Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Nazanin Elyasi, a Kurdish civilian from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested on 16 December 2024 after she was summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence office in the city. After her arrest, Elyasi was transferred to the Ministry’s detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Defendant’s Rights She was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during her detention. Current Status After...

Arrest Srwa Shiri, a Kurdish civilian from the village of Taraqeh in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence together with her brother Peyman Shiri in the village on 25 September 2024. After her arrest, she was taken to the Ministry’s detention facility in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, and provisionally released on bail after several weeks. She was denied family...

Arrest Kamyar Izadi, a Kurdish minor from the village of Sahulan in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, was summoned and arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces in the city on 31 December 2024. 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 several days in detention, Izadi was transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence detention...

Arrest Rizgar Mowloudi, a Kurdish minor from the village of Sahulan in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, was summoned and arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces in the city on 31 December 2024. 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 several days in detention, Mowloudi was transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence detention...

Arrest Avareh Shakhsi, a Kurdish civilian from Rabat, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces in the city on 23 January 2025. Defendant’s Rights He was arrested without a warrant and has since been denied family visits and access to legal representation. Despite his family’s repeated attempts to obtain information about his fate, security and judicial authorities have refused to provide any clarification regarding his...

Arrest Mehrab Abdollahzadeh was arrested by security forces during the Women, Life, Freedom uprising on 22 October 2022 and taken to a detention facility in the city, where he was subjected to 38 days of physical and psychological torture in an attempt to force a confession to his alleged involvement in the killing of a Basij member. Despite this, footage of the incident in the possession...

Arrest Bafrin Maroufi, a Kurdish civilian from Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces at her home in the city on 30 January 2025. Defendant’s Rights She was arrested without a warrant and was denied family visits and access to legal representation during her detention. Current Status On 15 February 2025, Maroufi was provisionally released on bail from Orumiyeh Prison.

Susan Hassanzadeh, a civil rights activist and Kurdish language teacher from Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, has 17 years of experience teaching Kurdish in Bukan and its surrounding villages. Over the years, she has been repeatedly summoned and interrogated by security forces due to her activities. Arrest Hassanzadeh was beaten and arrested by security forces on a street in the city on 15 May 2024 and was taken...

Arrest Sorayya Gheitaran, a Kurdish civilian from Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence at her family home in the city on 26 June 2023 and was taken to the Ministry's detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. After several weeks, she was moved from the detention facility to Orumiyeh Central Prison and released on bail on 16 July...