Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Solmaz Hassanzadeh, the sister of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a protester killed during the Women, Life, Freedom anti-government uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, has been sentenced to one year in prison on charges of "propaganda against the state". She was tried by Branch 101 of Bukan Criminal Court Two, presided over by Judge Mehdi Fakhri, and was informed of the verdict last month. Hassanzadeh and her father,...

Solmaz Hassanzadeh, the detained sister of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a protester killed during the Women, Life, Freedom anti-government uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, has entered the eighth day of a hunger strike in solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison. Hassanzadeh, who was detained by security forces on 30 July as her family prepared to celebrate the birthday of her late brother Mohammad, began the hunger...

Security forces raided the home of the family of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a protester killed during the Women, Life, Freedom anti-government uprising in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, arresting his father and sister. Ahmad Hassanzadeh and his daughter Solmaz Hassanzadeh were arrested on 30 July as they prepared to commemorate Mohammad's birthday, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Security forces entered the house without a warrant,...

Four civilians, including Solmaz Hassanzadeh, the sister of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, one of the victims of last year's anti-government protests in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, were arrested without a warrant by security forces at the entrance to Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, on 27 September. The names of the other three women detained while entering Saqqez are Sheyda Rezaei, Shirin Khayyat and Simin Khayyat, the Kurdistan Human Rights...

The Ministry of Intelligence in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, summoned and arrested Ahmad Hassanzadeh and Solmaz Hassanzadeh, the father and sister of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, one of the victims of last year's anti-government protests. The arrests come as part of the increased pressure by security and judicial authorities on the families of the protest victims. The father and daughter were summoned by telephone yesterday and then taken...