Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Sakineh Parvaneh, a former political prisoner, was first arrested in the autumn of 2019 while residing in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. During a security operation, she was detained by agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the Iranian consulate in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, during a visit with her family. She was then transferred to Iran, spending 10 days in detention centres in Marivan and...

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...

Mozhgan Kavousi is a Yarsani Kurdish writer and researcher. Her translation of the book "Anfal and the Story of Timur, the Sole Survivor from the Mass Graves of Anfaled Women and Children" was published in 2019. She also directed the documentary film "Hiwa". She has been summoned, arrested, and imprisoned several times due to her activities. On 18 November 2019, she was arrested by the Intelligence...