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April 18, 2023

Imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin to be retried in May

Imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested by Iranian security forces during the anti-government protests in Tehran last September, will be retried on 8 May, the Kurdistan Human Rights

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April 17, 2023

Iran security forces detain father of killed protester in Dehgolan

Security forces detained Kamal Lotfi, the father of one of the victims of the recent anti-government protests in Dehgolan, Kurdistan province, on 16 April and took him to an undisclosed

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April 17, 2023

Sanandaj court summons protester for ‘disturbing public order’

Rada Fatehi, the sister of one of the victims of the recent anti-government protests in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, was summoned in the past few days to Branch 101 of the city's Criminal Court on

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April 3, 2023

Injured protester dies after four months in hospital

Arian Khoshgovar, a 17-year-old student severely injured by Iranian special forces during the recent anti-government protests in Sanandaj, died on 15 March after four months of

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March 13, 2023

Kurdish protester temporarily banned from university

The disciplinary committee of the University of Ilam, in western Iran, has banned Negar Davoudi, a software engineering student, from her studies for three semesters over her participation in the

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March 13, 2023

Imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin ‘not subject to amnesty’, says lawyer

Iranian judiciary's amnesty commission has rejected the imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin's amnesty request, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Yasin, who comes from

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February 3, 2023

Iran: 11 protesters arrested in western Abdanan

Iranian security forces have arrested 11 civilians since protests broke out in Abdanan, Ilam province, on 1 February against the arrest and issuance of prison sentences for two civilians. The

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February 3, 2023

Iran court sentences Kurdish civilian to six months in jail, 74 lashes

The Branch 103 of the Criminal Court of Ilam, in western Iran, has sentenced Kurdish civilian Mehdi Sadeghi to six months in prison, 74 lashes, and a two-year ban on leaving the country on charges of

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February 3, 2023

Iran: Kurdish student convicted over taking part in protests in Ilam

The Court of Appeals of Ilam, in western Iran, has sentenced a protester to a suspended prison sentence, payment of a fine in cash and a ban on leaving the country for two years. Kurdish student

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