Security services in Sardasht and Oshnavieh in West Azerbaijan Province have summoned and detained some Kurdish artists who held a memorial ceremony for the Kurdish artist and political activist Taher Khalili, who recently passed away in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The event, held in a private garden in Sardasht, paid tribute to Khalili by performing one of his revolutionary songs. Following the widespread circulation of…
Read moreOne year after Kurdish civilian Osman Mama was arrested and forcibly disappeared during the anti-government uprising of Women Life Freedom, there is still no information on his whereabouts or well-being, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Mama was arrested on 18 November 2022, during anti-government protests in Bukan, on his way home near the welfare office. Despite continued efforts by his family to seek…
Read moreMashallah Karami, the father of Mohammad Mehdi Karami, who was executed last January during the anti-government uprising of Women Life Freedom, is being held in a state of uncertainty in Karaj Central Penitentiary in Alborz Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Karami, now in his 90th day of detention, has been denied access to legal counsel, and his family is under…
Read moreKurdish labour activist and former political prisoner Hajar Saeidi was imprisoned on 18 November to serve a one-year sentence at the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. In recent days, Saeidi was summoned to serve her sentence by Branch Four of the Enforcement of Judgements Office of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Sanandaj. Security forces arrested Saeidi and seven other labour activists while…
Read moreKurdish civilian Mohammad (Soran) Moradkhani was released on bail from Sanandaj Central Prison on 15 November after 38 days in detention. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Moradkhani was transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence’s detention centre in Sanandaj to the city’s prison on 13 November after completing his interrogation. On 15 November, he was temporarily released from Sanandaj Central Prison on bail…
Read moreKurdish political prisoner Salah Rahmani was arrested by security forces in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, on 14 November and taken to an undisclosed location. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that at 05:00 local time on 14 November, security forces raided Rahmani’s family home in the village of Chashmiyar in Sanandaj and arrested the civilian without a judicial warrant. The charges against Rahmani and the…
Read moreAsrin Mohammadi, the sister of Shahriyar Mohammadi, a protester killed by Iranian forces during anti-government uprising of Women Life Freedom in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested by security forces on the eve of the anniversary of her brother’s killing. Security forces arrested Mohammadi without a judicial warrant at a banner printing shop in Bukan and took her to an undisclosed location. The charges against the…
Read moreKurdish labour activist Osman Esmaeili was imprisoned today to serve a 16-month sentence in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province. In recent days, Esmaeili was summoned by Branch Two of the Enforcement of Judgements Office of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Saqqez to serve his sentence. Esmaeili was tried on 18 June in the first branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Saqqez, presided over by Judge…
Read moreKurdish civilian Mohammad (Soran) Moradkhani, who was arrested in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has been held in detention for 36 days with no information on his current status. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Moradkhani was arrested without a warrant by security forces on 8 October and taken to an undisclosed location. Moradkhani made a brief phone call a few days after his arrest,…
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