Human Rights Activist Archives - KHRN
Ejlal Ghavami, the Kurdish Journalist, Sentenced to Eight Months of Imprisonment
Ejlal Ghavami, the Kurdish journalist and human rights activist who was arrested and briefed in Sanandaj on Aug 20, 2018, has been sentenced to 8 months of imprisonment in absentia on charges of "publishing lies to disturb public opinion” by Branch 109 of Sanandaj Penal Court. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the verdict was issued by Branch 109 of Sanandaj Penal...
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Iran court sentences Kurdish activist to three years in jail
Branch 10 of Orumiyeh( Also known as Urmiye) Court of Appeal has sentenced a Kurdish civil rights activist to three years in prison on charges of “acting against national security” for contacts with foreign media and human rights organizations. Armed forces of the Intelligence Office of Boukan arrested Kurdish civil rights activist Ismael Sanyar 13 December 2015. He was accused of sending reports and news to...
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