Hemzeh Qaderi was executed by the Islamic Regime of Iran

KNC

The Kurdish National Congress of North America 

Oct 18, 2002

In the early hours of October 7, 2002 Mr. Hemzeh Qaderi was executed by the Islamic Regime of Iran. Qaderi was a member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) who was arrested in 1997 at the age of 16 by the Iranian police. After five years of torture and humiliation he was executed.

On the morning of October 8, two other members of the KDPI, Khalid Showqhi, age 50 and Jalil Zewaee, age 30 were executed. Showqhi left the party in 1997 due to a number of family obligations and went to Turkey to seek political asylum and to settle in a third country. He was returned by the Turkish secret service and handed over to Iranian authorities. Showqhi was immediately sent to Uromieh prison in Kurdistan of Iran and after a summary trial was sentenced to death. Later his sentence was reduced to life imprisonment, but after 5 years of torture and interrogation he was executed.

According to reliable sources a total of six members of the KDPI have been executed in the last ten days. So far only the names of three have been released. The bodies were returned to their families at 11:00 in the evening of October 8 and the families were ordered to bury their loved ones immediately and without ceremony.

According to the news the Islamic regime have ordered the execution of 10 Kurdish political prisoners of which 6 have been executed so far. Their crimes have been defending their legitimate human rights for their nation and being members of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan.

Since the formation of the Islamic Regime in Iran hundreds of Kurdish leaders have been executed after summary trials. Others have been assassinated in Kurdistan, in Middle Eastern countries and in Europe.

The Kurdish National Congress of North America strongly condemns the inhumane and barbaric acts of the Islamic Regime of Iran against the Kurdish people whose only crime is seeking justice, peace and human rights. We ask all individuals, human rights organizations, supporters and advocates of justice to demand that the Iranian regime put an end to the acts of state terrorism and violation against Kurdish people and against humanity and civilization.

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