Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish civil rights activist Dana Lanjabadi was released from Marivan Prison, in Kurdistan Province, today on bail of 5 billion rials (nearly 8,000 USD) after spending three weeks in detention. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Lanjabadi, who was arrested on 20 February, was transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Marivan to the city's prison on 11 March after...

Iranian security forces detained Kurdish civil activist Dana Lanjabadi on 20 February in the city of Marivan (Mariwan in Kurdish), where a local court explained his charges as that of "propaganda against the state" and ordered his one-month detention for investigation at the local branch of the intelligence ministry, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learnt from its sources. The security forces that detained him...