Kurdish activists
Amnesty International and the Campaign in Support of Mohammad Seddigh Kaboodvand
Sara Roshan in conversation with Parinaz Hassany, wife of Mohammad Seddigh Kaboodvand
Amnesty International launched a campaign on July 11, 2012 in support of Mohammad Seddigh Kaboodvand, an Iranian activist known as the father of Kurdish human rights. » read more
Hunger strike lands jailed activist in infirmary
Jailed Iranian human rights activist Mohmmad Seddigh Kaboodvand is in critical condition following more than a week on a hunger strike. » read more
Two Kurdish prisoners sentenced to death
The Iranian judiciary has handed death sentences to two Kurdish political prisoners in Mahabad. » read more
U.S. calls for release of journalists
The United States has called on Iran to release Mohammad Seddigh Kaboodvand and the other 90 journalists who are being held in Iranian prisons. » read more
Kurdish prisoner’s protest letter may be his last
Iranian political prisoner Habibollah Golparipour says security forces took him "to the verge of death with physical and psychological torture." » read more
Political prisoner may face execution soon
There is growing fear over the fate of Habibollah Golparipour, an Iranian-Kurdish political prisoner who may be in imminent danger of execution. » read more
Kurdish prisoner's death sentence commuted
Iranian authorities have reduced the death sentence of Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian to life in prison, Jalalian’s defence attorney reports. » read more
Student activists detained in Sanandaj
Iranian authorities have arrested three Kurdish student activists in the northwestern city of Sanandaj, the Kurdish Students Democratic Union reports. » read more












