Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Arrest Farshad Shokrollah, a Kurdish civilian from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence at his family home in the city on 28 September 2024 and was taken to the

Soleiman Abdi, a Kurdish teacher and member of the Kurdistan Teachers' Union - Saqqez, has been summoned and arrested by the security services several times in recent years for his union

Fardin Mostafaei, the administrator of the Telegram channel Saqqez Rudaw and a member of the International Federation of Journalists, was previously summoned in November 2023 along with Nasser

In recent years, Ayoub Javanpour has worked as a labourer and kolbar. He was once injured in his leg after falling from a height during a chase by Iranian border forces on a kolbar

Parham Parvari, a national champion and coach in swimming, after completing his Mechanical Engineering degree from Orumiyeh University of Technology, was employed at a company in

Osman Esmaeili is a well-known Kurdish labour activist who has been repeatedly summoned, arrested, and imprisoned by security agencies for his activities in defence of workers'

Kamal Sharifi was arrested several times in the years 1988 and 1990 on charges of "membership in anti-state groups" and "illegal border crossing", resulting in a total sentence of one year in prison