Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Towhid Darvish (Loghman Darvish) is a father of two and comes from the village of Garnavik in Khoy, West Azerbaijan province. Following an earthquake in March 2020, his family settled in the city of Khoy after their village home was destroyed in the quake. Arrest Darvish was arrested by security forces in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, during the anti-government uprising of Women, Life, Freedom on 29...

Khaled Zamani (Sadegh Zamani) is married and a father of four. Arrest Zamani was arrested by security forces in Qatur in Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, on 30 June 2008 and taken to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Khoy. He was subjected to physical and psychological torture for several weeks to extract forced confessions and was later transferred to Maku Prison. Judicial Process Branch 1 of the...

Arrest Omid Saeidi (Mohammad Saeidi) was arrested along with three other Kurdish civilians on 8 October 2019 by security forces in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, and, was taken to the youth ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison after a month of interrogation at the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Orumiyeh. Judicial Process In December 2020, he was sentenced to 10 years and one day of imprisonment by...