Category Archives: Cyprus

Sayed Farzin Amirkalali after three weeks on hunger strike

“I am not a criminal” – a refugee’s story

August 5, 2012 · by · in Cyprus, Human Rights, Iran, Updates

Cyprus authorities have kept a man in detention in unsuitable conditions without sunlight, fresh air or outdoor facilities for 256 days, in essence, because he failed to acquire a ‘pink slip’ in his last year of study at a Nicosia college in 1997. Sayed Farzin Amirkalali, 47, is a computer engineer from Iran. He has […]

Iranian nationals Sayed Mansour Mousavi, left, and Ahmad Abolfathi Mohammad, right, are seen in this June 27, 2012 file photo in the Nairobi magistrates court in Nairobi, Kenya. (Khalil Senosi/AP)

News from Iran – Week 27 – 2012

July 7, 2012 · by · in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, Environment, Events, Germany, Human Rights, India, Iran Weekly News, Kenya, Kurdistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Updates

News of the Prisoners A- Transfers After 3 months in Intel detention, cultural activist Jabar Yebari has been moved to Karoon prison in Ahvaz. Amin Zargarnezhad transferred to solitary in Tabriz prison. B- Arrests/Incarcerations Idris Kaveh, Bohran Keyvanpour, Hamid Parhizkar, Kurdish villagers, arrested in Nei, and Shamzin Ahmadnezhad, Shahoo Partavi, Mohammad-Amin Salimi , Mohammad Savarkar, […]

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