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Tag : Farzad Kamangar

April 23, 2012

Imprisoned Kurdish Citizen Transferred for Unknown Reason

Hossein Kamangar, a resident of Kamyaran and relative of executed Kurdish teacher Farzad Kamangar, is currently in an ambiguous legal state, a local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. In January 2012, a security organization summoned Kamangar to appear, where authorities ...

February 29, 2012

Fate of Kurdish Citizen Unknown Following Arrest

A local human rights source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that there has been no information about the fate of Hossein Kamangar since his secretive detention. Hossein Kamangar, a resident of Kamyaran and relative of executed Kurdish teacher Farzad Kamangar, had ...

May 8, 2009

Release All Activists Detained on May Day

(8 May 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called for the release of all labor activists and six members of the One Million Signatures Campaign still in detention after their violent arrest on 1 May as they gathered to peacefully celebrate ...

May 1, 2009

Security Forces Violently Attack and Detain Labor Rights Activists Observing May Day

(1 May 2009) Security and police forces violently attacked Iranian workers as they gathered in Laleh Park in Tehran to observe International Workers’ Day on May 1st, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported. According to information received by the Campaign more than ...

April 9, 2009

Arbitrary Detention of Trade Unionists Continues

(9 April 2009) The month-long detention and solitary confinement of Ali Nejati, President of the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Union, is without legal justification, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today. Nejati’s whereabouts were finally revealed after his wife visited him at ...

January 26, 2009

Farzad Kamangar

Farzad Kamangar (32), a Kurdish teacher and social worker in the city of Kamyaran, is sentenced to death based on “absolutely zero evidence,” according to his lawyer. ...

November 26, 2008

UPDATE: Kamangar Not Executed; 10 Others Hanged

(26 November 2008) Farzad Kamangar, an Iranian Kurdish teacher sentenced to death, was not executed today as it was feared. He was taken from his cell yesterday and reports from Evin prison indicated his sentence might be implemented today. However, nine men and one woman ...

November 25, 2008

ALERT: Teacher to be Executed

(25 November 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has been informed that Farzad Kamangar, an Iranian Kurdish teacher and social worker unfairly sentenced to death, will be hanged early on 26 November 2008. According to several reliable sources, he has been taken ...

July 31, 2008

Open Letter to Ayatollah Shahroudi Regarding Execution Sentence of Farzad Kamangar

An open letter appealing to the Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, on behalf of Farzad Kamangar. ...

July 31, 2008

Kurdish Teacher Facing Execution Following Unfair Trial

(31 July 2008) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has sent an open letter to the Head of Iran’s Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, enumerating grave legal flaws in the trial of convicted Kurdish teacher Farzad Kamangar, and appealing for a commutation of ...

March 20, 2008

Kurdish Teacher Facing Execution Based on “Zero Evidence”

(March 20, 2008) The prosecution and sentencing to death of a Kurdish teacher in Iran are based on “absolutely zero evidence,” according to his lawyer. ...

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