Those executed are:1. Farzad Kamangar2. Ali Heydariyan3. Farhad Vakili4. Ms. Shirin Alam-Hooli and Mehdi Eslamiyan5. Mehdi EslamiyanIt must be noted that Ms. Shirin Alam Hooli’s case was still in the process of appeal and no judgement had been rendered.It is...
Ms. Alam Hooli (DOB: June 3rd 1981) was born in the village of Gheshlagh near the city of Maku in Iran. She was arrested in May of 2007 by the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran. She spent the first 25 days of her imprisonment in an unknown location under brutal physical...
21 April 2010 – GenevaThe quest to rid the Middle East of anti-personnel mines has taken a step forward today with two armed non-State actors signing Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment. By signing this document, the "Kurdistan Democratic Party –...
AbstractThis Briefing Paper analyses the coherence of the IPA Annual Programme (AP) 2009 for Turkey with the EU overall policy objectives as further specified in the pre-accession process in general and for Turkey in particular. It assesses the pertinence of the...
In an open letter addressed to the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, one hundred two prominent politicians, human rights activists, and thinkers from around the globe have called on the Turkish authorities to immediately release Mr Muharrem Erbey, the...
