Detentions of Kurdish Activists Archives - KHRN

April 28, 2022

Iran: IRGC intelligence detains activists ahead of Labour Day

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested seven labour and women’s rights activists in Baneh, Kurdistan province, on 26 April. The names of these

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February 17, 2022

Iran’s IRGC intelligence prevents temporary release of Kurdish activist

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has prevented the release of Kurdish activist Mohammad Houshangi on 16 February, although the bail amount for his

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February 16, 2022

Security forces detain Kurdish activist in Iran’s Sanandaj

Iranian security forces have arrested a Kurdish civil rights activist named Kiumars Latifi during a raid on his house in Sanandaj, Iran's northwestern province of Kurdistan, on 15

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December 24, 2021

Iran intelligence ministry arrests Kurdish environmental activist

Iranian intelligence ministry detained a Kurdish environmental activist in Kamyaran, Kurdistan province, on 21 December. The Ministry of Intelligence arrested the Kurdish environmental activist

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November 3, 2021

Iran intelligence ministry arrests Kurdish environmental activist

Iranian security forces arrested Kurdish environmental activist Navid Kohnehpoushi in Marivan, Kurdistan province, on 31 October. The Ministry of Intelligence first took hostage Kohnehpoushi’s

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October 22, 2021

Iran re-arrests prominent Kurdish labour activist

Iranian security forces arrested Kurdish labour activist Osman Esmaeili in front of his house in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, on 20 October. They took Esmaeili to an undisclosed location. His

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