khabar

khabar: "بازداشت 1 روزنامه نگار در سنندج





ماموران امنیتی رژیم اسلامی صبح روز شنبه 30 تیرماه، 'آکو کردنسب' روزنامه نگار و مسئول بخش خبر هفته نامه 'کرفتو' را در سنندج بازداشت کردند.

ماموران امنیتی رژیم ضمن مراجعه به دفتر هفته نامه 'کرفتو' 'آکو کردنسب' را بدون اعلام دلیل، دستگیر و به بازداشتگاه ستاد خبری منتقل نموده اند.

'آکو کردنسب' روز جمعه 24 آذر 85 نیز بازداش�"

khabar

khabar: "درخواست نهادهای مدنی ایتالیا از رژیم اسلامی برای لغو حکم اعدام 'عدنان حسن پور' و 'هیوا بوتیمار'





سازمانهای مدنی ایتالیا، ضمن حمایت از کارزار سازمان 'اطلاع رسانی و امنیت خبرنگاران' این کشور، خواستار لغو فوری مجازات اعدام برای 'عدنان حسن پور' خبرنگار هفته نامه آسو و 'هیوا بوتیمار' فعال مدنی، شدند.

سازمان 'اصل 21' که در قانون اساسی ایتالیا آزادی بیان"

khabar

khabar: "بازداشت 3 نویسنده دیگر در شهر مریوان





ماموران امنیتی رژیم اسلامی یکشنبه شب 31 تیرماه، 3 نویسنده دیگر را در شهر مریوان بازداشت کرده اند.

در جریان یورش ماموران امنیتی، 'بهزاد کردستانی' شاعر، 'هیوا نادری' شاعر و دبیر دبیرستانهای مریوان و 'دانیال ایمانی' نویسنده و عضو کانون فرهنگی 'رونان' در منازلشان دستگیر و برخی از وسائل شخصی از جمله کامپیوتر آنان نی�"

گزارشگران بدون مرز - گزارش ساليانه - گزارش ساليا

گزارشگران بدون مرز - گزارش ساليانه - گزارش ساليا: "گزارش ساليانه ایران ٢٠٠٧

در طي سال ٢٠٠٦ ده ها روزنامه‌نگار برای انتشار مقالات انتقادی‌ شان بازداشت شدند. برخی از آنها در شرایط دشوار و بدون داشتن حق دسترسی به وکیل در بازداشت‌گاه های مخفی زندانی بودند. با آنکه تعداد زندانیان کاهش یافته است، اما بسیاری از روزنامه‌نگاران قربانی تعقیب قضایی بی پایان و ت"

Hambastegy braye azady v demokrasy dar iran

Hambastegy braye azady v demokrasy dar iran: "«یک روزنامه‌نگار مریوانی به اعدام محکوم شد»
عدنان حسن‌پور روزنامه‌نگار مریوانی به گفته‌ی خواهرش به اعدام محکوم شده است. حسن‌پور عضو هیأت تحريريه هفته‌نامه توقيف شده «آسو» بود. این خبر از سوی حکومت ایران هنوز تایید و یا تکذیب نشده است.
رادیوفردا: ليلا حسن‌پور، خواهر عدنان حسن‌پور روزنامه‌نگار مریوانی به راديو فردا گفت که روز دوشنبه مقام�"

«یک روزنامه نگار مریوانی به اعدام محکوم شد» - radiofarda.c

«یک روزنامه نگار مریوانی به اعدام محکوم شد» - radiofarda.c: "فراخوانان روزنامه نگاران ایتالیایی علیه حکم عدنان حسن پور

استفانو مارچللی بنيانگذار سازمان «اطلاع رسانی و دفاع از امنيت خبرنگاران» در بيانيه ای به صدور حکم اعدام برای عدنان حسن پور خبرنگار هفته نامه «آسو» و «هيوا بوتيمار، فعال حقوق بشری» اعتراض کرده است.

