Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Hossein Kamangar, Basam Moradi and Xaled Zamani have been transferred to the Kamyaran Prison from the Kamyaran and Sanandaj Intelligence Bureau during the past few days. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): on Saturday, Aug 10, 2019, Hossein Kamangar was transferred to Kamyaran Prison from the Kamyaran Intelligence Bureau while Xaled Zamani and Basam Moradi were transferred to the Kamyaran Prison with temporary arrest warrant. Hossein...

There are serious concerns about the fate of of Hossein Kamangar who has been on hunger strike for the past 18 days during which no information has been received about his fate. He is under pressure to make forced confessions at the Sanandaj Intelligence Detention Centre. Special Report: Iran invents scenario to execute Kurdish activists "Over the past two weeks, Kamangar's family have repeatedly referred...

Hossein Kamangar, a Kurdish activist who has been temporarily detained for the past seven months, has gone on hunger strike in protest to his continued arrest and uncertain condition as well as pressure on him to make forced confessions. "During the past few days, relatives and families of Hossein Kamangar have gathered several times in front of the Sanandaj Intelligence Bureau and demanded information about...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Hossein Kamangar, the Kurdish activist who has been detained since Jan 7, 2019, has not been in contact with his family since February. “ He contacted his family on Feb 6, 2019 but he has not had any contact with them since then. Security interrogators have announced that he would be deprived of the right to visit his family until...

Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN): Two environmental activists "Hadi Kamangar and Sirwan Ghorbani" were transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj to the Central prison of this city during the past few days. Farhad Mohammadi, Hossein Kamangar, Rashed Montazeri, Farzad Hosseini, Issa Fayzi and Jalal Rostami are still held at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj. “Interrogators have told Farhad...

The Iranian authorities have extended detention of several Kurdish activists, five of whom come from the Saqez area, another from Kamyaran and the other activist is a renowned former political prisoner from Orumiyeh prison. The detained activists are being held at security detention centres run by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the cities of Sanandaj and Oroumiyeh....