Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Farhad Navaei, a 16-year-old student who was arrested by security forces during anti-government protests in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, in November last year, was released today from the Juvenile Detention Centre of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Navaei, who was recently sentenced to two years in prison by the Criminal Court One of Mahabad, was released after about nine months in detention. The court had charged the...

The Criminal Court One of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, has sentenced Farhad Navaei, a 16-year-old student who was arrested by security forces during anti-government protests in the city in November last year, to two years in prison. While the court convicted Navaei of "assembly and collusion to commit crimes against national security", it also acquitted him of "enmity against God" (moharebeh), which carries the death...