Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Sadegh Mahmoudnezhad, a 23-year-old protester who suffered an eye injury during the Women Life Freedom anti-government uprising in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, was imprisoned at Naqadeh Prison after being summoned to the Enforcement of Judgements Office in Piranshahr on 2 January. The Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, had sentenced Mahmoudnezhad to five years and six months in prison on charges of "acting...

Sadegh Mahmoudnezhad, a protester who suffered an eye injury during the anti-government uprising of Women Life Freedom, has been sentenced to five years and six months in prison by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province. The charges against him include "acting against national security" through his alleged "membership" of a Kurdish opposition party and engaging in "propaganda against the state". This sentence follows...

Security forces in West Azerbaijan province have detained at least five Kurdish civilians in Orumiyeh, Oshnavieh, Piranshahr, and Naqadeh in recent days. The detainees, identified as Shwana Babakri, Farhad Esmaeili, Aso Ghalandari, Ahad Taheri, and Sadegh Mahmoudnezhad, were taken into custody and transported to undisclosed locations. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Shwana Babakri, from the Kani Rash village of Oshnavieh, was arrested...