January 23, 2010 by sks
ORUMIYEH, Iranian Kurdistan,— Two Kurdish political prisoners, Mohammad Amin Abdollahi and Ghader Mohammadzadeh, residents of Mir-Abad in Bookan, were sentenced to execution by a second court held for them in Orumiyeh in Iranian Kurdistan (Eastern Kurdistan). The two prisoners were arrested in Mir-Abad of Bokan. They are accused of working with Kurdish anti-government groups. They were first sent to a prison in Bokan and then transferred to the Central Prison of Orumiyeh.
Mohammad Amin Abdollahi is 25 years old. In the first court held for him, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. On January 16, 2010, in the second court in Orumiye: he was sentenced to execution for “endangering national security” and “acting against God.”
Ghader Mohammadzadeh who is 32 years old, was first sentenced to 32 years in prison, but later in the same court held for Mohammad Amin, he was sentenced to execution. Mohammad Amin Abdollahi and Ghader Mohammadzadeh both live in Mir-Abad in Bookan. They both endured violent torture methods and great pressures during the arrest and questioning process.
The number of Kurdish political prisoners on death row is now twenty.
The other 18 are:
1-Zeinab Jalalian, resident of Maku, Kermanshah Prison, execution
2-Shirkooh Moarefi, resident of Baneh, Saghez Prison, execution
3-Habib Latifi, resident of Sanandaj, Sanandaj Prison, execution
4-Sami Hosseini, resident of Salman, Orumiyeh Prison, execution
5-Jamal Mohammadi, resident of Salman, Orumiyeh Prison, execution
6-Rostam Arkia, execution
7- Rashid Akhkandi, execution
8-Hossein Khezri, resident of Orumiyeh, Orumiyeh Prison, execution
9-Farzad Kamangar, resident of Kamyaran, Evin Prison, execution
10-Ali Heidarian, resident of Sanandaj, Evin Prison, execution
11-Farhad Vakili, resident of Sanandaj. Evin Prison, execution
12-Mostafa Salimi, resident of Saghez, Saghez Prison, execution
13-Anvar Rostami, execution
14-Iran Mohammadi, resident of Miando’ab, Orumiyeh Prison, execution
15-Mohammad Amin Agooshi, resident of Piranshahr, Orumiyeh Prison, execution
16-Ahmad Pouladkhani, resident of Piranshahr, Orumiyeh Prison, execution
17-Hossein Tale’ee, resident of Maku, execution
18-Shirin Alam-Hoei, resident of Maku, Evin Prison, execution
In a report released in July 2008, the human rights organisation, Amnesty International expressed concern about the increased repression of Kurdish Iranians, particularly human rights defenders.
Human Rights Watch recently published a new report in 2009 detailing the repression of Iran’s Kurdish population by the Iranian government in Iranian Kurdistan (Eastern Kurdistan). In this report, the Human Rights Watch strongly criticizes Iranian government for violating human rights and freedom of expression in Kurdistan. Kurds make up approximately 7 percent of the population and live mainly in the northwest regions of the country.
In a report released in July 2008, the human rights organisation, Amnesty International expressed concern about the increased repression of Kurdish Iranians, particularly human rights defenders.
The report cited examples of religious and cultural discrimination against the estimated 12 million Kurds who live in Iran.
Translation by: Neda Shayesteh
