Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Khabat Shakiba, an environmental activist from Sanandaj who was sentenced to 3 months of imprisonment or a fine of 15 million Rials on charges of disturbing public order in September this year, paid

At least 18 Kurdish political prisoners have been transferred without prior notice from Mahabad Prison to Miandoab Prison, amid heightened security measures following nearby military

Sajjad Molaei, an Azerbaijani Turkic political prisoner held in the political prisoners’ ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison, has been left in poor physical condition after suffering a heart attack and

Prisoners in Mahabad staged a protest against their continued detention under wartime conditions after a Basij centre belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) near Mahabad Prison was

Prisoners of conscience at Orumiyeh Central Prison have demanded their release in a letter addressed to authorities, citing wartime conditions and concerns for their safety. The letter was signed

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

Shahin Vasaf, a Kurdish prisoner whose death sentence for “espionage for Israel” had been overturned and reduced to 10 years’ imprisonment, has been retried at the Court of Appeal in Orumiyeh,

Shahabeddin Haghdar, a Kurdish political activist from Salmas in West Azerbaijan Province, has been detained to serve a prison sentence of 10 years and one day following the confirmation of his

Former political prisoner Ahmad Tamouei has been re-arrested by security forces in Tehran, nearly four years after completing a 14-year prison sentence. An informed source who spoke to the

Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, has sentenced Kurdish political prisoners Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi and Mohammad Faraji to death after three years in