Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Mahmoud Sadeghi was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence on 16 October 2016 in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, along with his brother-in-law, Heidar Ghorbani. Following his arrest, Sadeghi was transferred to the Ministry's detention facility in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, where he was subjected to physical and psychological torture for approximately three months in order to extract forced confessions.  During this time, he was denied access to his...

Mohammad Karimi is a worker and a father of two children. Arrest Karimi was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces at his family home in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 25 April 2020 and transferred to the Ministry's detention centre in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. During his detention, he was subjected to physical and psychological torture to extract forced confessions and was deprived of the right to contact and...

Mohammad Feyzi is a worker and the father of two children. Arrest Feyzi was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence forces at a checkpoint at the entrance of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 5 May 2020 and taken to the Ministry's detention centre in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. During his detention, he was subjected to physical and psychological torture to extract forced confessions and was deprived of contact and...

Arrest Baset Karimi, a father of two, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence forces at his family home in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 5 May 2020 and taken to the agency's detention centre in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. During his detention, he was subjected to physical and psychological torture to extract forced confessions and was deprived of the right to contact or visits by family and...