12/09/2005
Iran: Fear of Imminent execution
Amnesty International

The four Kurdish men, Abu Baker Mirza'i Qaderi, Othman Mirza'i Qaderi, Qader Ahmadi and Jahangir Badouzadeh are all reportedly facing imminent execution. They are held in Oromiye Prison, in western Iran. The first three men, from Bokan in West Azerbaijan province, are apparently accused of working for a Kurdish opposition group, the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI). They are thought to have been part of a group of Iranian soldiers who were captured by the KDPI in 1984 and later released because they were Kurds. They went into hiding shortly afterwards, but apparently returned to their home town of Bokan earlier this year. The fact that the KDPI released them is said to have raised the authorities' suspicions that they had become involved with the organization, and has now led, 21 years later, to their arrest. More



06/05/2005
Turkey: Take action against torture of BP pipeline
Kurdish Human Rights Project

Turkish authorities have arrested and tortured a prominent human rights
defender following his work to highlight the social and environmental
impacts of the controversial Baku-Ceyhan pipeline. Human rights and
environmental groups are calling on the international community to intervene urgently to guarantee the safety of the campaigner, who commenced a hunger strike during his detention on Wednesday. More



20/04/2005
Turkey: Possible "disappearance"/ fear of torture or ill-treatment
Amnesty International

Abdulkadir Bartan, alleged member of Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK) was reportedly detained by the Turkish army on 15 April,
during a military operation against the armed group the Kurdistan Worker's
Party (the PKK). It is not known where he is being held and he may be at
risk of torture or "disappearance". More



02/2005
Turkey: Free the Kurdish politician Remzi Kartal - No Extradition to Turkey
Kurdistan National Congress

We have learnt with dismay of the arrest of Remzi Kartal, a former DEP (Democracy Party) MP in the Turkish Parliament, vice-chair of KONGRA-GEL (Kurdistan People’s Congress). He was detained by the German authorities at the request of Turkey on 22 January while he was on a visit to Nuremberg to attend a cultural event. More



24/08/2004
Iran: Torture or ill-treatment/ Possible unfair trial/ Death penalty new concern

Amnesty International fears that Esmail Mohammadi is at imminent risk of
execution after the death sentence against him was reportedly upheld by the five judges of Branch 32 of the Supreme Court on or around 11 August.
Esmail Mohammadi was arrested in or around October 2002, by a group of
officials from the Revolutionary Guard (Pasdaran) at his home in Bukan, western Iran. It is feared that he was tortured or ill-treated, during approximately eight months of incommunicado detention following his arrest. He has been detained in Oroumiye prison since his arrest. More



11/04/2004
Turkey: URGENT ACTION IN SUPPORT OF NURIYE KESBIR

Stop the Deportation of Nuriye Kesbir
We hear with dismay that a leading Kurdish activist is now facing torture if sent back to Turkey following an extradition ruling in The Netherlands. More



03/2004
Syria: A culture oppressed – the torture and imprisonment of Syrian Kurds

There have been no official investigations into violent events in March 2004, in which at least 30 Kurds were killed, over two thousand arrested, and many reportedly tortured. Syrian Kurds suffer from identity-based discrimination, including severe restrictions on Kurdish language and culture. More