Sunni Activist Archives - KHRN

Hossein Khosravi

Hossein Khosravi has served as an Imam in mosques in the cities of Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and Baneh, Kurdistan Province, for many years. Arrest Khosravi was beaten and arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence on 29 January 2024, along with Soleyman Adhami, a Sunni Kurdish cleric, and Hiwa Nouri, a Sunni Kurdish activist, in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and taken to the Ministry's detention facility...

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Soleyman Adhami

Soleyman Adhami has served for years as the prayer leader in mosques in the villages of Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and Baneh, Kurdistan Province. Arrest Adhami was beaten and arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence on 29 January 2024, along with Hossein Khosravi, a Sunni Kurdish cleric, and Hiwa Nouri, a Sunni Kurdish activist, in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and taken to the Ministry's detention facility...

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Hiwa Nouri

Arrest Hiwa Nouri was beaten and arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence on 29 January 2024, along with two other Kurdish Sunni clerics, Hossein Khosravi and Soleyman Adhami, in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and taken to the Ministry's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. He was detained for over three months without being allowed to meet his family or have access to a lawyer. During this...

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Mohammad Khezrnezhad

Mohammad Khezrnezhad holds a master's degree in Arabic Literature and has been primarily engaged in research and translation in the field of Islamic studies in recent years. Over the past 20 years, he has been forced to leave his position as an imam in various mosques in the cities of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, and Bukan, as well as villages in the region, several times due...

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