During the past months two Kurdish students named Qader Abdullazade and Mohammad Razmavar were sentenced to five and one year in prison respectively by the branch two of Orumiyeh’s Revolutionary Court on charges of crimes against the national security,a Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) source said. The source said that “ Muhammad Razmavar is from the city of Maku and he is a student at…
Read moreDana Lanjabadi, a Kurdish student activist who was released from prison last September, has been deprived of the right to continue his higher education, although he has already paid the tuition fees for the on-going semester. He was to resume his studies at the Payam-e-Noor University in the city of Mariwan after release form prison. However, the Iranian authorities did not allow him to return…
Read moreIn recent days, Dana Lanjabadi, a Kurdish activist, has received 50 lashes in the city of Marivan. A credible source in Marivan informed the Kurdistan Human Right Network that the verdict against Dana Lanjabadi, who has been held in Marivan prison for disturbing public order charge since last year, is carried out in Marivan in the past few days. Dana, a Kurdish activist and former BA…
Read moreRebwar Kamerani Pour, a Kurdish student activist was released on bail of 200 million Tomans (equivalent to $50,000US) from prison on Tuesday 10 February,2015 ,an activist based in Sanandaj told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The Iranian security forces in Sanandaj arrested him on 9 December 2014. Kamrani Pour is originally from the city of Marivan and prior to his arrest he was known as former…
Read moreThe violent crackdown Kurdish protests over the suspicious death of Farinaz Khosravani has led to the arrest of hundreds of protesters. Multiple sources informed Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that the Iranian intelligence services’ agents continue arresting people who had participated in those protests, the last of which took place more than two weeks ago. At least 20 people were critically injured amid the protests and…
Read moreA Kurdish student injured by Iranian security forces during protests in Mahabad has died from critical wounds at Imam Khomeini hospital in the city of Oroumiyeh. Akam Talaj, 19, was shot and injured on May 17 amid widespread protests in the city of Mahabad following the suspicious death of a Kurdish chambermaid at a local hotel. One of his relatives told Kurdistan Human Rights Network…
Read moreIranian intelligence agency officials summoned Kurdish student political prisoner Omid Dabakhchi Mukri in Mahabad prison on 17 October and told him that he was sentenced to four in prison by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad, a local human rights activist told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) The rights activist said that the intelligence officers told Dabakhi Mukri that his crimes were “gathering and…
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