استفانو مارچللی که در گذشته بارها در را�"

More Arrests in Kurdistan, Ejlal Ghavami Arrested (ROOZ :: English)

More Arrests in Kurdistan, Ejlal Ghavami Arrested (ROOZ :: English): "More Arrests in Kurdistan, Ejlal Ghavami Arrested
Shirin Karimi - 2007.07.11

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Ejlal Ghavami, a human rights activist and a prominent personality involved in cultural issues in Kurdistan was arrested two days ago on his way to work. His defense attorney Nemat Ahmadi told ISNA student news agency, “My client had been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the first Revolutionary Court on charges of activities against state security by participating in illegal gatherings, propaganda against the state and in support of opposition groups and for insulting official authorities. We later learned that the second branch of the appellate court had upheld this judgment.” Ahmadi also said, “While the arrest warrant and non service of the appellate court’s decision were not unlawful acts, they were not in line with current practices. Defendants are summoned by courts to be informed of the court ruling against them. If they do not show up, the judgment is announced to the defense attorney.”

Last week, another Kurdish human rights activist Mahmud Kaboodvand was arrested by authorities, making Ghavami’s arrest the second in a week. Ghavami had openly said that he believes that civil society is “not only a shield to protect the government, but is even more of a protectio"

Reporters sans frontières - Mohammad Sadegh Kabovand

Reporters sans frontières - Mohammad Sadegh Kabovand: "Mohammad Sadegh Kabovand, Payam-e mardom-e Kurdestan

Mohammad Sadegh Kabovand, the editor of Payam-e mardom-e Kurdestan (a weekly that was closed down in 2004) was arrested on 1 July by intelligence ministry agents, who searched his home and seized personal files, his computer hard disk and CD-ROMs. He was immediately taken to Evin prison.

Kabovand was sentenced on 18 August 2005 to 18 months in prison and a five-year ban on working as a journalist for “upsetting public opinion and spreading separatist ideas.” The sentence was reduced on appeal to a year in prison, which he never served. He founded a Kurdistan human rights organisation last year along with other journalists. Access to its website (www.insaniyet.com) has been blocked several times."

Reporters sans frontières - Adnan Hassanpour

Reporters sans frontières - Adnan Hassanpour: "- 7 journalists imprisoned

Adnan Hassanpour, Asou
Journalist Adnan Hassanpour, who was arrested in front of his home on 25 January, works for the weekly Asou. Publication has been suspended since 2005 on the orders of the Culture and Islamic Orientation Ministry, because it carried articles about the very tense situation in Iranian Kurdistan."

Middle East Information - MEIC Issues and analysis of the Middle East: Conflicts, News, History, Religions and Discussions

Middle East Information - MEIC Issues and analysis of the Middle East: Conflicts, News, History, Religions and Discussions: "PRESS FREEDOM VERSUS CORRUPTION IN KURDISTAN
BY DR.KAMAL SAID QADIR Vienna-Austria

BY DR.KAMAL SAID QADIR

Introduction:

Low levels of freedom of the press are associated with higher levels of corruption. This rule is also the main reason behind the oppression of press freedom worldwide, including the Kurdistan Region.
Corrupt systems hate the free press, because it is simply bad for corruption. The press plays the leading role in detecting the crimes of corruption and making it public, what may lead to accountability.
This correlation between press freedom and corruption is much more obvious in Kurdistan, where official corruption has reached alarming levels threatening the future and national security of Kurdistan Federal Region.
Shoulder on shoulder with the increasing rampant corruption in that region, the oppression of press freedom, journalists, writers and intellectuals has reached also very critical levels, even compared with press freedom in most corrupt societies in the World.
An empirical investigation into into the legal, economic, political and social fields, in connection with the press freedom in Kurdistan, will lead us to the same conclusion, many other independent researchers on this topic have achieved so far. There is namely a strong correlation betwee"

PUKmedia :: Farsi - سازمان بین المللی دفاع خواستار لغوحکم اع

PUKmedia :: Farsi - سازمان بین المللی دفاع خواستار لغوحکم اع: "سازمان بین المللی دفاع خواستار لغوحکم اعدام دو کرد شد چاپ ارسال به دوست

به کمپین لغو اعدام حسن پور و بوتیمار بپیوندید

PUKmedia 2007-07-21 14:04:18

سازمان بین المللی دفاعسازمان بین المللی دفاع در بیانیه ای خواستار لغو حکم اعدام عدنان حسن پور روزنامه نگار و عبدالواحد (هیوا) بوتیمار فعال مدنی شد.به گزارش خبرگزاری PU"

IMMF

IMMF: "Mission Statement

The IMMF was set up by journalists to assist colleagues in a region emerging from decades of war, poverty and isolation. Our foundation organises journalism training courses to support journalists from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam

IMMF Philosophy


The IMMF was founded in 1991 by British photojournalist Tim Page, who survived multiple wounds while covering the Vietnam War but lost a number of close colleagues in the conflict. The foundation was set up in memory of those killed on all sides while covering the wars in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia since 1945.


