Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Eight labour and civil rights activists appeared today before Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, facing charges of "propaganda against the state" and "disturbing public order and peace". The defendants - Susan Razani, Seyyed Khaled Hosseini, Jamal Asadi, Farshid Abdollahi, Eghbal Shabani, Fardin Miraki, Sheys Amani, and Arman Salimi - were previously summoned to Branch Two of the Public and...

Several women's rights and labour activists in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, have been summoned and threatened by security services ahead of International Women's Day. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that three women's rights activists - Bahar Zangiband, Simin Chaychi and Sorayya Khedri - were summoned for questioning by the Intelligence Branch of the Law Enforcement Forces on 6 March. They were interrogated about their...

A session was held at the Second Investigation Branch of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, where Kurdish civil rights activists Fatemeh Zand-Karimi, Zara Mohammadi, Sohrab Jalali, Mokhtar Asadi, Kamal Fakourian, Jamil Amini, and Jamal Asadi were formally charged. The activists were later released on bail. The Ministry of Intelligence reportedly pressured the judiciary to prosecute these activists following a demonstration...

Seven Kurdish civil rights and labour activists have been temporarily released on bail after being summoned to Branch Two of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. The individuals - Susan Razani, Seyyed Khaled Hosseini, Eghbal Shabani, Fardin Miraki, Farshid Abdollahi, Sheys Amani, and Jamal Asadi - appeared before the prosecutor on 5 January, following a summons issued on 3 January. According to...

An environmental activist and a member of the Chelchmeh Mountaineering Group in Sanandaj were summoned to the Intelligence Office on 7 November, and released after a lengthy interrogation. Jamal Asadi was arrested earlier on 5 March after being summoned to the Sanandaj Intelligence Agency and transferred to the detention centre affiliated with the agency. He had been released a day after his arrest.

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Jamal Asadi, an environmental activist and member of the climbing group called "Chalchemah", was arrested on Tuesday, March 05. He was telephone summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence and transferred to Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj. There is still no news about the fate and whereabouts of this activist despite the consistent enquiries made by his family for...