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The fourth conference of Women’s Union of East Kurdistan (YJRK), was started with the slogan of “with the deepening of the ideology of women’s liberation, to build democratic self-management” and was held in the mountains of Kurdistan. Consequently, the System of Free Women Society of East Kurdistan (KJAR) was established. In this case the Women’s…

Prolonged detention of political prisoners has a history in Iran although it has not yet been defined for political prisoners in Iran’s Law. The government has always tried to issue proceedings for a few minute trails and issuing long terms in jail for political prisoners. The purpose of these sanctions is to eliminate the memory,…

Worries intensifies each day in regards to health condition of Kurdish political prisoner Zeyneb Celaliyan (Zeynab Jalalian). Sources from Kurdistan Human Rights Organization have reported that Kurdish prisoner Zeyneb Celaliyan in Kirmaşan (Kermanshah) jail in Rojhelat is on the verge of blindness for being denied medical treatment. Zeyneb Celaliyan whom is not being allowed to be…

While the world powers are engaged to deal on Irans’ nuclear programme, new government officials come into office of Rouhani whom distort the international circles eyes from the human rights condition in Iran and Rojhelat (Eastern Kurdistan) taking advantage of the “heroic flexibility” policy adopted by Iranian Supreme Leader. Detention and threatening against Kurds, particularly…

Early this month, Revolutionary Guards started a large scale operation against HRK (Eastern Kurdistan Forces) guerrillas which resulted in a clash to break out between HRK at one side and the Revolutionary Guards and mercenaries on the other side. In clashes more than 15 Revolutionary Guards and mercenaries including high ranked troopers died, and many more were injured.…

Based on law designated as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism” in 1984, Iranian Mullah Regime remains as an active state sponsor of terrorism in 2011. This Regime is known to use the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and terrorist insurgent groups to implement its foreign policy goals, provide cover for intelligence operations, and support…

According to the report from the Kurdistan Human Rights Association “KMMK”, more the three months there is no information about situation of Dana Lencawayi in the Iranian regime prisons. While the world powers are engaged to deal on Iran’s nuclear programme, new government come into office of Rouhani has distorted the international circles eyes from the human…

The Kurdish artist, singer, writer and poet Abbas Kamandi (Ebbas Kemendî) passed away early morning on Thursday, 22th May, in a hospital in his birthplace Sine (Sanandaj), in Rojhelat. Kemendî suffered on Wednesday evening from aches in kidneys and was taken to the hospital on Thursday morning, after his heart stopped working. Other sources reported that he has…

On 16.05.1997 the security forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq (KDP) raided the hospital, the newspaper agency of Wilat, the Red Crescent of Kurdistan and cultural centre of Mesopotamia that massacred more than 80 civil rights activists, journalists and people injured in Erbil (Hewlêr). Based on research done on one of the perpetrators…

These days, while talks continue to move throughout Iran’s nuclear case with the so-called powers of 5 + 1 which has increased a terrible wave of executions in Iran. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), 15 prisoners have been executed in Urmiye, Ahwaz and Semnan last week. Based on the…

  Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) held 4th Ordinary Congress in Medya Defense Areas. The congress which was attended by 101 delegates witnessed the election of Evîndar Rênas and Ebdulrehman Hacî Ehmedî as co-presidents and a new 13-person assembly of the Party which has also adopted the co-presidency model.   PJAK: By insisting on our social and…

The Counter-Guerrilla movement, created by the Iranian Intelligence agency is still going to Rojhelat (Eastern Kurdistan) with the goal of giving the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) a bad reputation. Yesterday, a group of Counter-Guerrilla in the Kosalan region was seen and they introduced themselves as members of the PJAK. According to the information Firat News…

The KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council has issued a message on the fourth anniversary of the execution of 4 PJAK (Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan) members, calling on the Iranian government to take concrete steps towards a resolution of the Kurdish question and to halt executions. Iran hanged Kurdish teachers and human…

On Thursday 2014, a number of Kurdish political prisoners and other nations of Iran held a memorial ceremony to commemorate 9th May 2010, the anniversary of the execution of Ferzad Kemanger, a Kurdish teacher and his cellmates Shirin Elemhuli, Ferhad Wekili, Eli Heyderiyan and Mehdi Islamian in Rajaei-Shahr prison in Karaj. A statement by the…

Denial, elimination, mass murder, and ethnocide have constituted the main policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran in dealing with the national groups in this country. Totalitarian tendencies coupled with the lack of toleration of national and cultural pluralities inherent in the Iranian geographic order, with the Kurdish nation presenting itself at the top, was…

In the name of Freedom At the eve of the fourth anniversary of May 9th martyrs, Farzad Kamangar, Farhad Vakili, Ali Heydarian, Shirin Alam Hooli and Mehdi Islamian, such cruel behaviours against humanity is condemned with the slogan of “the right of life and freedom cannot be denied from human life”. The sovereign teacher whom…

Eastern Democratic and Free Society, shortened KODAR, has hold its first assembly establishing its formation. In Qendil Mountains of southern Kurdistan, the newly elected co-chairs of KODAR gace a press conference and officially announced the establishment of KODAR and its compositon. This conference started at 1:15 PM on May 5 and continued till 3 o’clock. In…

Since 23 April three Kurdish political prisoners who have been convicted to death for two of them are still on hunger strike to protest of their sentences. Kurdistan Human Rights Association reported. Eli Efshari 34 years old from Mehabad was captured in end of 2010 in Bokan city while the intelligence forces had wounded him during…

According to information received by “Kurdistan Human Rights Association”, in the last month, there have been eight bodies found being hung in different areas by the Meriwan residents. On Tuesday three hangings were reported in Meriwan also. Based on report from KHRA the names of people who have died in suspicious as follows: Ebdulla Wahedi 19…