Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has sentenced Seyvan Ebrahimi, a Kurdish language teacher and a member of the board of directors of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association, to a total of 11 years in prison. Ebrahimi received the verdict on 2 December, according to which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of "forming groups and factions...

Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has sentenced Srwa Pour-Mohammadi and Edris Menbari, two members of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association, to ten years in prison. The activists were charged with "forming or participating in groups or associations with the aim of undermining national security", the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The verdict was notified to the activists' lawyers on...

Iran's Ministry of Intelligence summoned and detained Omid Moshir-Panahi, a member of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, on 23 February, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. After his arrest, the civil rights activist was taken to an undisclosed location and his whereabouts remain unknown. There is no information about the charges brought against him.

Iranian security forces detained Srwa Pour-Mohammadi, a member of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, on 29 January and took her to an undisclosed location. The civil rights activist was arrested while pursuing the cases of three other detained members of the organisation at the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj. In the past two months, security forces arrested three members of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural...

Iranian security forces detained Seyvan Ebrahimi, a Kurdish language teacher and a member of the board of directors of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, today and took him to an undisclosed location. He was previously arrested at the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj on 3 January, while pursuing the case of his wife, Zahra Mohammadi, who is currently serving a five-year prison...

Soma Pour-Mohammadi, a Kurdish language teacher and a member of the board of directors of the Nozhin Socio-Cultural Association in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, was arrested today at the Islamic Revolutionary Court of the city and transferred to an undisclosed location. She was arrested by security forces while she was at the court to follow up on the case of her detained husband, Edris Menbari. Idris Manbari,...

Kurdish civil rights activist Zahra Mohammadi was sentenced  to 10 years in prison by the Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj on charges of "forming a group and a population with the aim of disrupting national security.“ Her trial was held on February 17 at the Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandah, presided over by Judge Saeedi, and her lawyer was notified of...