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| Four Iranian soldiers killed in clash with HPG |
| 2005-08-10 |
| Two Kurdish human rights activists from the 'Kurdistan Human Rights Organisation' (RMMK) were arrested by Iranian forces in the city of Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan. Saman Resulpur was arrested at 00:30 (00:30 am GMT+3.30) on Tuesday, August 9 in his house in the Sehrek district of Mahabad. During the raid the Iranian soldiers seized Resulpur's computer, all his CDs, video and audio cassettes and a great number of his books. The other RMMK-member Zeyneb Bayezidi was arrested at the same time when soldiers raided her family's home in Mahabad. After searching through the house, the soldiers arrested Bayezidi together with her little sister, her father and her brother named Aso. It was also reported that several family members were seriously beaten and injured during the raid. Meanwhile, it's been reported that the leading oppositional journalist Akbar Ganji has now ended the hunger strike which he started on July 11. When he exactly ended his hunger strike was not reported. Ganji was jailed in 2001 and sentenced to six years in prison after writing regime-critical articles. |
| Posted by:Phish Glulet6297 |
| #6 Somehow, if the US ever does anything to help the Kurds in Iran, the author of comment number 2 will be the first to scream that it's because of oil there... |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-08-10 19:55 |
| #5 Heh ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-10 18:43 |
| #4 melon. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2005-08-10 18:38 |
| #3 Raspberry, methinks. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-10 18:32 |
| #2 If UN can't fly in, then what about US? Who's going to save the Kurds from Iran (who "kills its own people")... Or is it because Kurds in Iran doesn't have oil to give Bush? |
| Posted by: Fleck Glavitch1437 2005-08-10 18:30 |
| #1 "Two Kurdish human rights activists from the 'Kurdistan Human Rights Organisation' (RMMK) were arrested by Iranian forces" I am sure your fellow Int'l Human Rights Group, led by the UN, will be flying in ASAP to bail you out. Oops! I just found out that they won't be able to help you. The UN is a little busy right now putting together bail money for themselves, you know, with the scandal and all. But, please feel free to fend for yourselves and don't call us anymore. Good Luck! |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-10 10:34 |