Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Two Kolbars have been injured in the border areas of Sardasht and Orumiyeh during the past two days by direct shooting of the Iranian border guards. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a Kolbar named Mamish Alizadeh from Orumiyeh has been targeted by the shooting of border guards in a region called Dalanpar at the border area of Orumiyeh over the past...

Since the victory of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Revolution, Kurdistan has always witnessed massive civil protests for various reasons. Recent protests concerned the execution of political prisoners, support for the referendum on the independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran's attack on the headquarters of democratic parties in the Kurdish region, the high rate of inflation and education reformation. According to Article 27 of the Constitution...

Over the past few days, two Kolbars have been killed and one injured while crossing the border by Iranian border forces at the Orumiyeh and Nowsoud borders although they were not carrying any illegal cargo. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Saturday, Sept 30, 2018 , the Iranian Military Force opened fire on a Kolbar called Shafi Mohammadpour from Sulwanah of...

On Saturday, June 02, two protest rallies were held at the University of Medical Sciences in Orumiyeh and Kermanshah. Moreover, Sardasht Poultry Farmers/workers gathered in front of the city's governorate to express their protests. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Personnel of Kermanshah Medical Sciences Health Care have held a gathering in protest to salary reduction, timely payment of salaries, unsecured working...

Over the past several years, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) intelligence interrogators threatened former political prisoners and their families as well as the unemployed youth group to force them into cooperation with this military-security institution. “Orumiyeh intelligence bureau summoned and threatened former political prisoners and their families through two interrogators from the Military Institution in the city and villages around Orumiyeh to pressure them into...

The bodies of the two Kurdish Kolbars, who had gone missing when going to the border areas of Orumiyeh, were found by the local people after a three-day search. "On Saturday, January 27, two Kolbars called Jadih and Sabri Valinjad from Oruk village (in MarmiSho area, Orumiyeh Province) disappeared due to the falling avalanche and snow in the mountains”. An informed source confirmed the news...

Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh (Branch 2) reinstated the sever sentence issued for seven Kurdish citizens from Oshnavieh on the charge of "assisting the armed action of members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) of Iran by providing shelter, food and supplies for them in addition to acting as main members of PDKI and the propaganda activity in favour of that party. This...

The attack of Turkish army on the city of Afrin, Syria's Kurdistan (Rojavayê) has led to widespread protests in various countries. A number of Kurdish activists in Orumiyeh filed an official request for permission to hold a protest rally in front of the Turkish Consulate in Orumiyeh, but this request was rejected by the Orumieh governorate. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network...

In the past days, following the strike and protest in various cities of Iran, six students have been arrested in Orumiyeh and Kermanshah while another student in Saqez has been summoned and questioned by the Intelligence Service. According to the information obtained by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on Friday, Dec 29, 2017, anti-riot forces and plainclothes forces arrested three students of Razi University of...