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Two more Iranian Kurdish political
prisoners sentenced to death
23.1.2010
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January
23, 2010
ORUMIYEH,
Iranian Kurdistan,—
Two Kurdish political prisoners, Mohammad Amin
Abdollahi and Ghader Mohammadzadeh, residents of
Mir-Abad in Bookan, were sentenced to execution by a
second court held for them in Orumiyeh in Iranian
Kurdistan (Eastern Kurdistan).
The two prisoners were arrested in Mir-Abad of Bokan.
They are accused of working with Kurdish
anti-government groups. They were first sent to a
prison in Bokan and then transferred to the Central
Prison of Orumiyeh.
Mohammad Amin Abdollahi is 25 years old. In the
first court held for him, he was sentenced to 20
years in prison. On January 16, 2010, in the second
court in Orumiyeh,www.ekurd.nethe
was sentenced to execution for “endangering national
security” and “acting against God.”
Ghader Mohammadzadeh who is 32 years old, was first
sentenced to 32 years in prison, but later in the
same court held for Mohammad Amin, he was sentenced
to execution. Mohammad Amin Abdollahi and Ghader
Mohammadzadeh both live in Mir-Abad in Bookan. They
both endured violent torture methods and great
pressures during the arrest and questioning process.
The number of Kurdish
political prisoners
on death
row
is now twenty.
The other 18 are:
1-Zeinab Jalalian, resident of Maku, Kermanshah
Prison, execution
2-Shirkooh Moarefi, resident of Baneh, Saghez
Prison, execution
3-Habib Latifi, resident of Sanandaj, Sanandaj
Prison, execution
4-Sami Hosseini, resident of Salman, Orumiyeh
Prison, execution
5-Jamal Mohammadi, resident of Salman, Orumiyeh
Prison, execution
6-Rostam Arkia, execution
7- Rashid Akhkandi, execution
8-Hossein Khezri, resident of Orumiyeh, Orumiyeh
Prison, execution
9-Farzad Kamangar, resident of Kamyaran, Evin
Prison, execution
10-Ali Heidarian, resident of Sanandaj, Evin Prison,
execution
11-Farhad Vakili, resident of Sanandaj. Evin Prison,
execution
12-Mostafa Salimi, resident of Saghez, Saghez
Prison, execution
13-Anvar Rostami, execution
14-Iran Mohammadi, resident of Miando’ab, Orumiyeh
Prison, execution
15-Mohammad Amin Agooshi, resident of Piranshahr,
Orumiyeh Prison, execution
16-Ahmad Pouladkhani, resident of Piranshahr,
Orumiyeh Prison, execution
17-Hossein Tale’ee, resident of Maku, execution
18-Shirin Alam-Hoei, resident of Maku, Evin Prison,
execution
In a report released in July 2008, the human rights organisation, Amnesty
International
expressed concern about the increased
repression of Kurdish Iranians, particularly human rights defenders.
Human Rights Watch recently
published a new report in 2009 detailing the repression of Iran's
Kurdish population by the Iranian government in Iranian Kurdistan (Eastern
Kurdistan). In this report, the Human Rights Watch strongly criticizes Iranian
government for violating human rights and freedom of expression in Kurdistan.
Kurds make up approximately 7 percent of the population and live mainly in the
northwest regions of the country.
In a report released in July 2008, the human rights
organisation, Amnesty International
expressed concern
about the increased repression of Kurdish Iranians,
particularly human rights defenders.
The report cited examples of religious and cultural
discrimination against the estimated 12 million
Kurds who live in Iran.
Translation by: Neda Shayesteh
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