Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Council of Civil Associations and Organisations of Marivan, in Kurdistan Province, has thrown its weight behind Chya the Green Organisation's appeal for the release of its detained members. In a strongly-worded statement, the Council condemned the recent raid on the annual meeting of Chya the Green Organisation by the military and security forces and the subsequent unlawful mass arrest of its members. The statement, issued...

Security forces raided the annual meeting of the Chya the Green Organisation in the village of Nachi in Marivan, Kurdistan Province, on 10 September, arresting at least 25 members. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that while most of those detained were released after signing written undertakings, activists Madeh Khoshnavaz, Kaveh Dastan and Kaveh Karimian remain in custody. Last night, the detainees were transferred...

A Kurdish environmental activist named Navid Kohnehpoushi was arrested after being summoned by the Ministry of Intelligence in Marivan, Kurdistan province, on 6 August. The activist told his family in a brief phone call that he had been taken to the detention centre of the intelligence ministry in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province. Background On 31 October 2021, the Ministry of Intelligence took hostage Kohnehpoushi’s brother after they did...

Some members of the Chya the Green Organisation in Marivan, Kurdistan province, gathered in front of the governor's office on 7 August to protest against the neglect of forest fires in the region by government institutions. The demonstration was held after the fire in the Ghalay Marivan forests was taken under control. In the last ten days, the forests around Marivan have been deliberately set on...