Kurds
Witness Statement of Eghbal Moradi
(8 January 2013) – In recent days, there has been renewed concern that the implementation of the death sentences for Zanyar and Loghman Moradi, two ethnic Kurds on death row since December 2010, may be imminent. ... Read more
Dr. Ahmed Shaheed presents report on situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to Third Committee of General Assembly member states react
26 October 2012 -- Member states welcome Dr. Ahmed Shaheed's latest report, criticize challenges placed in his way by not being permitted to travel freely in ... Read more
Arrest of Saeed Shirzad, a children’s rights activist, while aiding earthquake victims in East Azerbaijan
(23 August 2012) – According to reports obtained by the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC), Saeed Shirzad, an ethnic Kurd and children’s rights ... Read more
In Their Own Words: Human Rights Violations against Iran’s Kurdish Minority
(9 August 2012) -- The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran routinely violates domestic and international law in the course of arresting, interrogating, and prosecuting Kurdish civil and political activists. ... Read more
Witness Statement of Kajal Sheikhmohammadi
In this witness statement, Kajal Sheikhmohammadi details the roughly five months she spent in detention while wounded and her subsequent interactions with the judge in her case. ... Read more
Witness Statement of Amir Ahmadi
Amir Ahmadi, a Komala member, gives a detailed account of the conditions during his nearly two-and-a-half years in the Intelligence Ministry's Sanandaj detention center and Sanandaj Central Prison. ... Read more
Witness Statement of Mala’ekeh Alamhooli
Mala'ekeh Alamhooli shares the story of her niece, Shirin Alamhooli, who was arrested in April 2008, charged with complicity in a bombing, tortured, imprisoned, and ultimately executed in May 2009. ... Read more
Witness Statement of Kaveh Tahmasebi
The environmental activism of Kaveh Tahmasebi gave rise to three separate prosecutions and 22 months' imprisonment. He was questioned by the same interrogator as Yaser Goli—a Kurdish student activist. ... Read more
Witness Statement of Sherko Jahani Asl
Sherko Jahani Asl provides a detailed account of his three periods of imprisonment for writing allegedly subversive fiction, a blasphemy charge, and human rights activism. ... Read more
Witness Statement of Nasser Golparipour
Nasser Golparipour, a former IRGC member and the father of Kurdish Iranian death row prisoner Habibollah Golparipour, discusses his son's case. ... Read more
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