Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has in recent days sentenced Kurdish labour activists Eghbal Shabani, Eghbal Pishkari and Abdollah Kheyrabadi to a total of 51 months in prison. According to the issued verdict, Shabani was sentenced to 30 months in prison, Pishkari to one year and Kheyrabadi to nine months on charges of "acting against national security" through "membership"...

Kurdish labour activist Eghbal Shabani was temporarily released from Sanandaj Central Prison on 31 May after 12 days in detention on bail of 5 billion Iranian rials – nearly 10,000 USD. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the activist was transferred to Sanandaj Central Prison on 30 May after completing his interrogation at the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre. Shabani was arrested by...

The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence arrested labour activist Eghbal Shabani on 19 May, following a recent wave of arrests of labour activists in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province. Over the past week, security forces have arrested at least ten labour activists. Shabani was arrested without a judicial order and taken to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Sanandaj. The activist has been summoned and questioned by the security...

Iranian Ministry of Intelligence has arrested at least five Kurdish labour activists in the scope of the new wave of arrests in Sanandaj, in Kurdistan province. The ministry summoned and detained the activists named Eghbal Shabani on 9 February and Hajar Saeidi, Fardin Miraki, Issa Moradi, and Ramin Karimi on 10 February. A new wave of arrests and summonses of Kurdish labour activists was launched two...