Kurdish civil rights activist Azimeh Nasseri has been transferred today, from the detention centre of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Orumiyeh to the quarantine ward of the city prison, after a month in detention. Separately, Nahid Kamangar, a student of Kurdish language and literature at the University of Kurdistan in Sanandaj, is still held in the women’s ward of…
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In the past two days, at least 11 Kurdish students and civil rights activists have been detained and taken to unknown locations by security forces in the cities of Karaj, Mahabad, Rabat and Marivan. These people have been identified as Farzad Samani, Sohaib Badrouj, Shapol Khezri, Darya Talabani, Salar Rahavi, Sirwan Nouri, Afshin Mam Ahmadi, Bahman Yousefzadeh, Farhad Musapour, Fereydoun Musapour and Dana Samadi. The…
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Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Kajwan Azadian, a civil activist and a student at Payame Noor University in Marivan, was sent to prison for serving his two-month imprisonment sentence today Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Kajwan Azadian was arrested by the security forces on May 19, 2016, but he was released on bail five days later. He was sentenced to one year in prison…
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Three students of Kurdistan University, who were detained by security forces following a rally in protest to the crash of a Ukrainian Plane by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), were released on bail. Moslem Suleimani and Arshad Atabak were released on bail yesterday while Zaniar Ahmadpour was released today as his family did not manage to secure the bail yesterday. Arshad Atabak(secretary to “Ahwara”),…
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Four students who were detained during a rally at Kermanshah University in protest against the crash of the Ukrainian passenger jet shot by the slamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were released on bail but one other student is still in custody. Siavash Hayati- a graduate student in political science and a spokesman for the Yarsan Civil Rights Advisory Council- was released on bail….
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Yesterday, January 12, at least four students were arrested during a rally at Kermanshah University in protest against the crash of the Ukrainian passenger jet which was shot by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) One of these detainees was released several hours later but three others are still in custody. The three detainees include 61-year-old Siavash Hayati- a graduate student…
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According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) On Tuesday, students of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Razi University of Kermanshah protested against the continuation of the guild and welfare problems at the university Oct 23, 2018. These students refused to eat the food bought from the university canteen and put their food trays on the campus ground. The students also held a…
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A Kurdish student detained last year during a protests rally in Orumiyeh was released from Orumiyeh Prison on a heavy bail. An informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that the sentence for Ibrahim Khalidi, the Kurdish student who was sentenced to five years imprisonment in January on charges of “acting against national security through participation in Orumiyeh protests by the Orumiyeh Revolutionary…
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The sentence for Ibrahim Khalidi, the Kurdish student detained in Orumiyeh who was arrested during the recent protests rally and sentenced to five years imprisonment, was reduced to three years by the Orumiyeh Court of Appeals. A source close to the student told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that on Thursday, May 17, the trial of this student was held at (Branch 1) of the…
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In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of Kurdish civilians in different regions and cities across Iran.
This report includes all cases recorded and reported by KHRN from across Iran through its own sources and verification mechanisms from 1 April to 30 April.
The restrictive environment for independent human rights organisations in Iran, coupled with the pressures faced by individuals subjected to human rights violations and their families, make it difficult to publish accurate and comprehensive reports.
It is therefore important to note that the statistics and information presented in this report do not cover all cases of human rights violations. This report is the result of examining news and reports published by the KHRN and fact-checking of reports published by other human rights organisations and news websites.
Executions
Iran executed at least seven prisoners in April, four being on drug-related charges, two on charges of “premeditated murder”, and one political prisoner on charges of “armed insurrection” (baghi), according to KHRN’s findings.
On 21 April, the family of Kurdish political prisoner Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heidaranlou was summoned to the Orumiyeh Prosecutor’s Office and informed that the prisoner had been executed. The Deputy Prosecutor, Behzad Sarkhanlou, informed them that the prisoner had been transferred from Orumiyeh to Tehran and that his death sentence had been carried out.
*Explanation: The KHRN, recognizing the fundamental right to life, publishes and records news and execution statistics without regard to the ethnic background of individuals and the location of the execution. All cases reported to the organisation by credible sources are published after thorough fact-checking.
Femicide
In April, a Kurdish woman was reported to have been the victim of femicide. On 3 April, Azita Fallahi, a 36-year-old mother of two, was beaten to death by her husband in Sonqor, Kermanshah Province.
Kolbars
Last month, at least one man died of cardiac arrest while working as a kolbar and two others were shot and wounded by Iranian border guards in the Baneh border area.
Detentions and arrests
In April, Iranian forces arrested at least 11 people, two of whom were sent to prison to serve their sentences.
Sentences
During this period, Iranian courts sentenced a religious activist to 22 months in prison and another man to five months in prison and a fine.