30 Years of Massacres and Political Executions in Kurdistan, Iran

By Shahabaddin Sheikhi

In his blog titled *Neither My Type or that of Yours, writer Shahabaddin Sheikhi reviews the history of executions and massacres of the Kurdish population in Iran post 1979 Islamic Revolution. [*the title of the blog is a direct translation. The name of the blog in Persian is "Na Az Jense Khodam Na Az Jense Shoma"]]

Translation Siavosh Jalili for P2E

Part I- Revolution Yes, *Devolution No!

[*Devolution is the transfer of power or authority from the central government to local and regional governments)

In autumn 2009, when warnings were announced of the imminent execution of Kurdish political prisoner Ehsan Fattahian on the charges of waging war against God (Moharebeh) and membership in a Kurdish opposition party, a wave of opposition [protests] were launched in Iran and abroad.

According to Kurdish Organization for Defending Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria – DAD, the Human Rights Organization in Syria – MAF  and other organisations report that the Norwegian authorities have arrested the Kurdish citizen, Abdulkarim Hossain born 1959, from Aleppo, and will send him back to Syria , 19th August 2010 at 4pm.

Damascus: Interior Ministry seeks 287 residents of al-Hasakah province living abroad for ‘crimes against the state' 

 KURDWATCH, August 16, 2010—As previously reported, at the beginning of May lists with the names of people living abroad were forwarded to the civil register offices in al-Hasakah province with the stipulation that those listed could only be issued identification papers and other documents if they reported to the State Security Service. 

Arrest of 17 year old Kurdish teenager in al-Raqqa, Syria

Syrian Committee for Human Rights - MAD and Kurdish Organization for Defending Human Rights and Public Freedoms in Syria - DAD report that the house of Ahmed Ali ‘Beghdek', a Kurdish residents of al-Raqqa, was raided on 10 August 2010 by an armed military security patrol, and his young son Marwan Ahmed Ali, aged 17, was arrested. He was taken to an unknown destination and his whereabouts are still unknown.

Damascus: Interior Ministry seeks 287 residents of al-Hasakah province living abroad for ‘crimes against the state' 

 KURDWATCH, August 16, 2010—As previously reported, at the beginning of May lists with the names of people living abroad were forwarded to the civil register offices in al-Hasakah province with the stipulation that those listed could only be issued identification papers and other documents if they reported to the State Security Service. 

Where is my brother Tahseen Mammo?

 Aiysha Mammo has asked International Support Kurds in Syria Association – SKS for assistance to discover the circumstances and whereabouts of her brother Tahseen Mammo who has disappeared in the Syrian prison system.

 On 1 August 2010, the Political Committee of the Kurdish Azadi Party in Syria reported that the administrative authorities in Damascus Central Prison (Adra) continue to ill-treat political prisoners, and that Saadoun Mahmud Shekho has been thrown into solitary confinement.

URGENT ACTION: SYRIAN KURD TORTURED IN CUSTODY

‘Abdelbaqi Khalaf is being tortured or otherwise ill-treated, according to reliable sources. Every few weeks, they say, he is taken from Damascus Central prison in ‘Adra, northern Damascus, to a branch of State Security, where officers are trying to force him to “confess” to a crime he maintains he did not commit.