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Witness Statement of Aziz Mamleh
In this witness statement, Aziz Mamleh—an attorney and representative of the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI)—describes the high-level negotiations…
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Witness Statement of Maruf Kabi
In this witness statement, Maruf Kabi—an Iranian Kurd—recounts the Iranian government’s execution of his two sisters, Nasrin Kabi and Shahla…
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Witness Statement of Farkhondeh
In this witness statement, Farkhondeh—a Kurdish homemaker—describes the execution of her son by Iranian authorities a year after the Iranian…
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Witness Statement of Hamed Saati
In this witness statement, Hamed Saati—an Iranian Kurd now living in Sweden—describes the Kurdish reaction to the 1979 referendum on…
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Witness Statement of Farhad Sarhangi
In this witness statement, Farhad Sarhangi—a former Kurdish peshmerga—recalls his numerous arrests and imprisonments in Iran in the early 1980s.…
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Joint Letter from 27 NGOs to UN Human Rights Council
(March 12, 2014) - NGOs call on UN member states to support resolution to renew the mandate of the Special…
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Witness Statement of Zaynab Bayazidi
(September 30, 2013) -- In her first, full-length witness interview since her escape from Iran, former political prisoner Zaynab Bayazidi--a…
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Witness Statement of Rebin Rahmani: A Kurdish Activist
In this witness statement, Rebin Rahmani—a Kurdish rights activist—discusses his activism at university in Iran, including his research on the…
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Witness Statement of Eghbal Moradi
(8 January 2013) – In recent days, there has been renewed concern that the implementation of the death sentences for…
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Dr. Ahmed Shaheed presents report on situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to Third Committee of General Assembly member states react
26 October 2012 — Member states welcome Dr. Ahmed Shaheed’s latest report, criticize challenges placed in his way by not…
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