Forced Disappearances Archives - KHRN

April 5, 2024

Three Sunni Kurdish activists forcibly disappeared since 19 months

Three Sunni Kurdish religious activists have been subjected to enforced disappearance since their arrest by security forces in August 2022, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Brothers Jamshid Ahmadi and Afshin Ahmadi were arrested by security forces in Sanandaj on 18 August 2022, while Shahram Ebadian, their sister's husband, was also detained by plainclothes officers the following day, 19 August, when he visited...

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January 4, 2024

Concerns rise over fate of PJAK member forcibly disappeared by IRGC

Worries have heightened over the well-being and fate of Edris Feqhi, a member of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), who was detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) almost 29 months ago. Fatemeh Maghsoudi, Faqhi's mother, expressed her frustration in a video obtained by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), saying that the security forces have not provided clear answers regarding her son's...

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