Archive for the ‘Kurdish Human Rights Project’ Category

KHRP: Kurdish prisoners in Iran mount hunger strike

From the Kurdish Human Rights Project:
Some 200 Kurdish prisoners of conscience in Iran are undertaking a hunger strike to protest against use of the death penalty and the prevalence of torture in detention centres throughout the country.
The individuals involved are spread across a number of locations including jails in Kermanshah, Saghez, Mahabad and Uromieh, as [...]

September 10th, 2008NoneRead More
Activism, Executions, Health, Iran, Journalists, Kurdish Human Rights Project, Political Prisoners, Prisoners of Conscience, Suppression, Torture

KHRP publishes latest issue of its legal review and trial observation report

Recent Announcement by the Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP):
KHRP is pleased to announce the publication of issue 13 of its biannual Legal Review, and its latest Trial Observation Report, ‘Persecuting Publishers, Stifling Debate: Freedom of Expression in Turkey’.
KHRP’s Legal Review is the only existing legal journal covering significant legislative and policy developments in the Kurdish [...]

June 23rd, 2008NoneRead More
Free speech, Kurdish Human Rights Project, Kurdistan, Reports, Trials, Turkey