Afrin Archives - KHRN

October 12, 2019

Kurdish Activist Sentenced to Six Months in Prison, 20 Lashes

A Kurdish civil rights activist was sentenced in absentia to six months in prison and 20 lashes by the branch 102 of Criminal Court of Marivan on charge of "disturbing public order" for

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October 10, 2019

Kurdish Civilian Acquitted in Marivan

A Kurdish civilian was acquitted of the charges by the Revolutionary Court of Marivan, a source confirmed to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Salem Adwai, the supervisor of the sports

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March 26, 2018

Weeks in Brief: Afrin Solidarity Suppressed

The “Week in brief” by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) is a weekly review of the most important human rights news and developments from and about Iran’s Kurdish areas. Iran continues

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March 20, 2018

Law Enforcement Forces Beat Sardar Bukan Team’s Football Fans

On March 18, 2018, during the football match between Sardar Bukan and Bandar Abbas municipality at Khatam al-Anbiya Stadium in Bukan, one of the football fans entered the football pitch and the

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March 19, 2018

Iran: Continued Arrest of Protesters Against Turkish Attack on Kurds in Afrin

Following the protests against the Turkish military attack, security forces have arrested two other Kurdish citizens in Bukan during the past days. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been

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March 16, 2018

A Detainee Released on Bail in Kamyaran / Still No News About the Fate of Other Detainees

On Thursday, March 15, 2018, one of the detainees arrested during the protest rally in condemnation of the Turkish military Attack on Kurds in Afrin in Kamyaran was released. But there is still no

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March 15, 2018

Continued Arrest of a Number of Protesters Against Turkish Attack on Kurds in Afarin

Following the protest rally against the Turkish military attack, A group of civil activists have been arrested in a number of cities in Kurdistan such as Marivan and Kamyaran. Nine of the detainees

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March 13, 2018

Increase of Security Measures and the Arrest of a Number of Protesters Following the Call for Supporting Afrin

Yesterday afternoon, on March 12, following the call on social networks on holding a protest rally in condemnation of the Turkish military Attack on Kurds in Afrin and the silence of the

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February 13, 2018

Hundreds of Adherents of Yarsanism Condemned the Turkey Attack on Kurds in Afarin

Following the massive condemnation of the Turkish Army's attack on the Canton of Afrin by various cultural and civilian figures and institutions in Iran, Hundreds of Adherents of Yarsanism in Iran

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