Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan

Eleven Months in Jail for Kurd from Sanandaj

Article 543

January 11, 2007

Sanandaj- Jahandar Mohamadi has been detained for the past two months in Tehran, he was recently transferred to Sanandaj Prison. Mr. Mohamadi was jailed for being active with a Kurdish political party. He has been interrogated numerous times in the past without being sentenced. His jailtime is being extended constantly. The Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan desires that the Iranian Islamic Regime bring him to a public hearing with legal representation so that his case can be aired openly.

Sentencing and Deportation for Five Refugees

Article 871

January 11, 2007

Tehran- Ali Alamzada, Abulfazal Ajurlu, Mojtaba Vatanpour, Alireza Ranjbar and Pejman Piran received deportation orders from the Turkish government and their deportation date is imminent. Mr. Alamzada has been jailed in Iran previously. Mr. Ajurlu and Mr. Vatanpour are representatives of a dissident Iranian party. All five of these refugees went to the United Nations in Van, where they were neglected. They are now in great distress over their uncertain fate.

Translated by Samrand Moradi: xorataw@hotmail.com