The forces of Security and Intelligence Services of Turkey (MI) beat up the family of a Kurdish asylum seeker activist in Turkey and kidnapped two members of the family and transferred them to a security detention centre. “At 18:30 on Nov 18, 2017, the family of Sheida Rahimi (Kurdish asylum seeker activist) was beaten up while returning to their place of residence in Istanbul by…
Read moreLast week, a citizen of Sanandaj, who was arrested following street celebrations in support of the referendum for Kurdistan Independence was released on bail while two other citizens were detained by security forces in Sanandaj and Dehgolan. “On Monday, Nov 6, 2017, Shahram Babaie from Sanandaj who was arrested on Aug 25, 2017, was released on a bail of 100 million Tomans,” An informed source…
Read moreFollowing armed conflicts between one of the Kurdish parties and the border guards and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at Chaldoran border point in the past two weeks, at least six Kurdish citizens have been detained by IRGC Intelligence Office According to the reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), IRGC troops have raided the houses of a number of Kurdish citizens in Maku…
Read moreOn Wednesday, Oct 25, 2017, following the report about a vehicle with four members of one of the Kurdish parties crossing Chaldoran border point, the forces of Hamza Seyyid Alshohada Base in Orumiyeh targeted the vehicle without giving prior warning to the passengers. All the six passengers in the vehicle were all killed. The following day, Tasnim News Agency published the announcement of the IRGC…
Read moreIn the past few days, three detainees from Baneh, who had been arrested during street celebrations in support of the referendum for Kurdistan Independence, were released on bail. Reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) indicate that three Baneh citizens -including Fouad Hossein Zadeh, Zanyar Maroufi and Naseh Khazari- arrested on the evening of Monday, Sept 25, 2017, were released on bail on Saturday,…
Read moreDozens of Kurdish citizens arrested during street celebrations in support of referendum for Kurdistan Independence are still being held in the Detention Centres except for some detainees who were recently released on bail. Reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) indicate that 7 Baneh citizens -including Fouad Hossein Zadeh, Zanjan Maroufi, Soroush Mohammadi, Danial Ahmadi, Sarou Ahmadi, Hoshyar Shabani and Naseh Khazari- arrested on…
Read moreA Kurdish citizen of Turkey who had travelled to Orumiyeh to visit his family in May was arrested by security forces and sentenced to five years of Imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh on charges of cooperating with one of the Kurdish parties. “In late June, a Kurdish citizen called Rahim Turgut residing in the city of Gever (Bakurê Kurdistanê/Turkish Kurdistan) was arrested by…
Read moreFollowing the gathering of Kurdish citizens in various cities of Kurdistan to celebrate and support the referendum for Kurdistan Independence on the evening of Monday, Sept 25, 2017, anti-riot police forces arrested thousands of citizens. There is still no information on the fate of detainees who were then transferred to the Security and Intelligence Police Detention Centres. “A week after the gathering of the Iranian…
Read moreIn the past few days, Iranian security forces have arrested several Kurdish citizens in various cities of Kurdistan where there is also high security alert due to the widespread presence of anti-riot and plain-clothes forces. According to the latest reports received by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), following a gathering to support the referendum on the independence of Kurdistan on the evening of Monday,…
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