Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iranian forces shot dead 40-year-old Kurdish civilian Frashad Ibrahimi after they opened fire on his vehicle at a checkpoint around the village of Sarqala near the town of Kamyaran, on the Kamyaran-Kermanshah road, on 24 December.  His body was handed back to his family on 26 December following examination by a forensic doctor in Kermanshah, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) was told.  A photo seen by...

A week after the arrest of the Kurdish artist “Kambiz Asadi”, an artist and director of the music school "Dengi Chia" in Kamyaran, there is still no information available on his fate, an informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). He was arrested by security forces at the Dengi Chia Music School in Kamyaran on Friday, January 17, and taken to...

On 9 May 2014 the Hamedan Law Enforcement Force shot Kurdish tradesman Arman Amami, a resident of Boane village in Kamyaran city, in the spine and now he has lost some of his movement abilities, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The 35-year-old man, undergoes in a difficult situation for he is relying on the philanthropists for paying the expenses of his...

A Kurdish civilian from Kamyaran was released on bail and a bail warrant was issued for two other civilians, a source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) The source added that Kurdish civilian Mohammad Khateri, who was arrested by the security forces at the village of Shahini in Kamyaran on August 6, 2019, was released on bail of 300 million tomans.  Likewise, the Kamyaran court has also issued...

There is still no information over the fate of the Kurdish civilian "Sarkawt Goudarzi" from Kamyaran who was detained 10 days ago. "On Wednesday, Aug 7, 2019, security forces raided the house of Sarkawt Goudarzi in Kamyaran, who was then arrested and transferred to an unknown location.", a reliable source from Kamyaran told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to this source, the detainee's family have...

Hossein Kamangar, Basam Moradi and Xaled Zamani have been transferred to the Kamyaran Prison from the Kamyaran and Sanandaj Intelligence Bureau during the past few days. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): on Saturday, Aug 10, 2019, Hossein Kamangar was transferred to Kamyaran Prison from the Kamyaran Intelligence Bureau while Xaled Zamani and Basam Moradi were transferred to the Kamyaran Prison with temporary arrest warrant. Hossein...

Another Kurdish civilian, “Mohammad Khateri” from the village of "Shahini", has been detained by security forces affiliated with the Intelligence Office following recent arrests of Kurdish activists in Kamyaran. "This afternoon, Security forces in the Shahini village beat Mohammad Khateri who was working on the farm and arrested him in the presence of his family.”, a reliable source in Kamyaran has told Kurdistan Human Rights...

Six more people were detained by security forces affiliated with the Intelligence Office following recent arrests of Kurdish activists in Kamyaran this morning. Yesterday, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) released news of mass arrests in Kamyaran including three Kurdish artists, Borhan Kamangar, Sirwan Moradi and Arman Qeitasi. Reports indicate that- in addition to the above-mentioned people- three other activists called Behzad Kamangar, Amjad Saifi and...

Borhan Kamangar, a Kurdish civilian from Kamyaran, was arrested by security forces yesterday at his workplace and transferred to an unknown location. He is a member of the “Coral” band as well as the nephew of Kurdish activist "Hossein Kamangar" held in custody since January. "This morning, Tuesday August 06, security forces raided the Kurdish artist's mobile phone shop. They then searched his family home...