Following the nationwide sit-in on Oct 15 and 16, the Saqqez prosecutor suspended the prosecution for six teachers accused of disturbing public order. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Nov 5, 2018, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Saqqez Revolutionary Court suspended the prosecution of six teachers known as Tahir Ghaderzadeh, Suleiman Abdi, Seyyed Ali Hosseini, Ahmad Ghaderi, Hamid Yazdani…
Read moreArsalan Borna, the journalist from Mahabad who was sentenced to one year in prison by the Mahabad Revolutionary Court in May this year, was transferred to Mahabad Prison for endorsement of his sentence. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Arsalan Borna was arrested after being summoned to the Enforcement of Office of Mahabad on Sept 25, 201 before being transferred…
Read moreKhabat Shakiba, an environmental activist from Sanandaj who was sentenced to 3 months of imprisonment or a fine of 15 million Rials on charges of disturbing public order in September this year, paid the fine instead of going to prison. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that, on Aug 16, 2018, Khabat Shakiba was summoned to the court following a telephone call…
Read moreAras Ghorbanipour, a journalist from Saqqez, has been sentenced to a fine of 20 million Rials by the Criminal Court 2 (Branch 102) of Saqqez on charges of “Publishing Lies in Cyberspace”. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a former member of the Saqqez Council called Alireza Ismaili has filed a complaint against Aras Ghorbanipour for publishing an article in a…
Read moreOnly a few days after the Pomegranate Festival in Hawraman (Oraman) was criticised by Imam of Paveh Friday Prayer and websites affiliated with the conservatives, this festival was cancelled in Biangan region of the Paveh city due to the pressures of the security agencies. In this regard, a resident of the Biangan of Paveh told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that the pomegranate festival…
Read moreOver the past two weeks, dozens Kurdish civil and Guild activists in various cities of Kurdistan by security forces who also arrested several people. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), security forces have summoned, interrogated and arrested at least 20 Kurdish citizens and activists (both Guild & civil) in several cities (including Sanandaj, Kermanshah, Ilam, Baneh, Saqqez, etc) following the strike on Sept…
Read moreHoshyar Kasraei, a citizen from the village of Nay of Marivan who had been arrested by security forces earlier this year on July 11, 2018, was released from Marivan Prison on a bail of 200 million Tomans. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that this Kurdish citizen was temporarily released from the Marivan prison on bail on Oct 16, 2018 until his trial…
Read moreA civil activist called Sediq Rustami was sentenced to 1 Year of imprisonment by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj on charges of insulting the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on Saturday, October 13, Seddiq Rostami, a civil activist in Sanandaj, was summoned to Branch 1 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court and his…
Read moreIn the past few days, security forces have arrested two activists called Mohammad Saleh Shokri (resident of Saqqez) and Zanyar Dabbaghian from Sanandaj. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that security forces arrested teachers Mohammad Saleh Shokri on Saturday evening, Oct 7, 2018 in his house while searching his house and confiscating a number of his personal belongings. However, there is still…
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