Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Shaker Baghi is a Kurdish civilian from Van in the Kurdistan of Turkey who holds Turkish citizenship. Arrest Baghi was arrested on 10 March 2008 on the Sanandaj-Marivan road in Kurdistan Province by the forces of the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was beaten by security officers during his arrest, to the extent that he fell unconscious due to multiple blows to...

Arrest Ayoub Asadi was arrested by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces on 15 June 2011 near the village of Buriyar in Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province. IRGC forces opened fire to arrest him and Mohammad Hossein Rezaei, a member of Komala, and both were arrested after being wounded. Judicial Process Asadi's trial on charges of "enmity against God" (moharebeh) for being a member of the Komala of the Toilers...