Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Nov 5 According to GAMAC quoted from Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), Hakimeh Ahmadi and Nasim Sadeghi, two South Azerbaijani activists were arrested in late October 2018, and beaten, tortured by security forces known as “Ettelaat”. Iran’s Ettelaat agents crush, two ribs and fingers of Hakimeh Ahmadi …
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A South Azerbaijani Turkish citizen died as a result of torture by security guards
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, Sep 16 A South Azerbaijani Turkish citizen from Malekan city was severely beaten by the security forces of Binab city and lost his life as a result of torture. According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), “Hojat-Egtesadi” from South Azerbaijan- Malekan city was arrested and killed by …
Read More »IRAN: RELEASE AZERBAIJANI TURKIC MINORITY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DETAINED FOR PEACEFUL CULTURAL GATHERINGS
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 11 August 2018 Index: MDE 13/8889/2018 Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release activist Ebrahim Nouri, as well as anyone else still arbitrarily detained after the arrest of around 120 people in connection with two separate Azerbaijani Turkic cultural gatherings that took …
Read More »The Agent of the Assassination of the Governor of Ganja Has Been Trained in Iran and Syria
Baku, North Azerbaijan,July 5 The man who shot the mayor of Ganja had fought in Syria and wanted to turn North Azerbaijan into an Islamic state, according to an official press release. On 3 July, the mayor of Ganja, Elmar Valiyev, and his bodyguard, Gasim Ashbazov, were shot in the …
Read More »Intensification of Detention Process of South Azerbaijan National Activists/ Brutal Beating of Activists Reported
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 4 According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), Three South Azerbaijan national and civil right activists with the name of Kiumars Islami, Faraj Nouri, Morteza Yazdani were arrested in Ahar, Mughan, and Urmia respectively. And the number of detainees and the threat of detention reached …
Read More »Extensive Arrests of South Azerbaijan National Activists on the Eve of the Babak Castle Ceremony
Tabriz, South Azerbaijan, July 2 According to Gunaz Tv (the official media of South Azerbaijan), many South Azerbaijani activists have arrested on the eve of the Babak Castle ceremony in different cities of South Azerbaijan by Iranian regime intelligence office on Monday 2nd of July 2018. The name of some South Azerbaijan national and …
Read More »Beating a Baloch prisoner by the head of Saravan Prison
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan, Mar 26 Massoud Baluchi, prisoner of Saravan Prison (Southeastern Iran), was beaten by jail administrator Iraj Nourbakhsh due to a delay of his leave. According to GAMAC, quoting the Baloch activist campaign, Massoud Baluchi was Severely beaten by Prison guard Iraj Nourbakhsh due to a delay in returning. …
Read More »Azerbaijani political prisoners talk about horrors they faced in Iranian prisons – Horrors of prison
South Azerbaijani political prisoners talk about horrors they faced in Iranian prisons – Horrors of prison “They removed my tongue, when they saw I did not speak” “They spread quince oil on my body and set rats on me” Baku. Konul Jafarli – APA. “I was made to stand for …
Read More »Why isn’t West concerned of Armenia’s weakness, but worried about Azerbaijan’s power?
Why isn’t West concerned of Armenia’s weakness, but worried about Azerbaijan’s power? By Elchin Mehdiyev The paradoxical and illogical actions taken by Armenia’s government are no longer surprising. The crackdown on a rally held this morning by the hapless Armenian citizens is another evidence of this. Armenians were protesting because …
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