Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Families of recently arrested activists of Sanandaj, Kamyaran and Marivan held a protest gathering in front of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) building in Sanandaj on Saturday morning February 24 and called for the immediate release of these people. “This gathering was led by a group of women from the families of the detainees. The crowd demanded the authorities…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Following further arrests of Members of the Kurdistan Branch of the National Unity Party, two other members of the party including Farzad Hosseini and Pouria Ahmadi were arrested in Kamyaran and Sanandaj. According to reports received by KHRN, security guards affiliated with the Intelligence Ministry arrested Pouya Ahmadi, the head of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party and…

Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN): Three Kurdish political prisoners Ali Ahmad Suleiman, Yousef Kakamaemi and Aydin Ozchlik went on a one-day hunger strike at Tabriz Central Prison in protest to the Lack of Availability of Education in Mother Language for Kurdish children in Iran. This hunger strike was carried out simultaneously with the International Mother Language Day on February 21. “Article 15 of the Iranian…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): On Sunday, February 17, Afshin Sheikholeslami Vatani was arrested by security forces at his family home in Sanandaj. His sister, Negin Sheikholeslami Vatani, has told Kurdistan Human Rights Network that “Five Iranian security agents entered our family house with a court order to arrest my brother. After searching our house, they arrested him but we are still uncertain to [which…

Sirwan Ghorbani, a member of the Central Council of National Unity Party in Kurdistan and environmental activist, was arrested by security forces in his home following the arrest of civil activists in Kamyaran and Sanandaj. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that at 9 AM, Tuesday, February 12, security forces in Kamyaran blocked the alley leading to Sirwan Ghorbani’s home while inspecting all…

The arrest warrants for ten Kurdish political and civil rights activists ‘Hadi Kamangar, Fazel Qeitisi, Reza Asadi, Farhad Mohammadi, Rashed Montazeri, Hossein Kamangar, Isa Feizi, Amanj Ghorbani, Zanyar Zemiran and Bakhtiar Kamangar’ were extended over the past few days. They have also been severely under pressure for making TV confessions. These civilians were arrested by security forces earlier between January 01 and 06. An informed…

The hearing of Masoud Shamsnejad, the human rights lawyer, will be held at the Branch 3 of Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh on January 31 following an indictment issued by the Orumiyeh Prosecutor’s Office. He was recently detained on charges of acting against national security and propaganda against the state A reliable source has told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that “the family of Mr ShamsNejad…

Shahram Farhadi, a Civil Rights activist who has been previously sentenced to two years in prison by the Sanandaj Court of Appeal, was arrested and transferred to Sanandaj Central Prison to endure his sentence. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that, on January 21, law enforcement forces arrested Shahram Farhadi in his house and transferred him to the Sanandaj Central Prison. A reliable source…

Ten detained Iranian Kurdish activists are under pressure to make false confessions, with influential imams and officials demanding their immediate execution. Recent changes to the administrators and security apparatus of Iran’s Kurdestan province and other Kurdish populated regions are the main factors behind the alarming security measures used to crack down on Kurdish activists. The arrests were made following militarisation of Kurdish cities, towns and villages in Iran, where Kurdish…