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Mariwan in strike! Komala Party - Iranian Kurdistan
In the town of Mariwan located in Kurdistan (Iran), a strike has been broken among the residents since March 2 after the Iranian Government soldiers shot a group of workers. The number injured is unknown. The strike is a result of the tense situation that arose after the Iranian government closed the border to Iraq and thus hampered the work of the residents.
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Iran: Worsening Repression of Dissent as Election Approaches amnesty international
In the last three months, Amnesty International has received reports of waves of arbitrary arrests and harassment, directed particularly against members of Iran’s religious and ethnic minority communities, students, trade unionists and women’s rights activists. Amnesty International is aware of the apparent arbitrary arrest of, or other repressive measures taken against, over 220 individuals.
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Declaration about the imprisonment of Jawad Alizadeh
Join Declaration by “Democratic Union of Kurdish Students” and “Organization for Defence of Human Rights in Kurdistan” about the imprisonment of Jawad Alizadeh Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and fear (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 19). ..
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IMHRO celebrate the 60th birthday of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
When John Humphrey started to write the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), no one knew that this new covenant between humans would have such a huge impact on everyday life. The phrase “Human Rights” was unknown until then.
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Iran: Freedom of Expression and Association in the Kurdish Regions
On July 9, 2005, students in the Iranian Kurdish city of Mahabad held demonstrations in Esteghlal Square to mark the anniversary of 1999 student protests in Tehran which the government had violently suppressed. Like the student protests they were commemorating, ..
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Farzad Kamangar (alias Siamand)(m),aged 32,teacher trade unionist] Ali Heydariyan(m)] members of Kurdish minority Farhad Vakili(m)]
On 24 November, prison guards entered Farzad Kamangar’s cell in Section 209 of Tehran’s Evin prison. It is reported that the prison guards beat Farzad Kamangar, threatened him with execution, and took him out of the cell, along with some of his personal belongings. Later that day, another prisoner reported seeing him in the prison clinic, apparently unconscious. Farzad Kamangar is now believed to have been returned to his cell. .
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International Religious Freedom Report
The Constitution of Iran states that Islam is the official state religion, and the doctrine followed is that of Ja'afari (Twelver) Shi'ism. The Constitution provides that "other Islamic denominations are to be accorded full respect," while the country's pre-Islamic religious groups--Zoroastrians, Christians, and Jews--are recognized as "protected" religious minorities. However, Article 4 of the Constitution states that all laws and regulations must be based on Islamic criteria. In practice, the Government severely restricted freedom of religion.
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Comedian Sabina Guzzanti 'insulted Pope' in 'poofter devils' gag
An Italian comedienne who said that Pope Benedict XVI would go to Hell and be tormented by homosexual demons is facing a prison term of up to five years.
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THE OBSERVATORY (IRAN: Kurdish Human Rights Defenders pursue their hunger strike)
Paris - Geneva, September 4, 2008. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), ..
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Stop Kurd execution in Iran Kurds Human Rights Network
It was 1:00 pm, a group of the Pasdars(the Iranian Revolutionary Guard) arrived to the village Qarna. At first look, they found nobody as everybody ran away toward the mountains or tried to be hidden somewhere. ..
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Iranian Government Executed Baluchi Human Right Activist Iranian Minorities’ Human Right Organisation (IMHRO)
The Iranian government has executed Mr Yaghub Mehrnahad, a 28 year old Baluchi journalist, human rights and cultural activist, who criticised the Iranian government’s treatment of Baluchi people. He executed along side another Baluchi man named Abdul Nasser.. ..
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Iran: Human rights abuses against the Kurdish minority
..Kurds in Iran have long suffered deep-rooted discrimination. Their social, political and cultural rights have been repressed, as have their economic aspirations. Kurdish regions have been economically neglected, resulting in entrenched poverty.  ..
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IRAN: END DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE KURDISH MINORITY
Iran’s government is failing in its duty to prevent discrimination and human rights abuses against its Kurdish citizens, particularly women, said Amnesty International in a new report published today. The organization expressed fears that the repression of Kurdish Iranians, particularly human rights defenders, is intensifying. The report cites examples of religious and cultural discrimination against the estimated 12 million Kurds who live in Iran and form around 15 per cent of the population.
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Foad Mostafa Soltani
Foad M. Soltani, or Kak Foad (1948-1979), was a Kurdish political leader, who influenced the events in Eastern Kurdistan after 1979 Iran revolution until summer 1979 when he was killed in a fight with islamic regime's armed forces between Saqqez andd Marivan. ..
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May 1st By Kara Moradi
The May 1st movement began by attempting to regulate the hours in a workday in the USA in the 1860’s, where ten to sixteen hour days were the norm. Resolutions were passed twenty years later in the name of the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada that the new regulated eight hour day would commence on the first of May, 1884.
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Iran: Kurds Form Front To Demand Rights Golnaz Esfandiari
A group of Iranian Kurds has created a movement aimed at "peacefully" promoting democracy and demanding rights that they say have been neglected. Some Kurdish activists believe, however, that the creation of the Kurdish United Front is simply an attempt by reformist groups to regain some political power.
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Flash Point
Iranian photographer Jahangir Razmi, left, took 70 pictures of an execution in Kurdistan on Aug. 27, 1979. One picture (No. 20, below) won the Pulitzer Prize. It was, however, awarded to an unnamed photographer -- the only anonymous recipient in the 90-year history of the award. Mr. Razmi preserved 27 of the photos on a contact sheet and stowed it away in his home. Below are those photos -- made public for the first time. (See related article)
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Pulitzer Board to Amend Records, Give Prize to Iranian Photographer By EMILY STEEL