Kurdistan Human Rights Network

During the past few days, a Kurdish student was sentenced to 50 lashes and fines by Saqez Criminal Court on charges of disrupting the public order. "Zamaneh Zivia, a final year law student of Payam-e-Noor University of Saqez, who was arrested at her home in Nov 6 following street celebrations in support of the referendum for Kurdistan Independence by security forces at home. This Kurdish...

Iranian police officers chased a vehicle belonging to a tradesman and his wife. This chase led to an accident in which both the driver (tradesman) and his wife were killed. "On Saturday, Nov 25, 2017, police chased a car belonging to a Kurdish Tradesman carrying satellite receivers on the road from Divandareh to Bijar. During this chase, both the passengers of the vehicle were killed...

During the past few days, the three-months and one-day imprisonment sentence of a member of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Trade Association was suspended by the Kurdistan Regional Court of Appeals. “Taher Ghaderzadeh, a member of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Trade Association, was summoned to Saqez court in March 2015 on charges of disturbing public opinion and launching illegal gatherings” after arranging several gatherings in Saqez,” an informed...

The Iranian authorities have extended detention of several Kurdish activists, five of whom come from the Saqez area, another from Kamyaran and the other activist is a renowned former political prisoner from Orumiyeh prison. The detained activists are being held at security detention centres run by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the cities of Sanandaj and Oroumiyeh....

The Islamic Revolutionary Court in the city of Saqqez has sentenced Kurdish trade unionist Osman Esmaeli to one year in prison on charges of “propaganda” against national interests. "On 28 April 2015, a few days before International Workers' Day, Osman Esmaeli, a worker and atrade unionist, was arrested by Iranian security forces at his workplace in Saqqez. He was interrogated for 12 days at the...