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wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists
Wednesday2023
- Iran arrests 12 ahead of Jina Mahsa Amini murder anniversaryIranian security forces have arrested at least 12 Kurdish civilians and activists in West Azerbaijan province over the past three days.Detentions and Arrests
Wednesday2022
- BukanIran security forces detain 10 Kurdish civilians in Bukan, MahabadFollowing the new wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists in Iran, at least 10 civilians were arrested by the security forces in the cities of Bukan, Mahabad, and Miandoab in West…Detentions and Arrests
Monday2022
- SanandajArrest wave: Seven Kurdish civilians released in Iran’s SanandajIran has released on bail seven civilians detained during the recent wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists in northwestern Kurdistan province.Detentions and Arrests
Tuesday2021
- Kurdistan ProvinceArrest wave: Iran arrests two more civilians in Kurdistan provinceIranian security forces have detained two Kurdish civilians named Mohammad Fadavi and Rahmatollah Salehian in the village of Malqarani in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, on 5 December.Detentions and Arrests
Monday2021
- Security forces detain three Kurdish civilians in scope of arrest wave in IranThree Kurdish civilians have been arrested in the scope of the recent mass arrests in Iranian Kurdistan. Also, two detained civilians have been imprisoned in the past few days.Detentions and Arrests
Friday2021
- Arrest wave continues in Iran; security forces detain Kurdish civilianIran detained another Kurdish civilian in Baneh, in the scope of the recent mass arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists in the northwestern Kurdistan province.Detentions and Arrests
Monday2021
- Kurdish activists call on Iran to end arrest wave in KurdistanSeveral political, civil and human rights activists in Kurdistan issued a statement and criticised the recent mass arrests in Kurdish cities in Iran, calling for an end to such practices by the…Detentions and Arrests
Saturday2021
- Iran detains 11 more Kurds in fresh wave of arrestsIranian Ministry of Intelligence in Kurdistan province has detained at least 11 more people in Baneh, Saqqez, and Marivan as part of the recent arrest wave of Kurdish civilians and activists.Detentions and Arrests
Friday2021
- Kurdistan ProvinceIran detains dozens in new arrest wave in Kurdistan provinceIn the past few weeks, following changes in the administration of the General Directorate of the Ministry of Intelligence in Kurdistan province, a new wave of arrests, summons, and threats against…Detentions and Arrests
Tuesday2021
- Iran detains nine more Kurdish civilians in new wave of arrestsSecurity forces have arrested three civilians in Mahabad and six in Oshnavieh and villages in the past two days. They have taken the civilians to an undisclosed location.Detentions and Arrests
Friday2021
- Iran IRGC holds Kurdish civilian in custody, deprives him of family contactA Kurdish civilian named Mohammad Houshangi, who has been arrested during the wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists launched in January 2021, is still being held in temporary detention…Detentions and Arrests
Tuesday2021
- Iran releases 11 Kurdish civil activists on bailSources have told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that 11 Kurdish activists, who were detained during the wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists launched by the Iranian…Prisoners
Wednesday2021
- Uncertainty continues about fifty three detained Kurdish activistsAt least 53 Kurdish activists, who were detained in the recent wave of Kurdish civilians and activists in Iran, are still being held in the detention centres of the intelligence office and the…Prisoners
Monday2021
- Five Kurdish activists imprisoned, one taken to an unknown location for ‘further interrogation’Six Kurdish activists that were detained in the recent wave of arrests in Iran have been transferred to prisons in Orumiyeh and Mahabad during the past week, after the completion of their…Prisoners
Monday2021
- Iran detains two more Kurdish civilians in wave of arrestsIranian security forces have arrested two Kurdish civilians in Oshnavieh, western Iran, on 30 January, following the recent wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists, sources told the…Detentions and Arrests
Monday2021
- Iran forces “arbitrarily” detain Kurdish civilians, activistsIranian security forces have detained four more people in the majority Kurdish western Iran without a court order, on 23-24 January, bringing the number of detentions in the recent wave of arrests of…Detentions and Arrests
