Ali Saeedi, a Kurdish civilian, was taken to Orumiyeh Central Prison after two weeks of interrogation at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Orumiyeh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that Ali Saeedi, from the village of Hosenieh in the Soma Bradoost region of Orumiyeh, was arrested by security forces on Aug 11, 2019 and transferred to the Orumiyeh Central Prison after…
Read moreFate of three detained female Kurdish activists has remained unknown months after their arrest in the city of Sanandaj, the provincial capital of Iran’s Kordestan (Kurdistan) Province. Zahra (Zara) Mohammadi and Iran Rahpeykar have been detained on a temporary arrest warrant at Sanandaj Correctional Centre, and Parvin Adwawi had been detained for interrogation at a Sanandaj detention centre of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence, according…
Read moreThe Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Iranian authorities have kept detaining British-Kurdish anthropologist Kameel Ahmady in “solitary confinement,” and that his whereabouts remain unknown to the public and his family. Ahmady’s family has not been able to find out information on the charges he is facing and where he has been held. Their requests to meet him have been ignored. Additionally,…
Read moreYaser Amini Azar, a Kurdish teacher and Teachers’ union activist, was sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad. This teacher was arrested by security forces in Mahabad and transferred to Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Orumiyeh when he was returning home from school on Wednesday, May 7, 2019. He had been interrogated for a week about his guild activities…
Read moreA Kurdish civilian “Mohsen Saeedpour” was arrested by security forces in Sanandaj. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that Security forces have raided the Kurdish civilian’s home on Wednesday, Aug 21 and confiscated a number of his personal belongings in addition to transferring him to an unknown location. No information is available on the whereabouts and the reason for his arrest.
Read moreAccording to statistics compiled by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), there has been an intense security crackdown in Kurdistan since July. At least 22 Kurdish civilians and activists have been arrested by forces of the Intelligence Service and Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Marivan, Kamyaran, Sanandaj, Divandareh, Tehran and Sare-pole-zahab so far. Only one of these detainees, Amjad Seifi from…
Read moreKameel Ahmady, Iranian Kurdish author and social researcher, was arrested by security forces in Tehran on Sunday, August 10. His home and car were searched by security guards in three occasions on the same day and part of his belongings was confiscated. It is not yet clear which institution has arrested him. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that his home and car…
Read moreHossein Kamangar, Basam Moradi and Xaled Zamani have been transferred to the Kamyaran Prison from the Kamyaran and Sanandaj Intelligence Bureau during the past few days. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): on Saturday, Aug 10, 2019, Hossein Kamangar was transferred to Kamyaran Prison from the Kamyaran Intelligence Bureau while Xaled Zamani and Basam Moradi were transferred to the Kamyaran Prison with temporary arrest warrant. Hossein…
Read moreAref Mohammadi, a Kurdish civilian from the village of Bavan in the Margevar area of Orumiyeh, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that the trial of Aref Mohammadi was held at branch 2 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh on Aug 4, 2019. He was sentenced to five years…
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