Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Karim Asghari, a former political prisoner and the brother-in-law of Verisheh Moradi (Wirishe Moradi), a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, was previously arrested in autumn 2018 by the

Shahab Darabi, a truck driver and blogger from Eslamabad-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, known online as Youz-e Asia (meaning “Asiatic cheetah” in Persian), had previously been arrested in March

Arrest Mahsa Zarei, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents at her home in the city on 25 May 2025. Defendant’s

Amjad Salehzadeh is a Kurdish activist and former political prisoner from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. Arrest Salehzadeh was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic

Arrest Mohammad Houshmand, a Kurdish civil rights activist and former village chief of Darreh Tefi in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic

Arrest Karwan Dafei, a civil rights activist and former Kurdish political prisoner from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces in the city on 23 March 2025,

Arrest Behzad Dafei, a former Kurdish political prisoners from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces in the city on 23 March 2025, along his brother Karvan

Arrest Herish Nawgeranzadeh, a Kurdish civilian from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, and a member of the "Prevent the Execution of Pakhshan Azizi" campaign, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence

Arrest Soma Mohammad-Rezaei, a civil rights activist from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces in at her workplace in the city on 10 March