Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Matin Hassani, a 23-year-old Kurdish civilian who was injured in the eye during anti-government protests in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, in November 2019, has been jailed in the city's prison to serve a 31-month prison sentence. The young man was summoned to the Bukan court in recent days, and was arrested on 26 August after reporting to the authorities. On 23 January, security forces arrested Hassani...

Matin Hassani, a 23-year-old Kurdish civilian who was injured in the eye during anti-government protests in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, in November 2019, has been called to appear before the Branch One of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in the city on charges of "propaganda against the state". The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Hassani received the summons on 18 April...

Iranian security forces have arrested at least seven people in Piranshahr, Bukan and Oshnavieh in West Azerbaijan Province and Marivan in Kurdistan Province in recent days. On 22 January, civilians Shwana Khezrnezhad, Salah Khezrnezhad and Ahad Khezrnezhad were arrested without a warrant by the Ministry of Intelligence forces during a raid on their home in the village of Gerdeh Bon in Piranshahr. On the morning of...