Labor Rights Archives – Page 11 of 11 – KHRN

March 29, 2016

Two Kurdish Kolber workers die of heart attack

Two Kurdish Kolber workers have died of heart attack while working in the past two weeks because of the “difficulty of their job and constant fear of the Iranian security forces on the borders,” a

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February 11, 2016

Iran’s Saqqez court sentences Kurdish trade unionist to one year in prison

The Islamic Revolutionary Court in the city of Saqqez has sentenced Kurdish trade unionist Osman Esmaeli to one year in prison on charges of “propaganda” against national interests. “On 28 April

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January 28, 2016

Iranian police shot dead Kurdish youth in Rawansar

A local human rights source in the Rwansar area told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that “Iranian police went to a coffee shop in the city of Rawansar in order to shut down the shop on 24

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January 10, 2016

Worker dies in Mahabad’s silo collapse

A silo worker has died after the collapse of a wheat tank at the Mansoor Wheat Silo in Mahabad on 6 January, a local source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The worker, Saber B., from Gug

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December 30, 2015

Iran: A group of Kurdish labor activists have been arrested as International Workers’ Day is approaching

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) – Since the beginning of this year, labor activists have faced more repression and arrests have increased. As International Workers’ Day on the 1st of May,

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December 30, 2015

Latest on Kurdish film director sentenced to six years in prison

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

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

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