Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish language teacher and former political prisoner Zara Mohammadi was awarded the first Jemal Nebez Prize for her efforts to teach and promote the Kurdish language at a ceremony in Berlin's Schoneberg town hall on 3 December. The event, attended by members of the Kurdish community in Germany and international supporters, was organised by the Jemal Nebez Foundation. The foundation, which was established a year after...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) - The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, has presented his fourth report to the United Nations General Assembly for its seventy-sixth session. In his report, Mr Rehman raised concerns, among other issues, about the fairness of the recent elections held in the Islamic Republic of Iran, excessive force used...