23 Iranian Turks,
including three women were sentenced to jail and torture for against a TV
program insulting the Turks, to prison and flogging.
People
of cities in the Turkish speaking part of Iran (Azerbaijan) _ such as Tabriz,
Ardebil, Zanjan, Khoy, Oroomieh, and Meshkin Shahr staged protests last
November against a state run TV program insulting the Turk community. The
protest turned violent as government suppressive forces attacked the crowds.
Many protestors were arrested.
A court in Tabriz charged the protestors for as “disrupting public order through
participation in illegal gatherings.” and sentenced 23 of
them to one year suspended jail and 74 lashes each.
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