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Kurdistan
Young Kurdish girl commits suicide
Family problems, social impasses and state sanctioned gender discrimination in the Kurdish areas of Iran are the leading cause of high suicide rate among girls
Human Rights
Iran
Iran hangs man for killing nuclear scientist
A man convicted of killing an Iranian nuclear scientist has been hanged.
Kurdistan
A Kurdish man from Bokan, missing for more than a month
A Kurdish man from the city of Bokan has been missing for a month and there is no information on his whereabouts.
Kurdistan
The whereabouts of three Kurdish political prisoners are still unknown
The whereabouts of three Kurdish political prisoners are still unknown for four years following their arrest.
Iran
Trade unionist given six-year prison sentence
Amnesty International announced in an urgent action request that Iranian trade unionist Reza Shahabi has been sentenced to six years ' imprisonment on vaguely worded charges.
Iran
UN experts urge Iran to ensure protection for human rights defenders
A group of independent United Nations experts have condemned the ongoing arrests and harsh sentencing of human rights defenders and their lawyers in Iran.
Human Rights
US calls on Iran to release imprisoned journalists
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the United States called on the Iranian government to release all jailed journalists.
Iran
Uzbekistan, Belarus, Iran Among World's Worst Media Censors
leading journalism watchdog group has listed authorities in Uzbekistan, Belarus, and Iran as among the world's leading media censors.
Human Rights
Thirty dead in Syria despite new UN plea
Reuters - BEIRUT—Violence erupted in two Syrian provinces on Tuesday, with a rights group reporting 10 civilians dead in an army mortar attack and 12 soldiers killed in a fire-fight with rebel gunmen as U.N. monitors sought to shore up a…
Kurdistan
Three youth are run over by regime's security forces
The security forces on the back of a military vehicle targeted a group of youth on a motorcycle in the city of Mariwan resulting in the serious injury of Behzad Darbarzin.