Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A young prisoner, Shahin Mostafavi, has been severely beaten by two prison guards on the pretext of protesting the quarantine situation and food at Bukan Prison. The prisoner suffered fractures in several areas as a result of torture, and his condition was reported to be critical. On the night of July 17, 2020, a young prisoner named Shahin Mostafavi was severely beaten in the prison…

In an interview with Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), a member of Zeynab Jalalian’s family announced the possibility that this Kurdish political prisoner may be transferred to Kerman Prison. Zeynab Jalalian went on a hunger strike on June 20, demanding her return to Khoy Prison or transfer to Evin Prison, as well as access to medical treatment after being diagnosed with COVID 19.”Yesterday, a person…

Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian was transferred from the quarantine ward of Qarchak Prison to an unknown location on Thursday, June 25, 2020, on the sixth day of her hunger strike, and there is no news on her fate. The Kurdish political prisoner has been on a hunger strike since June 20, demanding her return to Khoy prison or transfer to Evin prison. In an interview with…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Shahram Safari, a journalist and director of the Rawejpress Telegram Channel, has been sentenced to 91 days in prison on charges of “spreading lies and disturbing public opinion” by publishing statistics on the number of civilians suffering from Covid-19 disease. Shahram Safari, from Sarpol-e-Zahab in Kermanshah province, was summoned to court in April this year on…

“Security forces in Kermanshah and Marivan are trying to introduce Borhan Mansournia as one of the martyrs of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said a close friend of Borhan Mansournia who was killed in the November 2019 protests. Borhan Mansournia, a Kurdish civilian from Marivan and a vet graduated from Orumiyeh University, was shot by security forces during a mass protest in Kermanshah….

Kurdish Civilian Omid Karami was sentenced to one year of imprisonment and 74 Lashes by branch 2 of Criminal Court on charges of “disturbing public order and closing public roads” on January 20.  He was detained in Sanandaj by security forces a day after a protest rally against the Turkish army’s attack on northern and east Syria but he was released…

In recent days, a Kurdish civil activist called “Saeed Dadgar” has been summoned to the Kamyaran Intelligence office and interrogated for several hours, informed sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Security investigators reportedly interrogated him on charges of “Cooperation with one of the opposition parties” and he was severely beaten during the interrogation. During the past two months, dozens of Kurdish…

Iranian security and military authorities have resorted to widespread suppression, violence against civilians, torture, murder and even sexually abusing children. following the November protests shook several Iranian cities. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) investigation, more than a thousand civilians have been arrested in the Kurdish cities alone and the fate of some of them still remains unclear.  The KHRN has interviewed a number of eyewitnesses and informed…

An 80-year-old woman, mother of a prisoner who had rejected the prison’s report about death of her son in his fifth day of his hunger strike, was flogged with 70 lashes at Khoy Prison on 28 November 2019 a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).  Following flogging her with 70 lashes as per a verdict issued by Khoy Court, she was then taken to…