News Center- Pakhshan Azizi, Kurdish political prisoner, journalist and women’s rights activist, was sentenced to death by the Iranian authorities on July 28,2024.

The Mesopotamia Women Journalists’ Association (MKG) and the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) held a press conference in Amed (Diyarbakır) on Wednesday, calling on all people, particularly international human rights organizations to stand against the “unjust” decision of the Iranian regime.

 “Journalism is important to report the truth and reality,” said Roza Metina, chair of the MKG. “Free media workers always pursue the truth. They never bow down to injustice, the usurpation of the will of the people, arrests and torture. They are the voice of their society with their pens and cameras.”

 ‘We condemn the death sentence’

Condemning the death sentence given to journalist Pakhshan Azizi by the Iranian regime, Roza Metina said, “The Iranian regime aims to intimidate everyone demanding freedom with its dirty and hostile policies. It aims to intimidate everyone by using death sentences. As free media workers, we condemn the death sentence against Kurdish woman and journalist Pakhshan Azizi. All human rights defenders should be the voice of Pakhshan Azizi. We call on all people, particularly international human rights organizations, to stand against the unjust decision of the Iranian regime against journalist Pakhshan Azizi.”