Bokan Archives - KHRN

October 20, 2018

A Kurdish Tradesperson from Bukan Killed by Law Enforcement Force

Ali Nasiri, a tradesperson (Kasibkar) from Bukan who was shot and wounded at the Bokan-Miandoab road on suspicion of smuggling goods on Oct 12, 2018, passed away in the hospital due to the severity of injuries. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Iranian Disciplinary Forces targeted a vehicle on the Bukan-Miandoab road on Friday, Oct 12, 2018 on the pretext of...

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July 25, 2017

Kurdish Religious Prisoner Transferred to Solitary Confinement in Iran’s Birjand Central Prison

Iranian authorities of the Birjand central prison transferred the Kurdish religious prisoner known as Siyamand Bewzhi Motlagh to a solitary confinement cell yesterday for unknown reasons. “On Sunday, July 23, prisoner Siyamand Bewzhi Motlagh held in Ward 101 of the Central Prison of Birjand was transferred to solitary confinement after being summoned to the guard office on the orders of the prison authorities without any...

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