Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Younes Mahmoudzadeh was arrested by security forces on 15 August 2022, on the Mirawa road in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and taken to a security detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, where he was subjected to physical and psychological torture to extract forced confessions.  Ten days later, on 25 August 2022, he was transferred to Bukan Prison. During his detention, he was denied the right...

Arrest Hossein Ahmadi was arrested by security forces on 20 August 2022, in the Mirawa neighbourhood in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and taken to a security detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, where he was subjected to physical and psychological torture to extract forced confessions.  Five days later, on 25 August 2022, he was transferred to Bukan Prison. During his detention, he was denied the right...

Arrest Kazem Mam-Esmaeil was arrested on 21 August 2022, following a raid by security forces on his home in the village of Qezeljeh in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and taken to a security detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. His father, Aboubakr Mam-Esmaeil, and brother, Kamil Mam-Esmaeil, were also detained for several hours. While in the security detention centre, he was subjected to physical and psychological...

Arrest Jalal Amini was arrested by security forces on 15 August 2022, on the Mirawa road in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, and taken to a security detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, where he was subjected to physical and psychological torture to extract forced confessions.  Ten days later, on 25 August 2022, he was transferred to Bukan Prison. During his detention, he was denied the right...

Arrest Hazhar Delsouz was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 5 July 2022, along with Osman Delsouz and Akam Khezrzadeh, and transferred to the Ministry's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. He was provisionally released on bail of 30 billion rials (nearly 60,000 USD) on 29 August 2022, one day after being transferred to Naqadeh Prison. During...

Arrest Osman Delsouz was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence on 5 July 2022 in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, along with Hazhar Delsouz and Akam Khezrzadeh, and was transferred to the Ministry's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. He was provisionally released on bail of 35 billion rials (nearly 70,000 USD) on 11 September 2022, one day after being transferred to Naqadeh...

Arrest Akam Khezrzadeh was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 5 July 2022, along with Osman Delsouz and Hazhar Delsouz, and transferred to the Ministry's detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. He was provisionally released on bail of 35 billion rials (nearly 70,000 USD) on 11 September 2022, one day after being transferred to Naqadeh Prison. During...

Arrest Soleyman Salek was arrested without a warrant by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the Piranshahr-Mahabad road in West Azerbaijan Province on 5 July 2022 and was transferred to the Ministry's detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. On 3 August 2022, he was transferred to Naqadeh Prison in West Azerbaijan Province and then provisionally released on 13...

Arrest Zhila Hojabri was arrested by security forces in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, in August 2022. After being held for several weeks in a security detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, she was transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison. A month later, she was moved to the women's ward of the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, and was interrogated daily for several months at...