Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Security forces have carried out a series of arrests across Kurdish cities in recent days, detaining at least nine Kurdish citizens in Marivan, Orumiyeh, Oshnavieh, Piranshahr, and

On the Occasion of 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women This report has been prepared to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against

In its monthly reports, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) highlights cases of human rights violations in Kurdistan and violations of the rights of Kurdish citizens in different regions and

Two Kurdish men arrested in Divandarreh nine days ago remain in incommunicado detention, with their families still unaware of their fate, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. On

Zeynab Jalalian, Iran's longest-serving and only female political prisoner serving a life sentence, is nearing her 19th year in detention amid renewed concerns that officials at Yazd Central Prison

Peyman Azizi, a young man who was sentenced to death for “premeditated murder”, has been executed at Kermanshah Central Prison (also known as Dizel Abad Prison). The Kurdistan Human Rights

A Kurdish civil rights activist from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has begun serving a six-month prison sentence, while in a separate incident, a Kurdish man from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province,

Zabeteddin (Adel) Jangjou, a man sentenced to death for drug-related offences, has been executed in Orumiyeh Central Prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Jangjou was

Three Kurdish citizens from Piranshahr have been sent to Naqadeh Prison to serve the three-year sentences imposed on them by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad, the Kurdistan Human Rights

Yaghoub Dachi, an Arab prisoner from Dasht-e Abbas in Ilam Province, was executed on 12 November at Ilam Central Prison for “premeditated murder”. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has