Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Dana Lanjabadi, a Kurdish student activist who was released from prison last September, has been deprived of the right to continue his higher education, although he has already paid the tuition fees for the on-going semester. He was to resume his studies at the Payam-e-Noor University in the city of Mariwan after release form prison. However, the Iranian authorities did not allow him to return…

According to news from different cities of Iran, public rallies were held on 24 December to condemn Turkish government’s crimes against Kurdish civilians following a call of action by Kurdish political and civil activists urging solidarity with Kurds in northern Kurdistan (Turkey). In the cities of Ilam, Kermanshah (Kermashan), Sanandaj (Sine) and Tehran, a number of rallies were held despite security forces arresting protesters. Witnesses on…

“A special unit from Boukan Intelligence Office raided the house of Kurdish activist Ismaiel Gorgi and immediately arrested him at his home on 9 December. He has since disappeared,” a human rights activist told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to the source, neither his whereabout nor the reason of his arrest has yet been disclosed, although he has disappeared for over a week…

Family of Kurdish political prisoner Shaker Baghi traveled from the city of Van in Northern Kurdistan (in Turkey) to Iran’s Kashmar prison to meet their son following permission by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj on 14 December, but they had been harassed by the prison officials before meeting their son, a reliable Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) source said. Although the family had…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) – Since the beginning of this year, labor activists have faced more repression and arrests have increased. As International Workers’ Day on the 1st of May, more commonly known as May 1, is approaching, the number of summoned and arrested labor activists has increased. Merely in the past three weeks, eight labor rights activists of who are mostly members of…

Rebwar Kamerani Pour, a Kurdish student activist was released on bail of 200 million Tomans (equivalent to $50,000US) from prison on Tuesday 10 February,2015 ,an activist based in Sanandaj told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The Iranian security forces in Sanandaj arrested him on 9 December 2014. Kamrani Pour is originally from the city of Marivan and prior to his arrest he was known as former…

Protests swept across the Kurdish cities in Iran following the death of Farinaz Khosravani in the city of Mahabad. The security forces have deployed troops in the Kurdish cities and they have arrested and wounded dozens. In a short interview with Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Farinaz Khosravani’s brother, Suliman Khosravani, said today that the owner of the Tara hotel in Mahabad, where her sister had…

The violent crackdown Kurdish protests over the suspicious death of Farinaz Khosravani has led to the arrest of hundreds of protesters. Multiple sources informed Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that the Iranian intelligence services’ agents continue arresting people who had participated in those protests, the last of which took place more than two weeks ago. At least 20 people were critically injured amid the protests and…

A Kurdish student injured by Iranian security forces during protests in Mahabad has died from critical wounds at Imam Khomeini hospital in the city of Oroumiyeh. Akam Talaj, 19, was shot and injured on May 17 amid widespread protests in the city of Mahabad following the suspicious death of a Kurdish chambermaid at a local hotel. One of his relatives told Kurdistan Human Rights Network…