Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in August 2021. The followings are the detailed information collected by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions In August, Iran executed at least seven Kurdish civilians in prisons in Salmas, Orumiyeh, Kermanshah, Harsin,…
Read moreInvestigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians from Iran have been victims of human rights violations in the past 30 days. Followings are the information collected by the statistics and documentation centre of the KHRN in regards to these violations: Kolbars In the past 30 days, military forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran killed at least two kolbars…
Read moreInvestigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in July 2021. The following are the detailed information collected by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. ExecutionsIn July, Iran carried out the death penalties of eight prisoners on charges of drugs and…
Read moreInvestigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in June 2021. Followings are the information collected by the statistics and documentation centre of the KHRN in regards to these violations. Executions On 30 June, Iran carried out the death penalty of prisoner Mohammad Taher Soleimani in Mahabad Prison. The 65-year-old prisoner…
Read moreInvestigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that various human rights violations have taken place in Iranian Kurdistan in May 2021. In addition to these violations, the KHRN has also collected information on the difficulties Iranian Kurdish asylum seekers and workers face in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Following are the information collected by the statistics and documentation centre of the…
Read moreIranian Kurdish asylum seeker Behzad Mahmoudi, who had set himself on fire last week in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in protest of the uncertainty regarding his refugee status, has lost his life in the hospital this morning due to suffering from severe burns. Mahmoudi set himself on fire on 18 May 2021…
Read moreInvestigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that various human rights violations have taken place in Iranian Kurdistan in April 2021. According to the information collected by the statistics and documentation centre of the KHRN, five prisoners have been executed by Iran and two civilians have been shot dead by security forces in April. At least 19 Kurdish civilians and activists have…
Read moreInvestigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that various human rights violations have taken place in Iranian Kurdistan in March 2021. According to the information collected by the statistics and documentation centre of the KHRN, one Kurdish prisoner has been executed by Iran, a civilian has been shot dead by the police, and three Kolbars have lost their lives carrying goods…
Read moreOn the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has prepared a detailed report on the detentions and arrests of women activists, murdering of women, honour killings, and suicides by women in Iranian Kurdistan between 8 March 2020 and 8 March 2021. Suicide, honour-killings, and murders of women In the past year, at least 94 Kurdish women have lost their lives…
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