Ethnic Rights Archives – Page 10 of 14 – KHRN

July 12, 2017

Two detainees transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison/ Another detainee still remains at an Intelligence Ministry detention center

Two citizens from the Kurdish town of Shno (also known in Farsi as Oshnavieh) were transferred from Orumiyeh Intelligence Ministry detention center to Orumiyeh Central Prison. “On Saturday 8

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July 1, 2017

Iran forces give no information on Kurds detained after deadly clashes in Sanandaj

Ramin Hussein Panahi Information regarding the fate of detained wounded Iranian Kurdish opposition member Ramin Hossein Panahi

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June 25, 2017

Iran: Family members of victims arrested and threatened after the clashes in Sanandaj

On Friday, June 23, after an intense clash between the members of the Komala party and Iran Revolutionary Guards in Sanandaj, three Kurdish Peshmerga were killed. The IRGC summoned the families of

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June 6, 2017

Khorasan RazavI Intelligence Agency Banned Publication of Kurdish-Language Instruction Book

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (June 6 2017): Over the past few days, all versions of the Kurdish language instruction book (in Kurmanji) has been banned by the Intelligence Service in Khorasan

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May 31, 2017

Continued Detention of a Kurdish Citizen in Sanandaj Intelligence Detention Centre

A Kurdish citizen, Rashid Sharafian from Palangan village (Kurdistan, Iran), has been in temporary detention in the Sanandaj Intelligence detention centre since his arrest in March 2017. Rashid

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May 19, 2017

Insulting and Humiliating a Family of Political Prisoner for Wearing Kurdish Costume

Ayuob Asadi at kasmar’s prison In the last two days, Ayoub Asadi’s family, a Kurdish political prisoner, travelled from

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February 2, 2017

Iran court sentences Kurds to death, long jail sentences in Orumiyeh

Six Kurdish citizens of the village of ‘Ghoreh Saghl’ in the neighbourhood of Oshnavieh(Also known in Kurdish as Shno ) were recently sentenced to death and long jail sentences in Iran after

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January 26, 2017

Iran court sentences Kurdish activist to three years in jail

Branch 10 of Orumiyeh( Also known as Urmiye) Court of Appeal has sentenced a Kurdish civil rights activist to three years in prison on charges of “acting against national security” for contacts

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November 25, 2016

News emerge on Kurdish political prisoner after 30 months of silence

After a two-year-and-a-half silence, the Iranian judicial authorities and central prison of Kermanshah have disclosed information on the fate of a Kurdish political prisoner that the Iranian security

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KHRN documents 240 Kurdish deaths in 2026 protests in Iran

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Following mass protests that began on 28 December 2025 and continued widely for at least two weeks across cities in…

At least 150 Kurdish citizens killed in Iran protest crackdown

Thousands of protesters have been killed and many more injured by the Islamic Republic’s repressive forces since the protests erupted…

Hundreds killed as Iran protests continue amid internet blackout

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Monthly Report of December 2025

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations…

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On the Occasion of 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women This report has been prepared…