Kurdish civilian Fatemeh Davand was sentenced to 5 years and 5 months in prison and 30 lashes in two separate cases decided at the Bukan Criminal Court and the Mahabad Revolutionary Court in West Azerbaijan province. She was arrested in Saqqez for taking part in protests against the sudden rise in gasoline prices in Iran in November 2019 but she was later released on…
Read moreKurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that Faranak Jashmidi, a member of the Green Society of Kurdistan who was arrested on July 29 by forces affiliated with the Sanandaj Intelligence Office, is still being held in custody. During this period, she was transferred to the Detention Center of the Ministry of Intelligence for interrogation during the day and returned to the Sanandaj Correctional…
Read moreIn the past few days, two children named Hemen Adwai and Kiomars Adwai from the village of Celine of Hewraman,Kurdistan province, were arrested by the Intelligence Unit of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and transferred to the Shahramfar Detention Center in Sanandaj, a reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). “On July 18, the two children from the village of Selin Hewraman were arrested…
Read moreHaydar Ghorbani, a Kurdish labour activist and a member of the Free Trade Union of Iran who was detained by security forces at his family home in Tehran on June 7, 2020, is still being detained at Ward 209 of Evin Prison. During this period, the activist has had only two short telephone calls with his family. Despite his family’s enquiries made to the court…
Read moreThree Kurdish female political prisoners Sakineh Parvaneh, Soheila Hijab and Zeynab Jalalian are still on a hunger strike in Qarchak Prison. Meanwhile, the health condition of Zeynab Jalalian is reported critical with severe coughs and chest pain, informed sources have told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network. Sakineh Parvaneh, who is being held in Ward 3 of Qarchak Prison, has been on a hunger strike since June 15,…
Read moreZeynab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner in the quarantine ward of Qarchak Prison, has been on hunger strike since this morning. Her request is to be returned to Khoy Prison or transferred to Evin Prison. The political prisoner, who was transferred from Khoy Prison to Qarchak Prison on May 10, has also announced that she would go on a hunger strike in the coming days…
Read moreImporsoned lawyer Soheila Hijab has been on a hunger strike since yesterday in protest to her continued detention in Qarchak Prison and not being transferred to Evin Prison. She also called for an end to the pressure exerted on her family by the security forces. Zeynab Jalalian, who was transferred from Khoy Prison to Qarchak Prison on May 10, has also announced that she will…
Read moreKurdish female activist Hajar Saeedi was transferred to the Women’s ward of Sanandaj Prison known as Correctional Center after 9 days of interrogation. The female activist has been deprived of the right to make phone calls and meet with her family since her arrest. She was detained by security forces in Sanandaj on June 7, 2020. Hajar Saeedi was summoned and interrogated on the eve…
Read more“Hajar Saeedi, a Women’s Rights activist in Sanandaj, was arrested on Sunday, June 07.”, an informed source in Sanandaj confirmed the news to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network(KHRN) while saying that security agents had detained Saeedi in her home without a warrant and transferred her to an unknown location. It is noteworthy that Ms Saeedi was caring for her sick child. The reason for the arrest of…
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