Afshin Hossein-Panahi Archives - KHRN

January 8, 2025

Security forces arrest former Kurdish political prisoner, location unknown

Security forces today arrested former Kurdish political prisoner Afshin Hossein-Panahi in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. He was arrested without a warrant at his workplace and security agents then raided and searched his home in Sanandaj. Hossein-Panahi is the brother of Ramin Hossein-Panahi, a Kurdish political prisoner who was executed in 2018. The former political prisoner was reportedly summoned by telephone...

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November 16, 2021

Sanandaj: Prosecutor’s office summons former Kurdish political prisoner

Branch 2 of the investigation department of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, summoned former Kurdish political prisoner Afshin Hossein-Panahi on 9 November. A relative of the civil rights activist spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and said: "Afshin has been asked to present himself at Branch 2 of the investigation department of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office...

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