from thefreeonline on May 29, 2024 by KurdisCat
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Another Iranian judicial killing of a political prisoner is imminent. The Supreme Court of Iran has confirmed the death penalty against the guerrilla HPG Rêgeş (Ethem Özdemir). The guerrilla, who comes from Ağrı (Agîrî), in northern Kurdistan, was captured on June 23, 2019 in the Qeleniyê region in the Kevirê Spî area during clashes with the Revolutionary Guards (IGRC).
The 27-year-old has been a member of the PKK for ten years. After 33 months in captivity, Rêgeş was brought before the “Revolutionary Court” in the city of Xoy and sentenced to death in a show trial on March 15, 2022.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Organization said that Rêgeş is detained in Urmiye prison and that the death sentence against him has been upheld by the highest court.
His execution could take place at any time.
The human rights situation in Iran is rapidly deteriorating, with an increase in political executions of prisoners in recent months. According to the Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), there were some 66 executions during April, with three female prisoners and 56 men among the victims. More have continued throughout May, at an average rate of 10 executions per week.
According to human rights watchdog HRANA, Iran persists in executing individuals for offences falling short of the standards outlined in the United Nations multilateral treaty on civil and political rights.
Iranian authorities have used capital punishment to intimidate popular resistance related to involvement in the mass anti-government women’s liberation protests that sprung up in the country after the police killing of Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini in 2022. Executions for drug-related offences are also widespread, against international law. In a recent high-profile case, Kurdish rapper Toomaj Salehi was sentenced to death for ‘corruption on earth’, after calling out human rights abuses in Iran through his music.
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Zhina Modares Gorji, Kurdish journalist, sentenced to 21 years in prison in Iran for opposing the hijab
Sunday, May 26, 2024 from Kurdis Cat
Meanwhile, Kurdish journalist Jîna Muderîs Gurcî has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by an Iranian revolutionary court, tried on several charges related to her women’s rights advocacy and journalistic activities. Reporters Without Borders ranks Iran 176th out of 180 countries in terms of press freedom and the safety of journalists.
Zhina Modares Gorji, a prominent Kurdish journalist and women’s rights activist from Sanandaj, who was also arrested during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement against the hijab (headscarf for women), has been sentenced to 21 years in prison and locked up in Hamedan Central Prison by the Iranian judiciary.
According to a report received by the Hengaw Human Rights Organization, Zhina Modares Gorji, a journalist and women’s rights activist, was recently sentenced by Section 1 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Karami, to 10 years in prison for “forming an illegal group with the aim of overthrowing the government”, 10 years for “collaborating with hostile groups and governments” and 1 year for “propaganda against the government”.
The final hearing on the charges of the Kurdish activist was held on April 10 this year, and the verdict was officially served on Thursday, May 23.
The human rights watchdog said that Gurcî had been previously arrested twice before – the first time in the wake of the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’ (‘Woman, Life, Freedom’) movement in September 2022. She was again picked up by Iranian intelligence on 10 April 2023, and detained in solitary confinement for a month at the Sanandaj Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre before being transferred to prison for a further two months. On both occasions she was released on bail.
With the application of the law on aggregation of sentences, of the total 21-year sentence, the most severe sentence, which is 10 years in prison along with exile in Hamedan prison, is enforceable.
The lawyers of Ms. Modares Gorji have officially registered their objection to this harsh sentence, and the case will be sent to the Provincial Court of Appeals for review.
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original in Catalan
Iran condemna a mort el militant del PKK Ethem Özdemir, del Kurdistan de Turquia
Un altre assassinat judicial iranià d’un pres polític és imminent. El Tribunal Suprem de l’Iran ha confirmat la pena de mort contra el guerriller HPG Rêgeş (Ethem Özdemir). El guerriller, que prové d’Ağrı (Agirî), al nord del Kurdistan, va ser capturat el 23 de juny de 2019 a la regió de Qeleniyê a la zona de Kevirê Spî durant enfrontaments amb els Guàrdies Revolucionaris (IGRC).
El jove, de 27 anys, fa deu anys que és membre del PKK. Després de 33 mesos en captivitat, Rêgeş va ser portat davant el “Tribunal Revolucionari” a la ciutat de Xoy i condemnat a mort en un judici espectacle el 15 de març de 2022. L’Organització de Drets Humans del Kurdistan va dir que Rêgeş està detingut a la presó d’Urmiye i que la condemna a mort contra ell ha estat confirmada pel tribunal més alt.
La seva execució podria tenir lloc en qualsevol moment.
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