Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Omid Faraji, a Kurdish civilian from the village of Ney in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence agents in the city on 18 August 2024. After several weeks of interrogation at a security detention facility, he was transferred to Marivan Prison and was provisionally released on 29 September 2024 on bail of 13 billion rials (nearly 16,000 USD). During his detention, he was...

Arrest Chalak Pirouzi, a Kurdish civilian and member of the Chya the Green Organisation from the village of Sardush in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by security forces on 22 March 2025. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during his detention. Current Status After initial interrogation, Pirouzi was transferred to Marivan Prison and released on bail of...

Arrest Kaveh Dastan, a Kurdish civilian from the village of Ney in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by security forces in the village on 22 March 2025. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during his detention. Current Status After initial interrogation, Dastan was transferred to Marivan Prison and released on bail of two billion rials (nearly 2,000...

Tahsin Dadras, a former political prisoner from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was previously arrested in December 2017 on charges of “acting against national security” through membership of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), and was later released on bail. In 2018, the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Marivan sentenced him to 12 years in prison on the same charge, a sentence that was reduced to six...

Adel Pirouzi, a former political prisoner from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, was previously arrested by security forces in the city in November 2018, and was released on bail two months later. In the winter of 2019, he was sent to prison to serve a two-year sentence issued by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Marivan on charges of "acting against national security", and was conditionally released in...

Arrest  Omid Faraji was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, on 18 August 2024.  He was subsequently transferred to the Ministry’s detention facility in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. Defendant’s Rights  He was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during his detention. Current Status  Faraji was moved to Marivan Prison in late September and was released on bail of 10...