A 17-year-old girl from the village of “Koozeh Rash” in Salmas, named Rojin Khedri, who was beaten by her father, committed suicide this evening by hanging herself and lost her life. The child’s parents are said to have been separated years ago and she lived with her father.”Last night, this child was severely beaten by her father and this morning she went to one of…
Read moreA Jeep vehicle was targeted by security forces near the village of Chavargah, Mahabad county, West Azerbaijan province, as a result of which all the four passengers of the car were killed, Sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to reports, on the evening of Tuesday, September 16th, special forces of the Ministry of Intelligence and the Hamzeh base of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)…
Read moreOn Monday, Aug 10, 2020, a Kurdish civil rights activist ‘Zahra Jamali’ was sent to Dieselabad Prison in Kermanshah to serve her nine-month sentence, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The activist was summoned and interrogated by Kangavar Intelligence Office in March 2017 following the release of a video in opposition to the compulsory hijab. The next day, after being summoned…
Read moreChild offender Arsalan Yassini who was arrested at the age of 17 on the charge of “premeditated murder” and sentenced to “retribution”(execution), was executed at the Orumiyeh Central Prison on August 17. The prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement a day earlier for the enforcement of execution sentence.”Arsalan Yassini, born in 1990 in Naqadeh, was arrested and sentenced to death when he was under…
Read more” Two children, Hemen Adwai and Kiomars Adwai from the village of Slen of Hewraman, Kurdistan province, were released from the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj on August 13, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). They were detained by security forces on July 18. On July 18, the two students were arrested in Sarvabad and Marivan cities after being summoned to…
Read moreKurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Kurdish Woman women’s rights activist Hajar Saeedi was officially served with the notice of a five-year suspended sentence issued by the Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, headed by Judge Saeedi.The verdict states that Ms Saeedi was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment on charges of “acting against national security” through membership in the…
Read moreParsa Rostami, 17-year-old boy from Paveh who returned to Iran from the Kurdistan Region last week after receiving an “immunity letter”, was detained by security forces and transferred to the juvenile correction centre in Kermanshah after several days of interrogation, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The teenager was charged with “membership in a Kurdish opposition party” and the Paveh…
Read moreLabour activist Bakhtiar Rahimi has been sentenced by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Marivan to two years in prison on charges of “acting against national security” during the past few days. The activist was arrested on December 27 at his workplace in the Marivan Electricity Department but he was released from Sanandaj prison on December 21 on a bail of 100 million Tomans. Amnesty International…
Read moreKurdish civilian Shahnaz Sadeghifar has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Branch 2 of Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Sheikhlou on July 21, 2020. She returned to Iran with her daughter Ainaz Zare Mehr from Kurdistan last year after receiving an “immunity letter” from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). However, she was charged with “acting against national security” through membership in the Kurdistan…
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