Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kamal Lotfi is the father of Reza Lotfi, who was shot dead by special unit forces on 19 September 2022 during the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province. After the 20-year-old's death, his family was pressured and threatened by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to appear on television and blame opposition Kurdish parties for his death. A few days after Reza Lotfi's death,...

In recent years, Ayoub Javanpour has worked as a labourer and kolbar. He was once injured in his leg after falling from a height during a chase by Iranian border forces on a kolbar route. Previously, in October 2017, he was arrested for participating in demonstrations supporting the Kurdish independence referendum and was later released on bail. The Islamic Revolutionary Court of Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, initially...