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Death Sentence Against Iranian Journalist Overturned |
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Friday, 05 September 2008 |
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KHRP is glad to report that the Tehran Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence against the Kurdish journalist Adnan Hassanpour, whose case we have highlighted in communications with United Nations human rights mechanisms and in our public reporting since his arrest last year.
Following his arrest in Marivan in January 2007, Hassanpour and Hiwa Butimar, a colleague of his who had been detained shortly before, were accused of acts against national security. Family members were unable to discover the whereabouts of the two men for long periods following their arrest. They reportedly had only very limited access to legal council and are believed to have been tortured in custody. Both Hassanpour and Butimar have been on hunger strike to protest the circumstances of their detention.
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***New Employment Opportunity Announced at KHRP*** |
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 |
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KHRP is pleased to announce a new vacancy for an Administrator (20 hours per week).
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** New Employment Opportunity Announced at KHRP ** |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
KHRP is pleased to announce a new vacancy for an Assistant to the Executive Director (Full Time).
This role offers an amazing opportunity to support the Co-Founder and Executive Director of an independent, non-political human rights organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of the human rights of all persons in the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and elsewhere. KHRP pioneered bringing the individual petition before the European Court of Human Rights. KHRP is a registered charity founded in London in 1992 working with its partner organisations in the regions. It functions as a catalyst for justice through its analysis, advocacy and action.
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KHRP Interview with the Henry Jackson Society |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
To read ‘Don’t Forget “The Other Iraq”: Why the US and UK should do more to support Iraqi Kurdistan’ – an article on the Henry Jackson Society website featuring an interview with KHRP Deputy Director Rachel Bernu – click here.
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KHRP Welcomes Decision not to Close Turkish Ruling Party but Warns of Lasting Impact of Case |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
KHRP welcomes the decision by Turkey’s Constitutional Court not to ban the ruling Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Justice and Development Party, AKP), which prosecutors had accused of threatening Turkey’s secular political system. But the court’s decision, which included halving treasury funding to the AKP as a ‘serious warning’ over alleged ‘anti-secular activities’, still stands to have a grave impact on political representation in the country.
The Constitutional Court previously came into conflict with the AKP earlier this year when its judges overturned a government decision to lift a ban on female students wearing hijab on university campuses. In the latest case, six judges voted in favour of banning the party, just one short of the majority of seven needed in order to implement such a ban.
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