Ugur Kaymaz, aged 12 and his father Ahmet Kaymaz, aged 30, a Kurdish truck driver from Kiziltepe, in Mardin were reportedly shot dead on 20 November 2004 by police officers in front of their house. According to the [...]
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Ahmet Kaymaz
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Ugur Kaymaz
Read Source Tweet ThisUgur Kaymaz, aged 12 and his father Ahmet Kaymaz, aged 30, a Kurdish truck driver from Kiziltepe, in Mardin were reportedly shot dead on 20 November 2004 by police officers in front of their house. According to the [...]
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Omar Amini
Read Source Tweet ThisSubsequent to the killing of Shivan Qaderi in Mahabad on 9 July 2005, protests erupted in several cities and towns in the province of Kurdistan, Iran. Protestors demanded that the government apprehend Qaderi’s killers and put them on [...]
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Ebrahim Lotf-Allahi
Read Source Tweet ThisThe death of a student in the custody of Iranian intelligence officers has provoked outrage among opponents of the regime, who claim it is part of a concerted crackdown on dissent in the run-up to parliamentary elections. Ebrahim [...]
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Soran Mama Hama
Read Source Tweet ThisKurdish activists are still calling for an investigation of Soran Mama Hama’s death, which was detailed in July by the Committee to Protect Journalists: Mama Hama, 23, a reporter with the Sulaymania-based Livin magazine, had received threatening messages [...]
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Mohammad Kabodwand
Read Source Tweet ThisMohammad Sadigh Kabodwand, editor of the banned weekly “Payam-e mardom-e Kurdestan”, was arrested on 1 July 2007 at his place of work in Tehran by plain-clothed security officers. Following his arrest, Kabudvand was initially taken to his house [...]
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Shivan Qaderi
Read Source Tweet ThisShivan Qaderi was reportedly known as a leader among the Kurdish youth and had organized protests against the Iranian government during recent June 2005 Presidential elections. According to reports, on 9 July 2005, officers from the State Security [...]