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,…
The left-over landmines from the Iran-Iraq war still haunt residents of Eastern Kurdistan where much of the 8-year war took place.
Armed assaults on Kurdish courier workers (Kolbars) continues, and the latest ambush and direct shootings targeting kolbars in Piranshar and Nowsud injured two.
Recently the medical facilities in the city of Sardasht in Wurme (Wast Azarbijan) Province have been experiencing shortages in medical supplies, especially for pregnant woman.
Despite Hassan Rouhan’s promise, since his election to Iran’s presidency in 2013, to loosen social and cultural restrictions, the Iranian-Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi says he has seen no changes since Rouhani’s election.
It is believed the Iranian authorities have executed about 700 people in six months, according to Amnesty International.
Amnesty International urged Iranian authorities to grant Saman Naseem , a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, a full and fair retrial.
BY: KAORI SHOJI FOR THE JAPAN TIMES
Following the acid attacks on three women in Bokan, a peaceful protest against the attacks was organized, leading to the arrests of six people by plainclothes security forces.
A Kurdish courier worker (Kolbar) from the suburbs of Pirsnshar died following two days of hospitalization.
Kurdistan Press Agency
