Kurdistan Human Rights Network

More than 200 lawyers in Iran have issued a joint statement calling on the head of the country's judiciary to halt the executions of Pakhshan Azizi, Verisheh (Wirishe) Moradi and Sharifeh

We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Iranian judiciary to revoke the death sentences of Pakhshan Azizi, Verisheh (Wirishe) Moradi, and others on death row. We demand fair trials and

Branch Nine of Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected a request for a judicial review in the case of Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, raising concerns that her execution

Businesses in several Kurdish cities, including Sanandaj, Mahabad, Saqqez and Divandarreh, went on a general strike today following a call by Kurdish political parties in response to the death

A group of Kurdish women activists staged a protest today in front of the governor's office in Kurdistan Province to denounce the confirmation of the death sentence against Kurdish political prisoner

A group of civil, human rights, political and media activists from Kurdistan have issued a statement calling for the immediate annulment of the death sentence imposed on Kurdish political prisoner

Branch 39 of Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence issued against Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi. Azizi's lawyer, Amir Raeisian, informed Sharq Daily of the decision

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and 17 other human rights organisations have issued a joint statement condemning the death sentences handed down to Kurdish women activists Verisheh Moradi

Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, and Verisheh Moradi, a member of the East Kurdistan Free Women Society (KJAR) who faces charges of “armed insurrection” (baghi), have