Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Solmaz Hassanzadeh, the sister of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a protester killed during the Women, Life, Freedom anti-government uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested by security forces at her family home in Bukan on her brother's birthday, 30 July 2024. During the raid, Daye Azimeh, the mother of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, was also beaten by the security forces and subsequently transferred to Gholipour Hospital in Bukan. The...

Mashallah Karami is the father of Mohammad Mehdi Karami, a Kurdish political prisoner who was executed during the anti-government uprising of Women, Life, Freedom. Mohammad Mehdi Karami, a Kurdish protester from Bijar, Kurdistan Province, was arrested during the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Karaj, Alborz Province, and sentenced to death in the case of the "murder of Basij member Rouhollah Ajamian". Karami and his co-defendant...

Kamal Lotfi is the father of Reza Lotfi, who was shot dead by special unit forces on 19 September 2022 during the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province. After the 20-year-old's death, his family was pressured and threatened by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to appear on television and blame opposition Kurdish parties for his death. A few days after Reza Lotfi's death,...