Tag: news
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Al-Monitor: Border Smuggling Rises In Eastern Kurdistan
SOUTH KURDISTAN, SILEMANI — Mohammad Karimi was driving his car between two towns in the mountainous region of western Iran on an evening in early October. The vehicle was laden with satellite dishes, illegal under Iranian law, while his wife and two young children awaited his return. As he drove in that fateful night, a…
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Voice of Russia: Syrian rebels fire chemical weapons at Kurds on Turkish border
ROJAVA, ─ Syrian rebel fighters have used war chemicals against Kurdish militias in the northeast of Syria near the Turkish border, according to Al-Mayadeen Lebanese TV channel’s report earlier this Wednesday. According to the TV channel, the fighters used chemical weapons yesterday near a Kurdish militia post in the city of Al-Hasakah, in the Ras…
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Amnesty International report: “Two more Kurdish men at imminent risk of execution in Iran”
Iran: Lives of two death row inmates from Kurdish minority at risk amid surge in executions Two death row prisoners from Iran’s Kurdish minority are at imminent risk of being executed after the Iranian authorities carried out 20 death sentences over the weekend, Amnesty International warned today. “This surge in executions shows that behind words…
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Political prisoner’s conditions in East Kurdistan (Rojhelat) reflecting on Ahmed Shaheed’s report
Every day two executions, a statistics which has been released by Center for Human Rights Activist in Iran since the coming to power of Rouhani on 3 August to 3 October 2013. However this situation has been changing in some cities of Iran. Further violations of human rights including “free speech, freedom of thought, protection…
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PJAK: Attacks on Kurdish People will not be left unanswered
The Iranian Kurdish political prisoners, Hebibulla Gulperipur and Reza Ismaili were hanged on 26 October 2013 by the Iranian regime. Gulperipur 29 years old was from Sine (Sanandaj) and Ismaili 35 years old from Selmas (Salmas), both were charged on the grounds of being members of Free Life Party of Kurdsiatn” PJAK. Following the execution…
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Kurdish political prisoner Hebibulla Gulperipur hanged today
EAST KURDISTAN, URMIYE ─ 29 years old, Iranian Kurdish political prisoner Hebibulla Gulperipur was transferred to solitary confinement on 25th of October 2013 and he was hanged today 26th of October in Urmiye prison in East Kurdistan (Rojhelat). Early morning of 25th of October the Kurdish political prisoner Mr Habibulla Gulparipor was transferred to Solitary…
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Kurdish political parties react to the travel ban of Salih Muslim to South Kurdistan
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have decided to deny PYD (Democratic Union Party) co-chair Salih Muslim entry to South Kurdistan. Salih Muslim went to Rojava (West Kurdistan) to join the funeral of his son Şervan (who was a member of the YPG, People’s Defense Units) who lost his life in clashes. Salih Muslim was returning…
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The Swedish Metro: Kurdish women in frontline of battle
In its yesterday’s publication, the Swedish newspaper Metro published an article shedding light on the role of Kurdish women in the struggle and resistance of the Kurdish nation in Rojava (Western Kurdistan) with the headline of “Kurdish women are in the frontline of battle”. In the article, photos of Women Defense Units (YPJ) fighters are…
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Ahmad Tamooyi’s letter to Ahmed Shaheed from Urmiye prison
HRANA NEWS AGENCY, ─ Ahmad Tamooyi (Ehmed Temuyî), the prisoner of central prison of Urmiye, has unmasked some physical and mental tortures, which he has experienced during past 6 years in jail in a letter to Ahmed Shaheed. Mr. Tamooyi, is now kept in the general ward (the ward of murderers), after the last false…
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Azarmehr Organization of Women of Kurdistan condemns Salafis sabotage in Ciwanro (Javanrud)
While Ciwanro city (Javanrud) was celebrating Eid al-Adha it was overwhelmed by atmosphere of horror triggered by Salafi-Jihadis who were carrying cutlass and black flags decorated with Quran verses on their motorcycles. They chanted slogans in Arabic like “Allahu Akbar”. Some believe that the goal of these groups is to prove their presence and imposing…
