the security of the country.
it is important to mention that from the beginning of the year 2012 more then 52 prisoners have been executed by the Iranian government. it is being said that , there has been more executions behind closed doors and no information are available of those acts.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Human Rights violations report of 2011


You can get access to the 2011 human right violation report and statics by click on the following link and downloading the PDF.

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Another prisoner killed under torture after 23 years and another Kurd sentenced to death by the Iranian government


According to human right organization of iran and Kurdish observer another Prisoner was killed under torture of Iranian government forces in Gewhar dasht prison. Mr. Rahman Maqdooni was under torture for several hours and lost his life on Feb 5th.
Mr. Maqdonni was arrested 23 years ago and was held in prison all these time . he was 43 years old when he lost his life.

In Karaj Another Kurdish prisoner by the name of  Yones Aqayan that is one of the followers if Yarsan religious group was sentenced to death. this sentencing is another example of lack of religious freedom in Iran by the Iranian government.

Iranian government attcking Kurdish workers


Kurdish observer reported that The Iranian soldiers once again attacked the Kurdish workers on the many places on the borders of East Kurdistan.  in one of this attacks that took place yesterday in Hewraman area Iranian soldiers set ambushes for Kurdish workers on Nosud village. As a result of the gunshot 7 heads of workers’ mules were killed.

one important thing to know is that  Nosud village is strictly controlled by the military and such attacks on Kurdish workers happens very often in systematically orders from Tehran policies against Kurds..

31 Kurdish prisoners remain in custody of Turkish Government in kurdish City of Batman


Turkish government arrests of Kurdish people is continuing, and  Tuesday saw another round of raids and arrests in Kurdish city by the Turkish government. 12 Kurds plus 2 of the firat news agency's distribution staff by the names of shafak chelen and Fatma Demir were arrested and jailed for involvement with Union of Kurdistan Communities in Kurdish city of batman. also, in another round of raids and arrests several other kurds and Gulsen Aslan was amongst them in raiding her office.in this raid her belongings including disks, flash drivers and many things were taken by the Turkish government.

in another round of raids on Feb 4th over 40 Kurds were arrested which more then 30 of the are still remained in custody. these arrested were taken place systematically in 7 Kurdish cities

Turkish government soilders open fire on houses of Innocent Kurds


Kurdish observer reported that there are many clashes between Kurdish freedom fighters and Turkish government forces. in one of the clashes between Kurdish Freedom fighters and Turkish government soldiers on Thursday in Cele district of kolemrge in north Kurdistan, the Turkish military open fire on all Kurdish houses in that district and even attack innocent peoples houses with rackets and there were no reports of any injuries

Execution of 4 iranians by the Iranian Government in Iranian City of Qom


The Kurdish observer stated that 4 Iranians were Executed today in Iranian City of Qom by the Iranian Government. they were charged with drug trafficking charges .
Iranian government executions are on the rise and continuing without any regards to any human right laws.
Iranian government uses Drug trafficking as excuse for killing many innocent people and many activists in Iran.