Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Despite the announcement that the manoeuvre of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) (known as Muharram 2) in Shaho mountain areas of Kamyaran has finished, the IRGC troops, are planning to build new bases in the Protected Area of Shaho while taking tight security measures in addition to harassing villagers and environmental activists. It is noteworthy that this manoeuvre was widely criticised by environmental activists. According...

Despite the consistent enquiries made by the family of the environmental activist, Kaveh Babamoradi, during the past three months, there is still no news about his fate. According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), this civil activist (who is a member of the Chia Sabz Community in Sanandaj) is one of the many Kurdish environmental activists who have been recently. He was arrested by...

Erfan Rashidi, an Environment and labor Activists, was arrested last night by the security forces and transferred to an unknown location in Paveh. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that at 1:30 PM on July 05, security forces have raided the house of "Erfan Rashidi" (a members of the Environment association of "Zhiva" in Paveh) without a judicial order and confiscated...

Two Kurdish activists were sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment in total on charges of "propaganda against the regime” by Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that, on April 25, the trial of two activists known as Jafar Amini and Hamed Sepehri was held at the Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh on charges of "propaganda against the state". Both activists, members...

On Tuesday, two activists from Bukan, who were arrested last March during the protest Against Turkish Attack on Kurds in Afarin, were temporarily released. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Tuesday, April 18, two activists from Bukan known as Jafar (Dara) Amini and Hamed Sepehri both arrested on Wednesday, March 14 during the protest Against Turkish Attack on Kurds in...