One hundred and twenty civil, political, and human rights activists from Kurdistan, in a statement expressing their support for the people’s civil and peaceful protests, have called for the release of detainees and for the people’s voices to be heard. The full text of the statement by the Kurdish activists is as follows:
In recent days, as protests against rising prices and economic hardship have spread across several cities in the country and a number of our fellow citizens have lost their lives, a wave of arrests has begun. This trend is particularly noticeable in Kurdistan and other parts of the country. It is highly surprising that, on the one hand, the government spokesperson states that the right to protest is recognized, while on the other hand, security-oriented crackdowns and the denial of the right to peaceful assembly and protest present a contradictory picture.
We believe that such responses to civil protests are contrary to the conventions and fundamental principles of civil and political rights that have been accepted by the Islamic Republic. We, a group of civil, political, and human rights activists from Kurdistan, while once again emphasizing the right to protest and the necessity of hearing the people’s demands and grievances, and expressing our sympathy with the families of those who have recently lost their lives, call for the release of all recently detained individuals and for a response to the rightful demands of the people.
🔸 Signatories:
Kak Hassan Amini, Sohrab Zanganeh, Jalil Ahangarnejad, Ejalal Ghavami, Abdollah Sohrabi, Hamed Farazi, Hashem Hosseinpanahi, Fereydoun Fereydouni, Behrouz Sanjabi, Mokhtar Asadi, Rouzbeh Akradi, Majid Karimi, Mohi al-Din Rihani, Reza Elyasi, Taher Ghaderzadeh, Pejman Habibi, Farouq Saeedzadeh, Faisal Nouri, Sabah Hasani Shiani, Shahram Safari, Ali Valayi, Mohsen Kaviani, Ghafoor Soleimani, Ahmad Vaziri, Naser Mardoukh Kurdistani, Tofigh Lamei, Eghbal Bayazidi, Zahed Maroufi, Mohsen Negahdar, Javad Ardalan, Mahnaz Ardalan, Mahin Kharamanpour, Adnan Ghaderi, Aziz Azizi, Jalal Khodamoradi, Sedigh Esfandmarz, Mohammad Moradi, Sharif Ghafoori, Mohammad Mohammadi, Kamal Jahan-Nemayi, Fateh Saeedi, Jamal Bakhi, Saro Ahmadi, Sedigh Khayati, Ahmad Bahrami, Ali Lamei, Sabri Hamedi, Khabat Majidi, Naser Rahimi, Bakhtiar Hamili, Sadegh Rahmati, Hossein Jamal Ahmadi, Noushin Sadeghi, Sabah Gholami, Soraya Tahmasbi, Taher Khodamoradi, Amjad Darvishi, Samyar Tavakoli Sanandaji, Hamid Malek al-Kalami, Heidar Ahmadi, Bayazid Hedayati, Jamal Asadi, Ahmad Ghamari, Saleh Faramarzi, Hamed Lotfi, Nasrin Afzali, Ahmad Mohammadi, Majid Goyli, Nashmil Khatari, Obeyd Zamani, Fathollah Saffari, Farid Saffari, Taher Moradi, Masoud Sedighi, Reza Alikhani, Fereydoun Rezaei, Moslem Saeedpour, Kianoush Khaldian, Saber Haghgoo, Damoon Sharifi, Serkot Farhadi, Ramin Farhadi, Kazhal Rezaei, Mastoureh Amjadi, Sharif Amjadian, Namegh Karami, Abdollah Ghahramani, Saleh Kargosha, Nasseh Charehkhah, Rahmat Naseri, Danial Majidi, Golaleh Rahmani, Mazhar Khodajoo, Jabbar Arshadi, Shahram Bagheri, Bahram Shariati, Kaveh Abtahi, Nariman Ahmadpanah, Rashad Vakili, Timour Habibi, Behrouz Pahlavani, Kourosh Hamili, Sirus Majd, Erfan Abdali, Ahmad Ghaderi, Dariush Fakhri, Mokhtar Afzali, Farhad Kiani, Yavar Ranjbar, Ramin Malek-Mohammadi, Mohsen Mofakhari, Hoshyar Ardalan, Karim Gohari, Taha Asadi, Jamil Khodamoradi, Nasrollah Hedayati, Fouad Ahmadi, Saro Bagheri.