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May 26, 2020

One Kurdish Border Porter Killed and Two Others Injured

One Kurdish Border Porter –known as Kolbar- was killed and two others were wounded after being shot by the Iranian border guards in the Somay Bradust border area of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan

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May 14, 2020

Three Kurdish Border Porters Killed and Two Others Wounded

During the past four days, two Kurdish Border Porters –known as Kolbar- were killed and two others were wounded at the Khoy and Sardasht borders in the West Azarbaijan province by the direct

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February 20, 2020

Another One of Kurdish Porters Wounded in Nowsud Dead

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that one of the 8 Kurdish Porter wounded in a shootout has passed away at Kermanshah Hospital on February 17. Shahed Adak, a 20-year-old

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February 17, 2020

At least One Kurdish Border Porter Killed, Six Others Wounded at Nowsud Border Area

On Sunday evening, February 16, Iranian border guards in Nowsud targeted a group of Kurdish border porters –known as Kolbar, as a result of which one Kolbar was Killed and six others were

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February 11, 2020

Two Kurdish Border Porters Injured in Paveh Border Area

A group of Kurdish border porters –known as Kolbar- were ambushed by the border guards in the Shushme border area of Paveh county. The forces detained the Kolbars and shot at their loads -before

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February 7, 2020

One Kolbar killed, another froze to death in January

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned from multiple and verified sources that two Kurdish Kolbar porters died and 12 others were injured in January 2020. One of the dead was

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February 1, 2020

Kurdish Border Porters Injured by Shooting of Turkish Troops

Two Kurdish border porters –known as Kolbar-  have been injured at the Ghotour border areas (Kutul) of Khoy as a result of being shot by Turkey’s military forces on January 26 and transferred

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January 29, 2020

Kurdish Border Porters Injured at Border Areas of Kurdistan

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) learned that three Kurdish border porters –known as Kolbar-  have been wounded in the Salmas, Piranshahr and Sardasht border areas as a result of being

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January 20, 2020

Porter Worker Injured due to Falling From the Hewraman Heights

A Kurdish border porter (known as Kolbar) named Jamal Balaki was injured in a fall from the heights of the Tata Heraman border. Other Kolbars have reportedly taken Jamal Balaki to a medical centre in

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