Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The victims of the Woman Life Freedom uprising were commemorated today on Eid al-Adha with widespread participation of the people in Mahabad, Bukan, Divandarreh, Sanandaj and other cities, despite the presence of security forces and threats to families. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Intelligence in different cities...

The continued hunger strike of Kamal Lotfi, the imprisoned father of one of the victims of the recent anti-government protests in Dehgolan, Kurdistan province, has raised concerns about his condition. Lotfi has been on hunger strike since 18 May in protest at his continued imprisonment. In recent days, the civilian's fellow prisoners have contacted his family and informed them of Lotfi's deteriorating health, the Kurdistan Human...

Iranian security forces in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, detained a group of family members of victims of recent anti-government protests on 10 June, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. A group of 30 people, including several minors, had travelled from the cities of Dehgolan, Sanandaj and Divandareh in Kurdistan province to Saqqez, Kurdistan province, and Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, to visit the graves of...

Strikes and protests erupted in Abdanan yesterday after the seventh-day ceremony of Bamshad Soleimankhani, a 21-year-old student from the city who died under suspicious circumstances in Ilam Hospital on 24 May. Shopkeepers and businesses in the city of Abdanan went on strike in protest at the student's unexplained death. There were also mass protests in various parts of the city throughout the evening and into the...

There is no information on the fate of Kamal Lotfi, the detained father of one of the victims of the recent anti-government protests in Dehgolan, Kurdistan province. Since his arrest in Dehgolan on 16 April, Lotfi has been denied access to a lawyer and family visits. The charges against him also remain unknown. Lotfi’s son, Reza Lotfi, was killed by special forces during the protests in...

A glass pane on the grave of Jina Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian morality police custody sparked nationwide protests, was smashed by a group of unidentified people in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, on 21 May. In recent weeks, security officials in Saqqez have used threats and pressure to prevent the construction of a canopy over Amini's grave, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Saleh...

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...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, in recent days sentenced imprisoned protester Sohrab Avizkan to three years in prison and three years of life in exile in Zanjan, in north-west Iran. The civilian was charged with "assembly and conspiracy with intent to disrupt national security" and "disturbing public order and peace". This verdict was delivered to the civilian detained in Mahabad prison in...

Kamal Lotfi, the detained father of one of the victims of the recent anti-government protests in Dehgolan, Kurdistan province, was transferred in recent days from the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Sanandaj to Kamyaran Prison. Lotfi's son, Reza Lotfi, was killed by special forces during the protests in Dehgolan on 19 September 2022. The father has been denied access to a lawyer since his arrest...