Iran security forces interrogate Kurdish labour activists
The Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have questioned four Kurdish labour activists in Sanandaj following a new wave of clampdown on labour activists in Iran’s Kurdish areas.
Two of the activists, Sharif Saeed Panah and Muzaffar Salehnia, are members of Free Trade Union of Iran Workers.
The other two activists, Galib Hosseini and Khalid Hosseini, are members of the Coordinating Committee of Labour Organisations.
No information have yet emerged on the fate of another detained activist, Muzaffar Saleh Nia, who is also a member of the board of directors of Free Trade Union of Iran Workers. He was arrested on 25 September.
Five female prisoners on hunger strike in Iran’s Orumiyeh
Five female prisoners went on a hunger strike on 11 October at the Orumiyeh Central Prison to protest against confiscation of their personal belongings, including blankets, which the prison authorities claimed were extra and unnecessary.
The prison authorities confiscated the items under the pretext that they were inspecting every cell of the prison, one of the female prisoners told KHRN.
The confiscation of the blankets met with protests by the female prisoners and the prisoners who went on hunger strike were Arasteh Ranjbar, Mohabat Mahmoodi, Zainab Sakanand, Nazdar Vatankhah and Nosrat Ali Nejad.
The women’s ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison is not only crowded, but also lacks necessary hygienic facilities.
However, no improvement has been made despite widespread protests against the living conditions of the women’s ward,
Iran forces wounded a Kurdish Kolbar worker
Iranian border security forces opened fire wounding an unarmed civilian Kurdish Kolbar (porter) worker in the head in the Piranshahr border area.
Locals had taken the wounded Kolbar to a medical centre to receive medical care.
The systematic killing of Kolbar workers has continued despite widespread protests from inside and outside Iran.
Meanwhile, several Iranian Kurds who had protested against the killing of Kolbar workers have remained behind bars for having publicly condemned the Iranian armed forces in defence of the Kolbar workers.
Read more: http://kurdistanhumanrights.net/en/iranian-regiment-forces-in-piranshahr-wounded-a-kurdish-kolbar/
Iranian Kurdish journalist, activists released on bail
The Iranian authorities have recently released a Kurdish journalist and several activists on bail, although others have remained in prison and the fate of some of them is a mystery.
The editor-in-chief of the Kurdish weekly Dangi Kurdistan (Voice of Kurdistan) was released two days after his arrest.
He was interrogated for his comments on social media outlets and articles published in the weekly.
But a Kurdish reporter of the Mukrian news agency arrested late September has been transferred from Saqiz’s detention centre for interrogation to Saqiz prison.
Meanwhile, some activists who were detained for having participated in demonstrations that called for an end to the killing of Kolbar workers have also been released on bail over the past few days, according to KHRN sources.
