Kurdistan Press Agency
Kurdistan
Pendant (94-14): KURDPA’S Weekly Report on Women’s Rights Issues
This week’s Pendant update includes women’s rights violations in Kurdistan, which consists of:
Human Rights
Kurdistan
Continued Attacks on Kolbars Takes More Lives
Two more courier workers (Kolbar) have been shot by Iranian Border Guards in border areas close to Sardasht.
Kurdistan
Iran Executes another Kurdish Political Prisoner
In a string of political prisoner executions, the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran executes another Kurdish political prisoner in Tabriz Prison.
Iran
Human Rights Organizations Condemn the Destruction of Sunni Place of Worship in Tehran
Eleven human rights organizations released a statement condemning the destruction of a Sunni place of worship in Tehran.
Iran
Pendant (94-12): KURDPA’S Weekly Report on Women’s Rights Issues
This week’s Pendant update includes Women’s rights violations in Kurdistan which consists of: Suspicious death of two young girls and one woman in the cities of Marivan, Mahabad Three young girls commit Suicide in the cities of Bokan,…
Iran
Iran-Iraq War Landmines still take Innocent Lives
The left-over landmines from the Iran-Iraq war still haunt residents of Eastern Kurdistan where much of the 8-year war took place.
Kurdistan
Brutal Attacks on Two More Courier Workers
Armed assaults on Kurdish courier workers (Kolbars) continues, and the latest ambush and direct shootings targeting kolbars in Piranshar and Nowsud injured two.
Iran
Amnesty: 700 Executions in Iran in Just Six Months
It is believed the Iranian authorities have executed about 700 people in six months, according to Amnesty International.
Kurdistan
Amnesty: Saman Nassem Must be Given a Fair Trial
Amnesty International urged Iranian authorities to grant Saman Naseem , a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, a full and fair retrial.
Kurdistan
With the Death of another Kolbar, Death and Injury Toll Reaches 23
A Kurdish courier worker (Kolbar) from the suburbs of Pirsnshar died following two days of hospitalization.