Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish civilian imprisoned to serve jail term in Saqqez

Kurdish civilian Ata (Shamal) Rahmanzadeh was sent to prison on 23 October in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, to serve an 11-month sentence in jail. Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Saqqez had sentenced him to 11 months in prison on charges of “propaganda against the state”. Later in September, the Sanandaj Court of Appeals upheld the ruling. On 21 January, security forces arrested Rahmanzadeh in Saqqez. He...

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