Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Teachers’ union activists in Kurdistan sentenced to dismissal, exile

The Preliminary Board for Administrative Violations of Employees in Kurdistan Province has sentenced four members of the Kurdistan Teachers' Trade Association to permanent dismissal, expulsion and exile, while another activist's expulsion sentence was reduced on appeal. Omid Shah-Mohammadi was sentenced to permanent dismissal from all government jobs, Hiva Ghoreishi and Kaveh Mohammadzadeh were dismissed from their posts, and Parviz Ehsani was sentenced to five years'...

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