Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Four Kurdish civilians from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, who were arrested during last year's anti-government protests, have been charged with "enmity against God" (moharebeh) and face the death penalty. These individuals, Keyvan Zandi, Aram Azad, Sardar Shah-Moradi, and Houshang Chahar-Gorgeh, are currently being held in temporary detention in Sanandaj Central Prison. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the four civilians were arrested separately by...

Kurdish civilian Aram Azad, who was arrested by security forces about a month ago in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, remains in the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence in the city without the right to legal counsel and family visits. Azad made several short phone calls with his family in the past month, informing them that he was pressured by security interrogators to make a...