Kurdistan Human Rights Network

According to informatin obtained from local source by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network(KHRN), Fayegh Chireh, Kurdish civil rights activist was released from prison in Mahabad, on May 21,2017 at the end of his two years sentence. This civil activist has been arrested by security forces in Mahabad on Feb 24, 2015, after participating in a rally in support of Kobani, and has been transferred to...

The authorities of Iran’s Mahabad prison have illegally transferred Kurdish political prisoner Rasoul Khezr Mruwat to Mianduab prison without giving a reason for the illegal transfer, a reliable source said in an interview with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). “On 11 September Rasoul Khezr Mruwat was transferred from Mahabad prison to Mianduab prison on the orders of the prison chief and prosecutor. And this...

Two Kurdish political prisoners Yusef Kake Mami and Aliraza Rasouli have served their jail sentences in Iran but they have remained in jail facing new charges. Yusef Kake Mami served nine years in prison and Aliraza Rasouli served 42 months in jail but the Iranian authorities have refused them the right to be released and brought new charges against them. “Yusef Kake Mami, a Kurdish...