Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in July 2022. The followings are the detailed information collected by the KHRN statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions In July, Iran executed at least eight prisoners in Sari, Mazandaran province; Yazd, Yazd province; Sanandaj, Kurdistan province; Orumiyeh, West...

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in June 2022. The followings are the detailed information collected by the KHRN statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions In June, Iran executed at least 12 prisoners in Ilam, Kermanshah, Orumiyeh, and Karaj. These included eight prisoners who were executed...

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in May 2022. The followings are the detailed information collected by the KHRN statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Kolbars and Tradesmen In May, forces of the Border Guards Command killed at least one kolbar and injured 12 others in...

In March, Iranian security forces detained dozens of Kurdish activists and the individuals who organise annual Newroz (also Nowruz in Persian) celebrations in the Kurdish cities and villages in Iran. These activists were summoned by intelligence institutions, were threatened and were forced to sign written pledges prohibiting participants from using Kurdish symbols and playing happy and epic songs; such as the Kurdish national anthem. The pledges...

This report addresses the human rights situation in 2021 in relation to the Kurdish people in Iran. As in previous years, the rights of Kurdish people have continued to be violated due to their language, religions, culture, genders, sexual orientations, and class and political affiliations by the Islamic Republic's discriminatory laws and repressive and violent crackdowns by its security, military, judicial, and executive institutions. The...

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in December 2021. The followings are the detailed information collected by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions In December, Iran executed six prisoners in the central prisons of the northwestern cities of Sanandaj,...

Investigations carried out by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) show that many Kurdish civilians and activists from Iran have become victims of human rights violations in November 2021. The followings are the detailed information collected by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) statistics and documentation centre regarding these violations. Executions On 3 November, Iran executed a prisoner named Manouchehr Kazemi in Ghezel Hesar Prison of Kermanshah. Kazemi,...

In a letter addressed to the United Nations member states today, 31 Iranian and international human rights organisations, including Amnesty International, have asked for support to the draft resolution on human rights in Iran, which will be put to the vote next week at the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York. They urged the member states to "take a principled stance...