Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdistan Human Rights Network(KHRN); April 09,2019: Kurdish poet, Hossein Bagheri (known as Jakan Baran), was released on Apr 7, 2019 on a bail of 50 million Tomans. This Kurdish poet was arrested at his home in Ilam on March 19. He published a video about his hunger strike from the time he was arrested until Apr 2, 2019 and released on bail on his Instagram...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Following the celebration of Newroz (Nowruz) in various cities and villages in Kurdistan, several Kurdish civilians were summoned and arrested by the Intelligent Office. According to the information obtained by KHRN, the Newroz ceremony- which was supposed to be held in the city of Malekshahi in Ilam province- was cancelled without any reason due to the involvement of security institutions....

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): The Ministry of Intelligence of Iran has warned people against holding celebrations on the eve of the Newroz( Nowruz) in various cities and villages in Kurdistan by summoning or calling a number of Kurdish activists. Several Kurdish activists, summoned and interrogated by the Intelligence Ministry Office in various cities of Kurdistan, have told KHRN about the pressure and threats of...

In the last few days, Authorities were attempted to prevent celebrations from taking place and have Sieged the village of Nay and while arresting a number of residents of the village. Authorities were attempted to prevent celebrations from taking place. Kurdistan Human Rights Network KHRN has been informed that on Tuesday evening, March 20, 2018, while residents of the village prepared to celebrate Newroz ceremony, they...

On Monday, March 05, five civil activists including a Kurdish singer were interrogated at the Interrogation Department of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj (Branch 4) on charges of propaganda against the regime through the celebration of the Newroz last year. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that five labour activists in Sanandaj, called Muzaffar Salehnia, Sharif Sa'edpanah, Khaled Hosseini, Ghaleb Hosseini and...

A Kurdish citizen, Rashid Sharafian from Palangan village (Kurdistan, Iran), has been in temporary detention in the Sanandaj Intelligence detention centre since his arrest in March 2017. Rashid Sharafian a member of the committee to organise the Nowruz gathering in Palangan village have been arrested on 24 march 2017 by security forces in Sanandaj. He was able to contact his family a few times and...

Iranian security forces have continued mass arrest of Kurdish rights activists after Newroz New Year was celebrated in its Kurdish form in the Sanandaj area on 19 March and onwards, a source from the area told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). “Iranian security forces have continued mass arrest of Kurdish activists in the Sanandaj area following Kurdish Newroz New Year celebration on 19 March in...