Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish political prisoner Aynaz Zare was released from Orumiyeh Central Prison after spending 15 months in prison. On November 16, she was sentenced to five years in prison by the Branch 1 of the Orumiyeh Criminal Court for Children and Adolescents on charges of "acting against national security" through membership in the Kurdistan Freedom Party (Pak). However, the  Orumiyeh Court of Appeals reduced this...

Kurdish civilian Shahnaz Sadeghifar has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Branch 2 of Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Sheikhlou on July 21, 2020. She returned to Iran with her daughter Ainaz Zare Mehr from Kurdistan last year after receiving an "immunity letter" from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). However, she was charged with "acting against national security" through membership in the Kurdistan...