Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Despite the vast presence of anti-riot and uniformed officers in various cities of Kurdistan, reports indicate that various gatherings in different cities still continue. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) from Sanandaj, Kermanshah, Ilam, Islamabad, West of Oromiyeh, Bukan and Dehloran, Hundreds of anti-riot forces and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) plainclothes forces have been stationed in the main squares and...

In recent days, a young Kurdish singer from Orumiyeh has been arrested by security forces and transferred to an unknown location. "On Monday, Dec 18, 2017, Security forces entered the home of a young singer known as Peyman Mirzazadeh in Gangachin village at Orumiyeh, arrested and transferred him to an unknown location.” an informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). "In the past few days,...

Four prisoners were hanged on drug-related charges at Orumiyeh Central Prison. The prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement a day before their execution. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has identified these four detainees as Hassan Bashooki, Asqar Ranjbar, Hedayat Shirzad and Alireza Zarei. Hedayat Shirzad, from Orumiyeh, arrested 7 years ago on charges of carrying 250 kilograms of morphine. ...

During the past few days, Orumiyeh Intelligence Forces have arrested more than 50 Kurdish people participating in the protest against the sexual harassment of a 12-year-old schoolgirl in Islamabad town (Orumiyeh) and transferred them to the Intelligence Detention Centres and Orumiyeh Central Prison. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on Monday, October 23, the family and a number of relatives of...

The Orumiyeh Intelligence Forces raided the houses of several Kurdish citizens overnight and arrested dozens of people participating in the protest against the sexual harassment of a 12-year-old schoolgirl in Islamabad town (Koshtargah), Orumiyeh. “On Monday October 23, the family and a number of relatives of a 12-year-old schoolgirl sexually harassed by the school janitor gathered at the schoolyard and demanded the offender’s arrest. In...

Iranian Disciplinary Force (NAJA) shot dead a Kurdish tradesman in Orumiyeh and abandoned his body. "On Monday night, Oct 23, 2017, two Kurdish tradesmen were ambushed by Iranian military forces in the border area of Al-Wassan from the Orumiyeh province. The Iranian Military Force opened fire on these tradesmen without a warning although they were not carrying illegal cargo", an informed source said to Kurdistan...

Following the news that the school janitor of “Rahe Shohada” had sexually harassed a 12-year old Kurdish female student, hundreds of Orumiyeh citizens gathered in front of this school on Monday in protest to this incident. The involvement of riot police led to the break-up of violence. “On Monday, a 12-year-old student living in Islamabad, Orumiyeh, told her family about her sexual harassment by the...

A Famous Kurdish cleric residing in Orumiye was sent to exile following the order issued by Special Courts for the Clergy (SCC) in Tabriz during the past few days. "On Sept 19, 2017, Mamousta Reza Abdi (director of the Salahuddin Ayyubi Religious Studies School of Orumieh) was exiled to Shno city (also known in Farsi as Oshnavieh). He was sentenced by the Special Clergy Court...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has received disturbing news on fate of two Kurdish brothers who are prisoners and they are at imminent risk of execution at an Iranian prison One of them suffers from serious spinal column damage and his brother was a juvenile when he was arrested. KHRN would like to share the following important information with international public opinion and human rights...