Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Adel Salem Fard, a Kurdish civilian of Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) who was arrested by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in late June, was transferred to the Orumiyeh Central Prison two months after his arrest. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that this Kurdish civilian was detained on June 16, 2019 along with another civilian, Jebriel Salem Fard, by...

Six more people were detained by security forces affiliated with the Intelligence Office following recent arrests of Kurdish activists in Kamyaran this morning. Yesterday, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) released news of mass arrests in Kamyaran including three Kurdish artists, Borhan Kamangar, Sirwan Moradi and Arman Qeitasi. Reports indicate that- in addition to the above-mentioned people- three other activists called Behzad Kamangar, Amjad Saifi and...

Jamal Doostan, a Kurdish civilian from Orumiyeh who was arrested by Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on July 1, 2019 was transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that this Kurdish civilian was arrested by IRGC Intelligence security guards on July 1, 2019 and taken to the detention centre of the IRGC Garrison in Orumiyeh. Jamal Doostan and Shapour Soufizadeh...

Following further arrests of Kurdish activists and civilians in the city of Marivan, two other civilians "Khaled Souri & Abdullah Weissi" have been arrested after being summoned to Marivan Intelligence Office. "Khaled Souri", a beekeeper from the village of Chor, was arrested on July 15 while another civilian called "Abdullah Weissi" was also arrested on July 20 after being summoned to the Intelligence Office. They...

"Parvin Adwai", a civil activist, was arrested by security forces at her home in Marivan a few days ago. A reliable source in the city of Marivan has told Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN) that "On Saturday, July 27, 2019, plainclothes forces raided Parvin Adwai's home in Marivan and arrested her while searching the house before transferring her to an unknown location.” Parvin Adwai has been...

Over the past 30 days, at least 32 civilians and activists were arrested by security forces affiliated with the Intelligence Bureau and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in various cities of Kurdistan. According to data released by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), recent arrests have taken place in the cities of Kamyaran, Sanandaj, Marivan, Saqqez, Takab, Shahindezh, Ashnouyah, Mahabad and Maku. Most of these...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Following further arrests of Kurdish civilians in various cities, five civilians in Mahabad and another one in Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) were arrested by security forces. KHRN has been informed that five other civilians including Heman Ismaili, Sohrab Qaderzadeh, Omid Qaderi, Khaled Koolani and Salim Shaikhnejad have arrested by security forces in the past few days during another massive arrest...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): A Kurdish civilian, “Sarah Zahmatkesh”, was arrested by Security forces in Paveh. "Sara Zahmatkesh, 24, and a resident of Tin village of Paveh was arrested by a team of security forces on Apr 22, 2019, at her shop in Paveh and she was transferred to an unknown location” a reliable source told KHRN. However, her family is still unaware of the...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Wednesday, February 06, a Kurdish civilian was arrested by security forces at his home in Paveh and transferred to an unknown location. During the arrest of this civilian, these forces also searched his house and seized a number of his personal belongings. There is no information about the charge and whereabouts of this detained civilian. It should...