Kurdistan Human Rights Network

In the past few days, security forces have arrested at least seven Kurdish civil and cultural activists in Kangavar, Kermanshah, and Koohdasht. There is no information available on the fate of several of them. An anonymous source, who did not want to be identified for security reasons, has told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that on July 05, security forces had attacked the houses of...

Despite the fact that three days have passed since the arrest of Ezat Nasri, a Kurdish Labor activist from Saqqez, there is no information available on his fate. "On Saturday, Dec 23, 2017, security forces arrested Ezat Nasri at Saqqez main square and transferred him to an unknown location," a source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Despite his family’s follow-up with the judicial and intelligence...

A Kurdish political prisoner detained at the youth ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison, went on a hunger strike on Thursday, Nov 23, 2017 in protest to the refusal of authorities to transfer him to the political ward. "Siamak Ashrafi, a 25-year-old prisoner from Orumiyeh, has been kept in ward 13 (the youth section) contrary to the Regulations of Prison Organizations. Despite his repeated requests for...