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The victims of Kurdistan serial killings
IRANWIRE ─ PARVANE MAASUMI Friday 19 October, some Kurdish websites released execution of one of the Islamic regime’s prominent security figures in Eastern Kurdistan. Colonel “Hiwa Tab” known as “Hiwa Abdulla Xan” commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (Sepah) in Kurdistan province was hanged in a foggy environment without being reported by the Iranian official…
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Ocalan: PJAK and Iran should enter negotiation to solve the Kurdish question
In his recent meeting with the dispatched board of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) the Kurdish national leader Abdullah Ocalan stated that the cease fire between Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) and Islamic Republic of Iran is not enough. PJAK’s aim, he said, should be focused on advancing the current procedure toward negotiation with…
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Objections raised over suspicious death of Kurdish student
On 10th Oct the body of Seher Chuyini was found with signs of torture on it. This has strengthened the belief that she was brutally murdered. The 19 year old Seher was a student in the Medical Science department of University of Hamadan. This is while the law enforcement units have denied the murder not…
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Seven kids wounded in mine explosion in Meriwan
ANF, MERIWAN – Seven children were seriously wounded as a result of the explosion of a mine in Nişkaşe village of East Kurdistan’s Meriwan city. One of the children, eight year old Geshin Kerimi, reportedly lost his foot in the explosion which occurred on Friday morning, reported Iranian Tenim news agency. Kerimi is receiving treatment…
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39 artificers were imprisoned in Kirmashan
EAST KURDISTAN, KIRMASHAN ─ 39 artists, musicians, cameramans, singers and music art practitioners in Kirmashan (Kermanshah) have been convicted to 1 year discretionary imprisonment and 10 million Riyal fine per person. Since the last year 58 artificers in Kirmaşan were arrested whom mostly working in underground music industry and wedding celebrations. Most of these people first summoned to…
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1 Arab activist was hanged and 11 death penalties were confirmed by the Court
IRAN, ISFAHAN ─ According to “Democratic Partnership Party of Ahwaz, last week Saeid Lawimi, Arab civil activist has been executed by Iranian regime in Isfahan. Last week, Tuesday Saeid Lawimi who was an Arab cultural activist, has been hanged pursuant to the verdict issued by Revolutionary Court in Isfahan Prison. Al-ahwaz website reported. According to the…
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KCK announces democratic resolution declaration [UPDATED / Full version]
TO OUR PEOPLES AND DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC OPINION! The Kurdish question emerged as a result of the Turkish state’s policy of Turkification through its denial of the Kurds’ existence and subjecting them to cultural genocide. All the Kurds’ objections to this policy have been violently crushed. Once the Kurds had been silenced and reduced to a…
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Abdullah Öcalan: New mechanism needed to advance progress
ANF, ─ BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) parliamentary group deputy chair İdris Baluken spoke to Sterk Tv about Monday’s meeting with Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı prison. Baluken was accompanied by Pervin Buldan while co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş was prevented from going to the island. Baluken said Öcalan said that he continued to work intensively…
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Kurdish poet and writer Enwer Hojebri passed away
EAST KURDISTAN, MERIWAN ─ Enwer Hojebri nicknamed ‘Ferhad’, Kurdish poet and writer from Meriwan city passed away due to a heart attack on October 11th in Tehran. Enwer Hojebri was born on 1974 in the village of Kani Maran from Meriwan city into a patriot family. During his school and college period, he began writing…
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Art and cultural centers sealed in East Kurdistan
EAST KURDISTAN, ─ After exerting increasing pressures on the art and cultural centers the Iranian regime prevented them from continuing their activities. The art and cultural centre of Fakhre Razi in Shino city was closed. The Kurdish Language Training Centre was also closed by the security forces in Ilam city. According to the news sources,…