Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish woman activist Viyan Mohammadi has been released on bail today from Orumiyeh Central Prison after 40 days in detention. The civil rights activist had gone on a hunger strike for a week on 31 May to protest against the extension of her detention, and ended it after the decision to release her on bail was issued, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). She...

Civil rights activist and student Viyan Mohammadi has gone on hunger strike on 31 May to protest against her unlawful detention. A source familiar with the detainee's situation confirmed the news to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and said: “Viyan Mohammadi, who has been detained by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran since 30 April, has gone on...

Kurdish activists Viyan Mohammadi, Farzad Samani, and Sakar Eini have been transferred from the detention centre of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) IN Orumiyeh to the quarantine ward of the city's central prison. There is no information on the situation of Mohammad Houshangi, who was held in the same place with the three activists. Farouq Samani, Farzad Samani's brother, spoke...

Photo from left to right; Farzad Samani, Sakar Eini, Mohammad Houshangi, Viyan Mohammadi The third investigation branch of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Mahabad has ordered today the extension of the temporary detentions of four Kurdish activists Viyan Mohammadi, Farzad Samani, Sakar Eini, and Mohammad Houshangi, who were arrested by IRGC forces in Tehran in the past months. While Viyan Mohammadi’s detention is being...

Civil rights activist Viyan Mohammadi has been arrested on 30 April by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at her home in Tehran, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Despite repeated family pursuits in recent days, no information has yet been obtained as to why the Kurdish activist was detained. A source close to Mohammadi's family confirmed the news to...