|
Mohammad Kabodvand, journalist, editor of banned Payam e Mardom
and a Kurdish human rights activist sentenced to prison
Press release
Kabodvand is charged with first publishing lies and distorting public
opinions.
His second charge is
creating frictions in society by publishing ethnic-related issues.
The
revolutionary court of Sanandaj sentenced Mr. Mohammad Kabodvand
journalist, editor of independent weekly paper Payam e Mardom
and a Kurdish human rights activist to one year prison and five years
of career ban as a journalist. Mr. Kabodvand’s newspaper Payam e
Mardom (people voice) was closed by the court.
Mr.
Kabodvand was detained in June 2005, soon after his newspaper
Payame Mardom was prohibited to publish. As a journalist and human
rights activist Mr. Kabodvand reflected human rights violations
against Kurdish people in Iran. His journalistic bravery in Iran is
charged as publishing lies and distorting public opinion and creating
frictions in society by publishing ethnic-related issues.
Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan condemns the unjust sentence
term for Mr. Kabodvand, a clear violation of human rights in Iran. We
call upon the international community, human rights organisations to
act for the immediate release of Mohammad Kabodvand and other
political prisons.
Democratic Party of
Iranian Kurdistan
|