Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Civilians have been killed and injured during protests in Sanandaj after security forces used live ammunition and pellet guns to disperse demonstrators, eyewitnesses told the Kurdistan Human Rights

Fifteen Kurdish teacher union activists have been summoned to appear before Branch 109 of the Second Criminal Court in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, on charges of “disturbing public order and

A group of women’s rights activists, labour activists, trade unionists, and the Mothers for Peace movement gathered today in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, to mark International Women’s Day,

Security forces arrested at least six shopkeepers in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, for taking part in a general strike to protest against the death sentences handed down to Kurdish political

Joint Description of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre (ABC): This file is part of the joint documentary efforts of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Protest rallies were held today in front of the Ministry of Education in Kermanshah, Sanandaj and Saqqez in north-western Iran after the Iranian Teacher's Union called for protests against organised

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested Kurdish athlete Pouya Rostamipour on the street in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, on 1 February. It took the

A man killed his ex-wife named Katayoun Aminian with multiple stab wounds in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, on 3 December. Reportedly, Aminian had an argument with her husband and separated from

A 21-year-old man named Houman Abdollahi, who was injured yesterday during the public protests in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, passed away hours later due to the severity of his injuries after being