Sadegh Mahmoudnezhad, a 23-year-old protester who suffered an eye injury during the Women Life Freedom anti-government uprising in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, was imprisoned at Naqadeh Prison after being summoned to the Enforcement of Judgements Office in Piranshahr on 2 January. The Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, had sentenced Mahmoudnezhad to five years and six months in prison on charges of “acting…
Read moreThe fate and whereabouts of Kurdish civilian Saeid Mohseni remain unknown 18 days after his arrest by security forces on 26 November. Security forces, who initially attempted to arrest Mohseni at his family home in Ilam, Ilam province, in late November, instead arrested his eight-year-old son in his absence. The authorities told the family that the child would only be released if Mohseni turned himself in…
Read moreKurdish civilians Jalal Amini, Kazem Mam-Esmaeil, Hossein Ahmadi and Younes Mahmoudzadeh were taken to Bukan Prison in West Azerbaijan Province on 12 December to begin serving 30, 12, 26 and 30 month sentences respectively. In January, Branch 101 of the Bukan Criminal Court convicted the four prisoners of “action against national security” through membership of a Kurdish opposition party and “propaganda against the state”. The court…
Read morePakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish former political prisoner and social work graduate from the University of Allameh Tabatabaei in Tehran, was transferred to the women’s ward of Evin Prison in Tehran on 11 December after four months of interrogation in Ward 209 of the prison. Since her arrest, Azizi has been denied access to legal representation and communication with her family. Azizi, who comes from Mahabad, West…
Read moreSecurity 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…
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