Tehran, 25 August (AKI) - Kurdish prisoners, all jailed for political motives in Iran, on Monday began an indefinite hunger strike to promote human rights.
The news, released by the Kurdish agency, Mokrian, was confirmed by the sister of Adnan Hassanpour, the award-winning journalist who has been condemned to death.
Hassanpour was awarded
a media award in Italy by the Information, Safety & Freedom Association.
The prisoners' hunger strike is to "sensitise Iranian and international public opinion" to "protest against the death sentences given to
Eight Kurdish intellectuals and activists have been condemned to death in Iran, while another six have been sentenced to penalties of up to 11 years for their alleged political and militant activities.
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"In a country where a repressive regime prevents journalists from reporting freely dared
he write critically. And he was sentenced to death."
this was Swedish Reporters without borders motivation to give Adnan the pressfreedom price in Stockholm last year 2007.
http://www.reportrarutangranser.se/pagang.html
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