Kurdistan Human Rights Network

At the same time as the intensification of the Iranian military forces targeting kolbars in the country's western border areas, the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan province, have threatened admins of Telegram news channels over publishing information on the shootings. In the past week, Iran's Border Guard Command forces...

With the outbreak of the second wave of Coronavirus in Kurdistan province in recent weeks, which is much wider than the first wave, Kurdish civil and media activists have criticised the performance of provincial officials in the online channels and media. Following the rise of these criticisms, the Baneh governor's office has sent a letter to the prosecutor and called for a crackdown on critics...

One of the Kurdish cyberspace activists of telegram channel, who was recently sentenced to three years imprisonment on charges of "propaganda against the state" and "insulting the leader of the Islamic Republic”, faces a new charge now. An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that, Farrokh Abdi, a Cyberspace activist and director of telegram channel known as Amanj which covers Kurdistan news, was...

One of the Kurdish cyberspace activists of telegram channel called “Amanj” was transferred to the Orumiyeh Central Prison after a month of detention by security forces. “Farrokh Abdi, a Cyberspace activist and director of telegram channel known as Amanj which covers Kurdistan news, was arrested by security forces about a month ago in Qeshm.” an informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to this...

During the last few days, websites close to the Gilan-e Gharb Revolutionary Guards reported the arrests and dismantling of a virtual counter-revolution team. But on Sunday, the prosecutor of the city, has denied the news of the arrest of the activists in social networks. A local source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network(KHRN), on Wednesday 4 May, seven Cyberspace activists of telegram named Javad Akbari, Meghdad...