Kurdish film director Kaywan Karimi has been sentenced to six years behind bars and 223 lashes by the branch 28 of Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran on 10 October, an human rights activist based in the capital told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The court had sent an official letter to inform his lawyer of the sentence given to the film director, and the letter…
Read moreIranian intelligence agency officials summoned Kurdish student political prisoner Omid Dabakhchi Mukri in Mahabad prison on 17 October and told him that he was sentenced to four in prison by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad, a local human rights activist told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) The rights activist said that the intelligence officers told Dabakhi Mukri that his crimes were “gathering and…
Read moreKurdish political prisoner Soleyman Sohrabi was transferred to a court in Mahabad after serving a six months of his jail sentence and the second term of his sentence, which consisted of 70 lashes, was implemented then the prison authorities released him On 17 November 2015, a local source said while speaking to Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) on condition of anonymity. This source said that…
Read moreIranian authorities have been silent on the fate of Kurdish journalist and long-time editor of the bilingual weekly magazine “Neda-e-Jamehe” Farhad Jahanbegi. Kermanshah security forces arrested him on 12 November. The security forces had also searched his house and workplace, where they confiscated some of his belongings including two desktop computers, a laptop, a mobile phone, books and drafts of his writings. A few days ago his…
Read moreOn November 23 a group of activists began a campaign against the establishment of the Darian dam in Paveh. The campaign aimed to raise public awareness and pressure officials not to build the dam, which is threatening a vast area including historical sites that would disappeared under the water. As the last attempt to prevent the dam project, a letter was signed by more than three…
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