Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Over the past few days, a middle-aged man from Mahabad hanged himself on Thursday, December 07, after setting fire to his house. According to reports obtained by Kurdistan Human Rights Network, a 55-year-old man called Ahmad Ahmadian (married with six children) hanged himself in his yard after setting fire to his house on Palestine Street in Mahabad. The main cause of the suicide has not...

On Tuesday, November 14, a Kurdish political prisoner known as Khezr Rasoul Morovat, was released from Miandoab Prison after serving five years in prison. Kurdistan Human Rights Network(KHRN) has been informed that this political prisoner and former student activist has been deprived of the right of furlough for five years and illegally exiled to various prisons several times. Last week, one of his fellow political...

The death sentence for two Kurdish political prisoners charged with Moharebeh (waging war against God) was affirmed by the Revolutionary Court after several years of uncertainty. "On Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017, the court hearing of two Kurdish political prisoners (called “Saber Sheikh Abdullah” and “Diako Rasulzadeh”) was held at Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court headed by the judge Chabok who affirmed their death sentence on charges of...

In recent days, security forces have continued to arrest citizens and civil activists protesting to the Killing of Kurdish Kolbars in various cities of Kurdistan. Kurdistan Human Rights Network has been informed that during the past few days, security forces have identified a number of participants in the protests to the killing of two Kolbars in Baneh several days ago and detained them while raiding...

On Tuesday, July 4, security forces arrested Salahedin Khadiv (journalist and Civil activist) in Mahabad and transferred him to an unknown location. His family's persistent enquiries about the reason for his arrest and whereabouts have not been answered yet. “At 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 4, the security forces searched Dr.Khadiv’s pharmacy in Mahabad and confiscated a number of his personal belongings before arresting him",...