Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Haji Barzeh, a Kurdish language teacher from Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, and a member of the Bayan Kurdish Language Institute, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in Piranshahr on 8 May 2024 and taken to the ministry’s detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. After initial interrogation, he was transferred to Naqadeh Prison and later provisionally released on 27 May 2024 on bail of...

Arrest Kianoush Cheraghi, a former employee of the Dehloran Social Security Office, was arrested twice between 27 September and 3 October 2023 for posts on his personal Instagram page commemorating the anniversary of the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising. He was released on bail on 7 October 2023. Judicial Process In October 2023, Branch Two of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Ilam, presided over by Judge Reza...

Arrest Hamid Chapati, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested on 16 October 2024 after being summoned by the city’s Public Security Police. The police initially raided the activist’s family home without presenting a court order and searched the property. When it was found that the activist was not at home, the public security police called him and asked him to...

Arrest Mostafa Rostami, a Kurdish civilian from Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his family home in Gilan-e Gharb on 13 August and taken to the detention centre of the military-security institution in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Defendant’s Rights Following the arrest of Rostami and several others from Gilan-e-Gharb in August, Hamidreza Karimi, the Public and...

Arrest Mohsen Esfandiari-Tabar, a 38-year-old navy lieutenant colonel, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 29 July as he left his family home in Tehran, and a few hours later informed his wife by telephone that he was being transferred to Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. He had previously been summoned and threatened by the security services in connection with the...

Arrest Maria Khani, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at her family home in Gilan-e Gharb on 13 August and taken to the detention centre of the military-security institution in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Defendant’s Rights Following the arrest of Khani and several others from Gilan-e-Gharb in August, Hamidreza Karimi, the...

Arrest Lotfollah Parviz, a 48-year-old teacher, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his family home in Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, on 13 August 2024 and taken to the detention centre of the military-security institution in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. He had previously been summoned and threatened by the security services in connection with the Newroz celebrations in Gilan-e Gharb. On...

Arrest Jahangir Azadi, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his family home in Gilan-e Gharb on 13 August and taken to the detention centre of the military-security institution in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Defendant’s Rights Following the arrest of Azadi and several others from Gilan-e-Gharb in August, Hamidreza Karimi, the...

Arrest Hamidreza Rahimian, a Kurdish civil rights activist from Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah Province, was arrested by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at his family home in Gilan-e Gharb on 13 August and taken to the detention centre of the military-security institution in Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province. Defendant’s Rights Following the arrest of Rahimian and several others from Gilan-e-Gharb in August, Hamidreza Karimi, the...