Two Kurdish journalists sentenced to death in Iran
Date: 2006-present [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: 1951 - 1975 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion Racial/Ethnic [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Print Journalism [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Artist: Adnan Hassanpour and Abdolvahed Hiva Botimar
Confronting Bodies: Sanandaj's Tribunal of Revolution
Dates of Action: July 2007
Location: Kurdistan, a province of Iran
Description of Artwork: Adnan Hassanpour and Abdolvahed Hiva Botimar were journalists known for writing articles and books on the subject of Kurdish discrimination in Iran.
The Incident: Hassanpour and Hiva were brought before a revolutionary court on charges of spying and subverting national security in articles they had written. They were also linked to the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, a Kurdish rebel group. Iran is bound by a treaty with Turkey to crack down on Kurdish rebel groups.
Results of Incident: The court sentenced the journalists to be hanged as enemies of God. The execution of journalists is rare in Iran, but currently a number of journalists are being held in Iranian prisons.
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