Kurdish Teacher’s Rights Activist Archives - KHRN

February 15, 2019

Protest Gathering of Teachers in Several Cities of Kurdistan

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)- Both retired and employed teachers held a protest gathering in front of the Kurdistan Provincial Education and Training department in Sanandaj on Thursday, February 14. The protestors were holding up signs with slogans such as “Learning mother tongue is every human's right, Free education for all citizens, training system modifications, and the end of the privatisation program.” Teachers at the gathering...

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July 12, 2018

A Teacher Released After Serving One Year in Prison

Mokhtar Asadi, a member of the Kurdish Teachers' Association, was released after serving one year in Evin prison. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Monday, July 8, Mokhtar Asadi (a member of the Kurdish Teachers Association) was released from Tehran's Evin Prison after serving one year in prison during which he was deprived of the right to temporally leave or conditional...

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September 19, 2017

Mokhtar Asadi, a member of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Trade Association, taken to Evin Prison

A member of the Kurdistan Teachers' Trade Association was taken to Evin Prison upon referring to Shahid Moghadas Prosecutor’s Office. “On Monday, September 18, Mokhtar Asadi, a member of the Kurdistan Teachers' Trade Association, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison to serve the remainder of his one-year imprisonment. Mokhtar Asadi had referred to Shahid Moghadas Prosecutor’s Office of Evin Prison to enquire about his...

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July 25, 2017

A Kurdish Teacher’s Rights Activist Sentenced to Three Months and One Day of Suspended Imprisonment

During the past few days, the three-months and one-day imprisonment sentence of a member of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Trade Association was suspended by the Kurdistan Regional Court of Appeals. “Taher Ghaderzadeh, a member of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Trade Association, was summoned to Saqez court in March 2015 on charges of disturbing public opinion and launching illegal gatherings” after arranging several gatherings in Saqez,” an informed...

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