Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Border forces kill tradesman, injure at least seven kolbars

Kurdish tradesman Azad Sattar-Panah was fatally shot by border guards in the Hangeh-ye Zhal border area of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, on 7 November. The incident followed a verbal altercation between Sattar-Panah and border guards, which resulted in the guards opening fire. Border guards have also shot and wounded at least seven kolbars in the border areas of Nowsud, Kermanshah Province, and Baneh in recent days. The Kurdistan...

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