Amnesty International Archives - KHRN

February 2, 2021

Amnesty: Jailed Iranian Kurdish woman Zeynab Jalalian tortured

Amnesty International has accused Iran of torturing Kurdish woman political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian and called upon readers to take urgent action by sending appeals to the country’s Head of

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December 4, 2020

Iran: Six men at imminent risk of having their fingers amputated following unfair trials and torture

The Iranian authorities must immediately halt imminent plans to amputate the fingers of six men convicted of robbery following unfair trials and torture-tainted “confessions”, said Amnesty

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May 9, 2019

An Open Letter from Kurdish Human Rights Defenders to Amnesty International

Kurdish human rights defenders from East Kurdistan / Iran have written a letter to Kumi Naidoo, Secretary-General of Amnesty International. In this letter they express their concern about the violent

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November 4, 2017

A Kurdish Journalist and Recognised Refugee Wins Amnesty International Award

Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish refugee journalist known as ‘the Voice of Manus’ won the Amnesty International Australia Media Awards. Euronews reported that the refugee journalist from Ilam, who is

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