Kurdish Writer Archives - KHRN

December 11, 2019

Kurdish Writer Kept in Detention at Intelligence Department of IRGC

Mojgan Kavoosi, a Kurdish writer and cultural activist of Kelardasht, remains detained for further interrogation following a temporary arrest warrant issued by the Intelligence Unit of the Islamic

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April 16, 2019

Kurdish Author Still Deprived of Medical Treatment at the Orumiyeh Central Prison

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN):: Ali Baderkhani, the detained Kurdish author who is currently held at the Labour ward at Orumiyeh Central Prison contrary to the principle of Separation of

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May 18, 2018

A Kurdish Poet from Khorasan Sentenced to 74 Lashes

A journalist and writer from Northern Khorasan was sentenced to 74 lashes for insulting the Judiciary Branch. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Alireza Sepahi Laine, the

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April 12, 2017

Iran court sentences Kurdish writer to three years in prison

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh (also known in Kurdish as Urmiye) sentenced Kurdish writer and student Ali Badrkhani to three years in prison on 29 March, local sources told the

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