Mohammad Sadigh Kabudvand is the president of the "Organization Defending Human Rights in Kurdistan ". He has been sentenced to 11.5 years in prison.
10 years prison for creating the "organization defending human rights in Kurdistan", 1 year for propagating against the Islamic Republic and 6 months for creating public unrest through " Payam Mardom " Weekly.
His sentence was issued by the "court of revolution" and "Ministry of Information".
Mr. Kabudvand sent a letter from Evin prison on Oct. 20th/08 and in this letter he has demanded human rights organizations not to forget all those who are behind the bars in the Islamic Republic for their support for human rights in Iran.
He wrote: I'm being descriminated because i'm Kurdish and independent.