Kurdistan Human Rights Network

During the past few days, a Kurdish cultural activist detained in Kermanshah on charges of protesting to killing of Kolbars was released on bail from Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah. “On Wednesday 4 October 2017, a cultural activist called Shahriar Tahmasbi who was arrested along with four other cultural activists by security forces on 7 September 2017 was released on a bail of 100 million...

Over the past few days, the Border Regiment at the border between Paveh and Nosoud have reportedly banned people from commuting after 9 pm in addition to carrying out military manoeuvres in order to create an atmosphere of fear and terror in the streets of Nosoud. “Following a rigorous verbal conflict between Kolbars and the border guards in the Ghalaga area at Nosoud Border where...

During the past week, two kurdish Kolbars were shot and wounded in the border areas of Sardasht by the Regimental Border Guards and the Revolutionary Guards. According to a report received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept 23, 2017, the Iranian border guards opened fire on a group of Kolbars near the village of Bitoush in Sardasht. In this...

A Kurdish Kolbar who was injured last week after being shot by Border Regiment Forces at the Noosud border is hospitalised where they might amputate his right leg. On Thursday, September 21, the border guards in Nosoud Border ambushed a group of Kolbars and A 26-year-old man called “Farzad Ghaderi” from the village of “Neysaneh” was shot in the right leg and sustained serious injury....

Despite the widespread protests to killing of Kolbars in various cities of Kurdistan during recent months, the systematic killings of Kolbars and Kasibkar (Tradesman) continue and several protesters to such killings are still held in detention. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Thursday, September 21, the border guards in the Ghalaga area at Nosoud Border ambushed a group of Kolbars...

Five Kurdish cultural activists of Kermanshah, detained on charges of protesting to killing of Kolbars, were released from Dizelabad prison in Kermanshah on personal surety yesterday. Another cultural activist, detained along with the aforementioned five detainees on the same charges, is still in the prison since his release was based on providing a bail of one hundred million Tomans which he cannot afford. Five...

This morning, a Kurdish Kolbar from Piranshahr died of a heart attack while working at the border area of the Darychin in Piranshahr. According to the reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on Thursday, September 14, Hamza Molodipour, a 51-year-old Kurdish Kolbar, suffered a heart attack caused by pressure from his job while working at the border area of the Darychin of Piranshahr. He was...

Sharif Bajaur, an environmentalist from Merivan, began to ride a bike from Mariwan to Tehran to promote his message in support of “Kolbars and Reza Shahabi, a political prisoner in hunger strike”. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on Monday, September 11, the concerned environmental activist has published a message about this symbolic move and goals. In his message, he believes that non-violence...

In recent days, security forces have continued to arrest citizens and civil activists protesting against the Killing of Kurdish Kolbors in the city of Gilan-e-Gharb and transferred them to an Intelligent detention centre in Kermanshah. According to the reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on Sunday, of September 10, security forces raided the home of a Kurdish cultural activist known as Rasoul Sayyadan Manesh...