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NEWS
1. Human Rights Professor, Reza Eslami Sentenced as Bargaining Chip for “Hostage Diplomacy”
2. Kolbar killed by soldiers in Iran
3. Over 1,300 IDPs and refugees arrived in Kurdistan Region in January 2021: JCC
4. Five Kurdish activists imprisoned, one taken to an unknown location for ‘further interrogation’
5. Zahra Mohammadi (Zara), Kurdish language teacher’s 5 years imprisonment sentence confirmed
6. 10 years imprisonment for two citizens in Piranshahr
7. Iranian repression targets women in Rojhilat
8. Pandemic forces Iran to cancel mass marches for revolution anniversary
9. Iran Confederate: Call for participation to take actions to end the machine of execution and repression in Iran and the unconditional release of the recent detainees in Kurdistan and all political prisoners of the Iranian people!
10. Kurdish man tortured and killed by Tehran police: human rights network
11. Iranian-Canadian scholar sentenced to seven years in jail in Iran
12. Open letter to Mr. Javaid Rehman over recent arrests in Iran: Kurdish Human Rights Advocacy Group
REPORTS
1. Human Rights Violations in Kurdistan of Iran (Annual Report)
2. New UN Report Assails Iran for Persistent Discrimination against Women
3. Monthly report on human rights violations in Kurdistan; arrests of 101 Kurdish activists, death of six Kolbars in January
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1. Human Rights Professor, Reza Eslami Sentenced as Bargaining Chip for “Hostage Diplomacy”
19 February 2021 | Iran Human Rights
Reza Eslami, human rights professor, member of the faculty of Shahid Beheshti University and a dual Iranian-Canadian citizen has recently been sentenced to seven years in prison, banned from university teaching and leaving the country.
https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4630/
2. Kolbar killed by soldiers in Iran
17 February 2021 | AFN
Iranian soldiers killed a kolbar from Balochistan on the Iran-Pakistan border. Again and again, news of kolbars killed by the Iranian forces come through from the border region to southern and northern Kurdistan. But also in the oppressed region of Baluchistan
https://anfenglishmobile.com/articles/search?q=iran
3. Over 1,300 IDPs and refugees arrived in Kurdistan Region in January 2021: JCC
15 February 2021 | Kurdistan24
The Kurdistan Region’s Joint Crisis Coordination Centre (JCC) on Sunday reported that in January 2021 over 1,300 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees arrived at Kurdistan Region. According to the JCC statistics for the month of January, there were still 930,550 IDPs and refugees in the Kurdistan Region in January 2021 as well as 10,572 Iranians and refugees from other Arab countries.
4. Five Kurdish activists imprisoned, one taken to an unknown location for ‘further interrogation’
15 February 2021 | KHRN
Six Kurdish activists that were detained in the recent wave of arrests in Iran have been transferred to prisons in Orumiyeh and Mahabad during the past week, after the completion of their interrogation. One of these activists has later been taken from prison to an unknown location to be “further interrogated”…
5. Zahra Mohammadi (Zara), Kurdish language teacher’s 5 years imprisonment sentence confirmed
14 February 2021 | Hengaw
According to a report received by Hengaw Human Rights Organization, the Iranian Court of Appeals in Kurdistan Province reduced the initial sentence of 10 years imprisonment for Zahra Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher and head of the Nojin Socio-Cultural Association to 5 years.
6. 10 years imprisonment for two citizens in Piranshahr
12 February 2021 | Kurdpa
The court charged these two citizens with “membership and cooperation with one of the Kurdish opposition parties of the Iranian government,” citing Article 499 of the Islamic Penal Code approved by the Penitentiary Division in 1375 and, in accordance with Article 2 of the Law on Reducing the Punishment of Imprisonment in 1399.
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/10-years-imprisonment-for-two-citizens-in-piranshahr
7. Iranian repression targets women in Rojhilat
12 February 2021 | AFN
The wave of arrests against Kurdish civil society in Iran harshly affects women. Some of the women detained continue to be interrogated in Revolutionary Guard prisons. The wave of arrests that has hit Kurdish civil society in Rojhilat since January also affects several women. At least six of a total of twelve activists who have been imprisoned along with …
https://anfenglish.com/women/x-49963
8. Pandemic forces Iran to cancel mass marches for revolution anniversary
10 February 2021 | Al-Monitor
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Iran’s state-organized marches marking the anniversary of its 1979 revolution had to be reduced to vehicle parades. Yet Iranian officials found their own ways to address tensions with the West.
https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/contents/trending-topics/iran-us-tensions.html
9. Iran Confederate: Call for participation to take actions to end the machine of execution and repression in Iran and the unconditional release of the recent detainees in Kurdistan and all political prisoners of the Iranian people!
09 February 2021 | Rudaw
Since the last month and a half, more than 100 people, including men, women, young people whose hearts are beating eagerly for changes in their occupied society and homeland, have been arrested in Kurdistan by regime intelligence.
http://rojhelat.info/en/?p=10217
10. Kurdish man tortured and killed by Tehran police: human rights network
09 February 2021 | Rudaw
A young Kurdish man was tortured and killed three days after being detained by police in Tehran, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported on Tuesday.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/090220212
11. Iranian-Canadian scholar sentenced to seven years in jail in Iran
09 February 2021 | Rudaw
An Iranian-Canadian university professor was sentenced to seven years in prison in Iran, banned from leaving the country and teaching on charges of “cooperating with hostile foreign powers”, Iranian media outlets reported on Monday.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/090220211
12. Open letter to Mr. Javaid Rehman over recent arrests in Iran: Kurdish Human Rights Advocacy Group
07 February 2021 | Ekurd Daily
Condemnation of Recent Arrests by the Islamic Republic of Iran and Call for Action to Release Kurdish and non-Kurdish prisoners in Iran – an open letter to Mr. Javaid Rehman, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran…
https://ekurd.net/open-letter-mr-javaid-rehman-2021-02-07
REPORTS
1. Human Rights Violations in Kurdistan of Iran (Annual Report)
February 2021 | KMMK
The Kurdish community remains one of the most suppressed groups in the country, with individuals being persecuted, arrested and in many cases sentenced to death, due to their alleged activism. The share of Kurdish political prisoners remains dramatically high in Iran.
https://kmmk-ge.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/KMMK2020-1.pdf
2. New UN Report Assails Iran for Persistent Discrimination against Women
15 February 2021 | Center for Human Rights in Iran
In the latest report issued by the UN’s top expert on Iran, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Javaid Rehman expressed alarm and concern over a broad range of human rights violations in the Islamic Republic, including the persistence of discrimination against women and minorities, juvenile executions, the persecution of human rights defenders and the lack of any accountability for the state violence against protestors in November 2019.
3. Monthly report on human rights violations in Kurdistan; arrests of 101 Kurdish activists, death of six Kolbars in January
12 February 2021 | Kurdistan Human Rights
Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) demonstrate the human rights violations committed by Iran against Kurds in the first month of the year as 101 have been arrested
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