Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iranian security forces raided the family home of Houman Abdollahi, one of the victims of the recent anti-government protests in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, on 17 May and beat his family members. Security forces also arrested eight labour activists who were visiting the victim's family. The detained activists are Hajar Saeidi, Habibollah Karimi, Shadman Abdi, Kamal Karimi, Abdollah Kheir-Abadi, Eghbal Pishkari, Khabat Mahmoudi and Sirvan Mahmoudi. The Kurdistan...

A 21-year-old man named Houman Abdollahi, who was injured yesterday during the public protests in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, passed away hours later due to the severity of his injuries after being taken to Sanandaj's Kowsar Hospital. The military-security forces initially wounded Abdollahi with shotgun pellets. They then hit him with batons and gave him an electric shock during the protests in the Hassan Abad neighbourhood...