Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Iranian Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj has released Madeh Fathi, the detained Kurdish civil rights activist and former member of the board of directors of the Green Society of Kurdistan, on 10 August. On the same day, the ministry forces have arrested Khabat Mafakheri, a member of the organisation, and have taken him to an undisclosed location. The intelligence ministry had arrested Madeh Fathi on 5...

The Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, has detained Madeh Fathi, a Kurdish civil rights activist and former member of the board of directors of the Green Society of Kurdistan, on 5 August. Fathi spoke to his family in a short phone call three days after his arrest. He said he has gone on a hunger strike in objection to his illegal detention at...

Sahar Kazemi, an environmental activist temporarily released on bail on Nov 24, 2018 in order to attend the funeral of her father, was returned to Sanandaj Correctional Center after a week. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Sahar Kazemi was summoned to the Sanandaj Provincial Court on Sunday, Dec 2, 2018 after a week of temporary release to attend his father’s funeral...

Following the arrest of the environmental activist known as Sahar Kazemi in early August, her husband and mother were also summoned and arrested by Sanandaj Intelligence headquarters and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj on Thursday, November 15. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Sahar Kazemi's husband known as Madeh Fathi and her mother, Mahvash Amiri were arrested...