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Kurdish political prisoner in Iran on hunger strike, others at high risk

According to a number of individual sources, Kurdish political prisoner – Mohammad Amin Agoushi – has gone on hunger strike since August 15th. Mr. Agoushi is being held at the central prison in Orumieh...

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Kurdish Association of Ireland Protested Lausanne Treaty

Dublin, Ireland: In an attempt to send a loud and clear message to the general public and politicians alike, the Kurdish Association of Ireland staged an indefinite hunger strike to protest the 88th...

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Kurdish prisoners Mohmmad Kaboodvand and Hossein Maleki on hunger strike in Iran

Human rights activist Mohmmad Seddigh Kaboodvand was transferred to the Evin Prison infirmary on the tenth day of his hunger strike against his unfair detention by the Iranian government. Kaboodvand...

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Starved voices neglected by international community

Kurdish political prisoners go into day 45 of their hunger strike As the Muslim world celebrates the Feast of the Sacrifice, more than 700 Kurdish political prisoners continue their hunger strike...

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The never-ending oppression of the Kurds?

The life of the Kurdish people has been dominated by numerous conflicts for decades. The Kurdish landscape has always been a region where armed struggles have been launched and the Kurdish people have...

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Solidarity Letters from Political Prisoners in Turkey

The number of political prisoners in Turkey is increasing on a daily basis. Despite Turkey being criticised for its crackdowns on mostly Kurdish but also Turkish journalists, lawyers, politicians and...

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Turkey “allows” Kurdish in court, still prosecutes Kurds unfairly

KCK hearing in Diyarbakir 24 January, Istanbul: Turkey’s parliament fulfilled a long-standing promise to decriminalize the use of the Kurdish language during Turkish court trials after an intense...

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Kurdish Prisoner on Hunger Strike Due to Torture

Sevcan Dönmez, a Kurdish prisoner in Kocaeli T Type Prison in Turkey, has been allegedly persecuted and tortured by warders and prisoners on the excuse that he is Kurdish and Alevi, Dicle News Agency...

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What peace process, Erdogan and Barzanî?

On November 16, Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, uttered the word “Kurdistan” in public when he was giving a speech in the Kurdish city of Amed, its official name being Diyarbakir after...

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Another Kurdish Political Prisoner Executed In Iran

According to BBC Persian, the family of Mansour Arwand has confirmed that the 39-year-old Kurdish political prisoner was recently executed by the Iranian regime. Adding to the family’s distress,...

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