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General strike in Iranian Kurdistan over
execution of 5 Kurdish activists
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Demonstrations and unrest in Kurdistan against
execution of 5 Kurdish activists
May 14, 2010
MAHABAD, Iranian
Kurdistan, — Public outrage has spread throughout
towns in Iran's Kurdistan Province following the
hanging of five Kurdish prisoners of conscience over
the weekend, an Iran Focus correspondent in the area
reports.
Many shops remain closed in the provincial Kurdish
capital Sanandaj and elsewhere in Bokan, Saqqez,
Kamyaran, Mariwan, Piranshahr, Bijar, Maku, Shenou
and Divandareh and Mahabad [Eastern Kurdistan]. The
strike was
called on
Monday after news of the executions spread. |
General strike in all Kurdish cities in Iranian
Kurdistan |
Shirin Alam-Houli, Ali
Heydarian, Mehdi Islamian, Farzad Kamangar, and
Farhad Vakili were
hanged in Evin
Prison in Tehran on Sunday after being charged with
acting against state security.
Protests erupted Wednesday in the town of Dahgolan.
People chanted anti-government slogans and clashed
with the security forces, who opened fire to
disperse the crowd.
In Bokan,www.ekurd.netdetachments
of the State Security Force, Intelligence Ministry
agents and plainclothes officers were out in force
in and around the city's main square.
In Piranshahr, people protested against the
executions and the relocation of border market to
the town of Mohammad-Yar of Naqadeh. They poured out
in streets and clashed with suppressive forces. They
set fire to suppressive forces’ vehicles and beat up
the local governor and parliament deputy.
In Kamyaran, where Farzad Kamangar used to teach
young children for 12 years, most shops were closed
and high school students did not attend classes.
In Sanandaj, all shops in Enghelab Square, shopping
centers, Shahpour Street and many other places were
closed and are on strike.
Human Rights organizations 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.
Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey all have significant
ethnic Kurdish minorities. Estimate to 12 million
Kurds live in Iran.
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