Three Sunni Kurdish religious activists have been subjected to enforced disappearance since their arrest by security forces in August 2022, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Brothers Jamshid Ahmadi and Afshin Ahmadi were arrested by security forces in Sanandaj on 18 August 2022, while Shahram Ebadian, their sister’s husband, was also detained by plainclothes officers the following day, 19 August, when he visited…
Read moreSecurity forces arrested Kurdish civilians Kamran Badbrout and Faraj Arsan on 3 April and took them to an undisclosed location for their participation in the Newroz (also known as Nowruz in Persian) celebrations in Malekshahi, Ilam Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces raided the duo’s home in Malekshahi and arrested them without a warrant. Thousands of people attended the Newroz…
Read moreFaryad Ghaderi, a former political prisoner who was arrested on 10 March in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, is currently being held in temporary detention in the quarantine ward of Sanandaj Central Prison without access to legal representation or family visits. Ghaderi, who was arrested after being summoned to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office, revealed his situation during a recent short telephone call, the Kurdistan Human…
Read moreThe whereabouts and condition of Ramin Gorgani, a civilian arrested eight days ago by security forces in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, remain unknown. Gorgani was taken into custody on 5 March and transferred to an undisclosed location, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. He made a brief phone call in recent days, confirming his detention in a security facility. However, he has been denied the…
Read moreKurdish civil rights activist Dana Lanjabadi was released from Marivan Prison, in Kurdistan Province, today on bail of 5 billion rials (nearly 8,000 USD) after spending three weeks in detention. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Lanjabadi, who was arrested on 20 February, was transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Marivan to the city’s prison on 11 March after…
Read moreFaryad Ghaderi, a former political prisoner and resident of the village of Kulich in Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province, was arrested on 10 March after being summoned to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. Ghaderi was taken to an undisclosed location and the reasons behind his detention remain unknown, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. KHRN has also learned that Ghaderi’s bank…
Read moreKurdish civilians and activists Abdollah Rahnavard, Hossein Saed-Mucheshi, Hamed Amini, and Rashad Parvizi, who were arrested by security forces in February, remain detained in detention facilities in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. Since their arrest, these individuals have been denied access to legal representation and family visits. Rahnavard, a civilian from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was arrested on 10 February by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
Read moreKurdish activist Mahvash Tavassoli was recently placed under a 21-month house arrest, following her involvement in the anti-government uprising of Women Life Freedom in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, in 2022. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that on 27 August 2023, the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Piranshahr sentenced Tavassoli to 21 months’ imprisonment on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security”, to…
Read moreSoleiman Abdi, a member of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was sent to Saqqez prison on 3 March to serve an eight-month sentence. Abdi had been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Saqqez on charges of “propaganda against the state”. Additionally, on 14 July 2023, Branch 105 of the Criminal Court Two in Saqqez sentenced the Kurdish teacher…
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