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In The name Freedom Farzad Kamangar is borned in 1975. He was a teacher during 12 years in Kamiaran, a village of Eastern Kurdistan (Northwestern Iran). He is married and has children. He belonged to the Teachers’ Union of Kurdistan and to other activist associations. He wrote for the review Royan, the review of Education […]
In The name Freedom 2009-05-03 On 24 November, prison guards entered Farzad Kamangar’s cell in Section 209 of Tehran’s Evin prison. It is reported that the prison guards beat Farzad Kamangar, threatened him with execution, and took him out of the cell, along with some of his personal belongings. Later that day, another prisoner reported […]
The execution of a Chinese scientist on Friday is the latest in a series of executions that are going against the global trend towards a moratorium on the death penalty. Wo Weihan, a 59-year-old medical scientist who was found guilty of spying for Taiwan, spent 30 minutes with his family on the day before his […]
Please join with the thousands of trade unionists and human rights defenders around the world who are mobilising in defence of Farzad Kamangar, an Iranian Kurdish teacher and trade unionist who is at risk of execution. Education International received information from reliable sources that on 26 November Kamangar was taken from his cell 121 in […]
August 2008 Iranians sentence trade unionists to the lash: TUC joins worldwide protest The TUC has joined a worldwide campaign, launched by LabourStart, against the sadistic and savage sentences handed out against Iranian trade unionists for the ‘crime’ of having participated in a May Day demonstration this year, and two women in particular, Sousan Razani […]
Urgent Action Appeal [2008-08-14] Iran Stop the execution of teacher unionist Farzad Kamangar Dear colleagues, Farzad Kamangar, a 33-year old teacher and former trade unionist from the Kurdistan Province of Iran, is at risk of execution following the ruling issued at an unfair trial. In recent weeks, EI has written to the Iranian Government to […]
Mr Rasoul Movahedian Attar Ambassador Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran 16 Prince’s Gate London SW7 1PT Dear Ambassador Repression of trade unions in Iran – death sentence for teacher trade unionist The Trades Union Congress, representing British people at work through our 58 trade unions and their 6.5 million members, is deeply concerned […]
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Embargoed until 0001 GMT 30 July 2008 Iran: End discrimination against the Kurdish minority Iran’s government is failing in its duty to prevent discrimination and human rights abuses against its Kurdish citizens, particularly women, said Amnesty International in a new report published today. The organization expressed fears that the repression of […]
Farzad Kamangar could face execution in the near future, according to the web site Human Rights Activists in Iran. On 11 July, the Iranian Supreme Court confirmed the death penalty against Kamangar, a 33-year-old Kurdish teacher and trade unionist. Kamangar’s lawyer, Khalil Bahramian, said that although he has not yet received written details of the […]
