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Iranian Kurdish activist faces execution
29.4.2010
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April
29, 2010
MAHABAD,
Iranian Kurdistan, — A
Kurdish activist has been sentenced to death in
Iran's northwestern city of Mahabad [Eastern
Kurdistan], RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.
Habibollah Golparipour was arrested six months ago,
the Human Rights Activists News Agency reported. He
was sentenced on April 22 by a revolutionary court.
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Journalist Khosro Kordpour told Radio Farda that "Golparipour's
lawyer informed me that his charges include 'enmity
with God through propagandistic activities' and
'membership in an opposition group.'"
Kordpour said Golparipour has 20 days to appeal his
death sentence. He described a growing crackdown on
Kurdish activists.
"Since last year, issuing death sentences for
Kurdish activists on varied charges -- especially
'enmity with God' -- has become very common,"
Kordpour said. He said two Kurdish women activists
-- Zeinab Jalalian and Shirin Alam-Huli -- are among
those who have been sentenced to death.
According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency,
22 Kurdish activists are currently on death row in
Iran.
Iran executed two young Kurdish political activists,
Ehsan Fatahian and Fasih Yasamani,www.ekurd.netin
November 2009 and January 2010, respectively.
Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey all have significant
ethnic Kurdish minorities. Estimate to 12 million
Kurds live in Iran.
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