Kurdistan Human Rights Network

One prisoner has been killed and over 50 others have been injured after prison guards attacked protesting prisoners at the Karaj Central Prison on 17 December.  The protest began at 14:30 local time after prison officers tried to transfer death row prisoners from solitary confinement cells at the  fourth wing of the prison, which usually signals imminent execution for death row prisoners.   The protest began...

Yesterday, Iran temporarily released a 17-year-old girl named Sonia Sharifi, who was arrested by the security forces during the public protests in Abdanan, Ilam province, and accused of “enmity against God” (moharebeh). The teenager, who was held in the Juvenile Detention Centre of Ilam, was released on a bail of 400 million Iranian Tomans – nearly 10,500 USD. Many civilians from Abdanan welcomed Sharifi by dancing...

Iranian security agents have tortured a well-known Kurdish athlete from Ilam, western Iran, named Jalil Azizpour to obtain forced confessions. Security officers arrested Azizpour in Ilam on 29 November after running over him with a car. The officers took him to the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence in Ilam while he was injured. Security interrogators subjected the athlete to severe physical and mental torture for...

A detained 17 years old girl named Sonia Sharifi has been accused of "enmity against God" (moharebeh) in Ilam, western Iran, during the past few days. Security forces arrested the young girl at her grandmother's house in Abdanan, Ilam province, on 19 November. She is currently held in the Juvenile Detention Centre of Ilam. Reportedly, the security forces severely beat Sharifi during her arrest. Security interrogators forced her...

A 17-year-old child named Mobin Feizi, who was severely injured by shotgun pellets that hit his head during the public protests in Kamyaran, Kurdistan province, on 15 November, has lost his ability to move an arm and a leg after undergoing two surgeries. On 15 November, the forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot Feyzi in the head with a shotgun in one...

Four detained Kurdish civilians named Javad Ayati, Hedi Nazemi, Peyman Mansouri and Fayegh Hosseinpour are still being held in the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province. Reportedly, the detainees are being pressured by interrogators to accept the accusations made against them. The civilians who come from Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, were arrested on 20 November in Mahabad. Since their arrest, the...

A Kurdish civilian named Shahriar Adeli died in the hospital on 8 December due to torture in the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence in Sardasht, West Azarbaijan province, after being temporarily released on bail. The 27-year-old civilian was arrested on 22 November for participating in the public protests in Sardasht. The interrogators of the intelligence ministry severely tortured the young man under detention. He was...

Concerns are growing over the situation of the Kurdish rapper and singer Saman Yasin (Seydi) after he was transferred from Evin Prison in Tehran to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, northern Iran, about 10 days ago. In the past few weeks, Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided over by Judge Salvati, sentenced Yasin to death on charges of "enmity against god"...

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...