Three Labour activists from Saqqez were summoned by the Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on October 13 for participation in a rally against the Turkish Army’s incursion into the north and east of Syria, known as Rojava. The three labour activists Seyed Ali Hosseini, Mahmoud Salehi, and Osman Ismaili were summoned by the Intelligence Unit of IRGC, and the security…
Read moreIranian security forces attacked the demonstrators participating in a rally in protest to Turkish incursion into the Kurdish areas in north and east of Syria, known as Rojava, on October 11 and arrested at least six of them at their workplace the following day. “On October 11, security forces attacked the demonstrators in the vicinity of the Marivan Intelligence Office where some of the protestors, including several…
Read moreThe security forces in Sanandad city has tightened security measures and widely spread riot police and special guards on all the streets leading to the Azadi square to prevent a possible rally against the Turkish Army incursion into the north and east of Syria, known as Rojava, local sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The sourced added that tight security measures have been…
Read moreA Kurdish civil rights activist was sentenced in absentia to six months in prison and 20 lashes by the branch 102 of Criminal Court of Marivan on charge of “disturbing public order” for participation in a protest rally against Turkish Army’s invasion of the Kurdish-Syrian Afrin city, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) . The Iranian…
Read moreKurdish civilian Dler Nasri was released on bail from Sanandaj Central Prison on October 8, 2019 and Azad Salehian was transferred to Saqqez Prison on October 6 to serve his prison sentence, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) Nasri was arrested on August 24, 2019 by the Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and taken…
Read moreThe trial of Kurdish singer Mohsen Lorestani was held at Branch 4 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran in absentia, Isna News Agency reported. In a brief interview with Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Mohsen Lorestani’s Lawyer Seyed Kazem Hosseini stated that his client’s trial had been held “without his knowledge and presence.” “At the moment I have no more updates, but there has been…
Read moreA Kurdish civilian was acquitted of the charges by the Revolutionary Court of Marivan, a source confirmed to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Salem Adwai, the supervisor of the sports hall of the village of Slen in Hawarmana, was summoned and detained a number of times for several hours by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Intelligence Service in Marivan. “The hearing on the charges against the…
Read moreThe Islamic Republic Judiciary on October 1 accused Kurdish-British academic Kameel Ahmady of ‘foreign links’, saying that he has been arrested on “just grounds as he has had a secret link with institutions and agencies affiliated with foreign countries.” “The case is in preliminary investigations and it is not important to us which security agency is following the case, rather, the…
Read moreA Kurdish poet and activist was released on a bail of 500 million Tomans on 23 September and two activists remain in detention, a local source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Sirwan Moradi, a member of the Koral music band who had been arrested by security forces in Kamyaran on June 26, was transferred to Kamyaran Prison last week after his interrogations had…
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