Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Women’s rights activist Fariba Zand-Karimi was temporarily released today from the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, after three weeks of detention. Zand-Karimi, who was detained on 5 April after being summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj, was released on a bail of 5 billion rials – nearly 10,000 USD. After her arrest, security interrogators went to her family home and confiscated some...

Women's rights activist Fariba Zand-Karimi, who was detained on 5 April after being summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, remains in custody without the right to legal counsel and family visits. The activist was transferred to the detention facility of the intelligence ministry in the city. After her arrest, security interrogators went to her family home and confiscated some of her personal...