Mahabad Demonstration for Kamangar
Posted on July 27, 2008
The NCRI website reports on a demonstration is support of Farzad Kamangar, the Iranian teacher and union activist on death row:
This morning hundreds of residents of the northwestern city of Mahabad demonstrated demanding the release of Farzad Kamangar, a Kurdish political prisoner, from jail.
The mullahs’ local official attempted to contain the demonstration by dispatching agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) as well as special units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to the Mahabad’s main square where the protests were taking place.
The security forces were trying to agitate the demonstrators and turned into violence. The protesters carried banners and posters in support of the jailed activist.
Another source reports that Kamangar’s 11-year old brother was abducted and tortured by Revolutionary Guards:
The parents of a Kurdish death row inmate in Iran, Farzad Kamangar, on Thursday reported to police the alleged abduction and torture of his 11-year brother Javid.
Kurdish teacher Farzad Kamangar’s parents said neighbours saw Javid on Wednesday being bundled into a car with a Revolutionary Guards number plate.
Javid was later released but was seriously injured in one eye during his ordeal, according to an Iranian Kurdish human rights group.
