Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Zhila Hojabri was arrested by security forces in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, in August 2022. After being held for several weeks in a security detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, she was transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison. A month later, she was moved to the women's ward of the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, and was interrogated daily for several months at...

Mohammad Karimi is a worker and a father of two children. Arrest Karimi was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces at his family home in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 25 April 2020 and transferred to the Ministry's detention centre in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. During his detention, he was subjected to physical and psychological torture to extract forced confessions and was deprived of the right to contact and...

Mohammad Feyzi is a worker and the father of two children. Arrest Feyzi was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence forces at a checkpoint at the entrance of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 5 May 2020 and taken to the Ministry's detention centre in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. During his detention, he was subjected to physical and psychological torture to extract forced confessions and was deprived of contact and...

Arrest Asaad Mohammadi (Masoud Mohammadi) was arrested by security forces at his family home in the Vilashahr neighbourhood of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, on 24 July 2023 and was taken to one of the city's security detention centres. The arrest was carried out without a warrant, and the security agents took several of his personal belongings during the house search. On 12 August 2023, security forces also detained...

At the time of his arrest, Habib Latifi was a final year industrial engineering student at Ilam University. Arrest Latifi was arrested on 24 October 2007 by the Ministry of Intelligence on Adab Street in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, and taken to the detention facility of the ministry in the city. During his time in solitary confinement at the detention centre, he was subjected to torture to extract...

Arrest Baset Karimi, a father of two, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence forces at his family home in Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 5 May 2020 and taken to the agency's detention centre in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. During his detention, he was subjected to physical and psychological torture to extract forced confessions and was deprived of the right to contact or visits by family and...

Seyvan Ebrahimi is a Kurdish language teacher and a member of the board of directors of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association. Arrest Ebrahimi was initially arrested at the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, on 3 January 2023, while following up on the case of his wife, Zara Mohammadi, and was released on bail two days later. He was arrested again by security forces in Sanandaj on...

Arrest Ahmadi, a father of three, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence forces in Baneh on 27 April 2020 and taken to the ministry's detention facility in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. At the time of his arrest, Ahmadi was shot in the leg by security forces. He was denied medical care during his detention and was subjected to severe physical and psychological torture to extract forced...