IMMF Journalism Training Courses


The IMMF has conducted 21 journalism training courses in Thailand since 1994 for working journalists from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Our emphasis is on reviewing basic journalism skills and promoting good journalism practice. The training courses include print, broadcast and photojournalism, and cover a wide range of issues relevant to this region eg. environment, agriculture, ethnic minorities, cultural change, social issues and business.

See our training courses>>"

Iraqi Kurdistan: Tough Times for Arab Refugee Kids

Iraqi Kurdistan: Tough Times for Arab Refugee Kids: "Iraqi Crisis Report
Iraq home
Iraqi Kurdistan: Tough Times for Arab Refugee Kids

Children of Arabs, who’ve fled violence in the rest of the country, struggling to settle in their new home.

By Najeeba Mohammad in Qaladze and Sulaimaniyah (ICR No. 228, 20-July-07)
Karwan Hussein, a 10-year-old Kurdish boy, was playing with his friends in the town of Qaladze when his new neighbour called for help. Hussein didn't respond, he knows better than to help an Arab.

'They're Arab terrorists,' he said. 'My mother told me not to be around people who speak Arabic because they might kidnap me.'

He said his parents had told him that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein - 'who was an Arab' - destroyed their majority-Kurdish town in Sulaimaniyah province during his violent reign.

The suspicion built up over years of brutal rule from Baghdad endures. Hussein and his family view their new neighbours, who escaped the bloodshed in Mosul and fled to Qaladze three months ago, with suspicion. All the children in the neighbourhood refuse to play with the Arab family’s two boys.

As the violence has exploded in Iraq, the Iraqi Red Crescent says at least 4,500 Arab families have fled to the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, centre of this province in north eastern Iraq, since June 2006. This"

The Alicia Patterson Foundation

The Alicia Patterson Foundation: "When Conflict Focuses on Citizenship
Frances Stead Sellers

War is all about taking sides – unless, of course, you can't because you belong on both sides. That's the sort of conflict that citizenship laws were intended to avoid. But that's how Haider Thamir, a citizen of both Iraq and the United States, felt during Operation Iraqi Freedom. 'It was like watching your mother and your father having an ugly argument,' the Maryland-based insurance broker says quietly, 'and there's nothing you can do about it.'"

World Affairs Journalism Fellowships - International Center for Journalists

World Affairs Journalism Fellowships - International Center for Journalists: "World Affairs Journalism Fellowships

Bring the world home to your readers ...
Show them global news is local


'The lasting gain of the fellowship is a new commitment to international stories with a local impact'

--Matthew Dolan, The Virginian-Pilot
2002 Fellow

Who
Editors, senior reporters, commentary writers and other content 'gatekeepers' from U.S. community-based daily newspapers.

What
Travel overseas from one to three weeks and report on stories that matter in your community. Send these story ideas with your application.

When
June 2007 -- Mandatory orientation in Washington, D.C. June - September - overseas reporting. Mid-November -- all articles published.

Where
A place in the world that connects to your local community.

How
Fill out an application online, or download an application in Microsft word. Application deadline is March 9, 2007. Send questions and applications to wajf@icfj.org.

Why
Grab the opportunity to do journalism that makes a difference in your community.

Who pays
The program pays almost all costs -- from visa to travel, medical insurance, food to hotels. (No spouses or dependents.) See the application guidelines for details.

Feedback:
'I'm back in the office on Monday [...] and missing the great discussion of the last week. W"

International Reporting Project - Home

International Reporting Project - Home: "Video: From Idaho to Iran
by Marcia Franklin
Fall 2003 IRP Fellow
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Pulitzer Center

Pulitzer Center: "Most recent projects in Middle East

Iraq: Death of a Nation?
Reporters David Enders and Richard Rowley travel across Iraq and the region to document the factional fighting and growing refugee crisis, as well as how the conflict is destabilizing Iraq's neighbors."

