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Iran: Jailed Kurds begin hunger strike
25.8.2008
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August 25, 2008
Iranian Kurdistan, — Kurdish prisoners,
all jailed for political motives in Iran, on Monday
began an indefinite hunger strike to promote human
rights.
The news, released by the Kurdish agency,www.ekurd.net
Mokrian, was confirmed
by the sister of Adnan Hassanpour, the award-winning
journalist who has been condemned to death.
Hassanpour was awarded a media award in Italy by the
Information, Safety & Freedom Association.
The prisoners' hunger strike is to "sensitise
Iranian and international public opinion" to
"protest against the death sentences given to
Kurdish representatives" and to "denounce continuing
human rights violations in prison and outside
prison". |
Kurdish journalists
Adnan Hassanpur (L) and Hiwa Botimar (R)
sentenced to death by the Iranian Islamic regime.
Iran has upheld a death sentence for the second time
for Hiwa Boutimar |
Eight Kurdish
intellectuals and activists have been condemned to
death in Iran, while another six have been sentenced
to penalties of up to 11 years for their alleged
political and militant activities.
The International Alliance
in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) provides the following list of
persecuted activists:
* Sousan Razani, 36 years old, a resident of the
city of Sandandaj in Iranian Kurdistan, sentenced to 9 months
imprisonment and 70 lashes, for participation in the
2008 May Day rally in Sanandaj; charged with "the
breach of public order—participation in an illegal
assembly in front of the Social Security building."
* Shiva Kheirabadi, 25 years old, a resident of the
city of Sanandaj in Iranian Kurdistan, sentenced to
4 months imprisonment and 15 lashes, for
participation in the 2008 May Day rally in Sanandaj;
charged with the "breach of public
order"—participation in an illegal assembly in front
of the Social Security building.
* Seyed Qaleb Hosseini, 46 years old, a resident of
the city of Sanandaj in Iranian Kurdistan, was
sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and 50 lashes,
for participation in the 2008 May Day rally in
Sanandaj; charged with the "breach of public
order"—participation in an illegal assembly in front
of the Social Security building.
* Abdullah Khani, 49 years old, a resident of the
city of Sanandaj in Iranian Kurdistan, sentenced to
91 days prison and 40 lashes, for participation at
the 2008 May Day rally in Sanandaj; charged with the
"breach of public order"—participation in an illegal
assembly in front of the Social Security building.
* Seyed Khaled Hosseini, 49 years old, a resident of
the city of Sanandaj in Iranian Kurdistan, sentenced
to three months and one additional day in jail and
30 lashes, sentences suspended for two years;
charged with the "breach of public
order"—participation in a rally outside Sanandaj
prison in support of Mahmoud Salehi on March 23,
2008.
* Afshin Shams, a labor activist, a member of
Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers'
Organizations, a member of Committee in Defense of
Mahmoud Salehi and also a member of Caricaturist
Society; incarcerated since July 04, 2008 without
trial.
* Farzad Kamangar is a 33 year old teacher,www.ekurd.net
journalist and a human
rights activist from Kurdistan, Iran. Farzad
Kamangar has been sentenced to death, found guilty
of "risking national security and being a member of
the Kurdistan Workers Party." Mr. Kamangar has been
subjected to brutal torture and lengthy
imprisonment.
* Mansour Osanloo, President of the board of
directors of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and
Suburbs Bus Company. Mr. Osanloo has been jailed
numerous times. The last time, he was abducted on
July 10, 2007 and later was transferred to the Evin
Prison and never released since. He has been
sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. There have been
numerous international campaigns for his freedom.
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