International Recognition of Kurdish Genocide and the time to establish an International Institute for Studies in Kurdish Genocide | Iraq Updates

International Recognition of Kurdish Genocide and the time to establish an International Institute for Studies in Kurdish Genocide | Iraq Updates: "International Recognition of Kurdish Genocide and the time to establish an International Institute for Studies in Kurdish Genocide
By Hadi Elis
19 June 2007 (KurdishMedia)
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Genocide is the worst crime exercised against Kurdish people in their struggle to be recognized as such in contemporary times, it is also concluded in War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity to show its anti-human essence.

The political systems set up in the countries occupies partitioned Kurdish land- Kurdistan- applied assimilation and annihilation policies in order to be able to claim homogenized population to be called nation-state such as Turkey. Genocidal policies are part of the all kind of policies regarding to non-Turkish people such as banning Kurdish language.

The projects of nation-building concept in the political science has its negation as nation-destroying where massacres, mass murders, forced depopulation of selected target territories, selected assassination of cultural, social and political leaders who are the vanguards of people’s resistance movement falls into the this process rightly defined as Genocide. As it is said in part or in whole in the definition of Genocide where even forcibly transferring children of the group to another group"

Azady.nl| Koerdistan| Koerd| Azady|

Azady.nl| Koerdistan| Koerd| Azady|: "11/07/2007 SINE - Lokale bronnen menen dat het Iraanse regime sinds een aantal jaren bezig is met het verspreiden van grote problemen door de steden van Oost-Koerdistan.

Het islamitische regime van Iran zou de problemen van de hoofdstad Teheran verplaatsen naar de steden van Oost-Koerdistan. In een kort interview, heeft een lokale bron van Kurdmedia verteld dat het regime jonge Iranërs die het dodelijke HIV virus dragen, grote sommen met geld hebben aangeboden om naar de steden van Oost-Koerdistan te trekken. Zo zou het Iraanse regime het steeds groter wordende probleem van de HIV-bestemmingen in de hoofdstad te willen verplaatsen naar Koerdistan. Op deze wijze worden ook de Koerdische jeugd in Koerdistan besmet het HIV-virus.

In een ander kort interview met een burger, verteld de bron die uit veiligheidsoverwegingen ook anoniem wil blijven, dat ze naar Sine (Sanandaj) is gezonden in opdracht van het regime. Ze moest van het regime daar gaan wonen. Ze vertelt niet hoe ze de HIV-virus heeft opgelopen. Ze wordt door het regime financieel onderhouden, en voelt zich schuldig. Ze zegt nooit te willen trouwen, om anderen niet te besmetten.

Voor een aantal jaren beweren Koerdische activisten dat het Iraanse regime smerige tactieken gebruikt om Oost-Koerdistan te ontwrichten. De activisten noemen het handelen van het regime een “stille genocide”.

Het regime zo"

Azady.nl| Koerdistan| Koerd| Azady|

Azady.nl| Koerdistan| Koerd| Azady|: "Azady.nl 19/09/2006 - Wie aan Irak denkt, denkt aan bommen en bloedvergieten. Maar in Iraaks Koerdistan kan iedereen veilig over straat. Ook buitenlandse zakenlieden. Toch is de economie er niet gezond meent Michiel Hegener van het NRC Handelsblad.

Iraaks Koerdistan, in het noorden van Irak, zwemt in de twee meest gezochte vloeistoffen ter wereld - olie en schoon water - maar de grootste rijkdom van de de facto onafhankelijke regio is veiligheid. Honderden bedrijven die in Irak werken hebben hier hun hoofdkwartier. De middenklasse uit Arabisch Irak vlucht met kapitaal naar Iraaks Koerdistan - de teller staat nu op 10.000 gezinnen. Wie in Irak geld wil verdienen, vestigt zich in Iraaks Koerdistan.

Dankzij de veiligheid schieten grond- en onroerendgoedprijzen in en rond de steden omhoog. Een vervijfvoudiging in drie jaar is hier normaal. Er is een levendige handel in huizen waarvan alleen de fundamenten zijn gestort. Iedere Koerd met een beetje geld doet mee. Geld is altijd contant geld. Irak is wereldkampioen contant-geld-per-inwoner, en in Iraaks Koerdistan circuleert dat geld nu razendsnel.

Wie een bezoek brengt aan de noordwesthoek van Iraaks Koerdistan ziet de groei. Wanneer de zon laag boven de westflank van het grensdorp Zakho staat, baden overal bouwprojecten in de namiddaggloed. Maar riolen Voorlopig niet. Wegen langs de nieuwe huizen Komen later. Bouwtoezicht"