Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Today, 43 international human rights groups, including Amnesty International, in a joint statement called on the United Nations Human Rights Council "to urgently hold a special session on Iran and establish an independent mechanism with investigative, reporting & accountability functions to address the most serious crimes under international law and other gross human rights violations committed in Iran, including in the context of successive...

A group of lawyers in Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, have expressed their sympathy for Mahsa (Zhina) Amini's family and declared their readiness to accept the representation of the case until the final result is reached. The full text of the statement is as follows: In the deplorable economic situation and the collapse of social values, the suspicious and tragic death of Ms Mahsa Amini (Zhina) has...

A Kurdish civilian identified as Zanyar Mohammadnezhad was arrested on 16 September during a protest rally in front of Kasra Hospital in Tehran after Mahsa (Zhina) Amini passed away. Mohammadnezhad, who comes from Sanandaj in Kurdistan province and resides in Tehran, was taken to an undisclosed location. After his arrest, Mohammadnezhad informed his family in a brief phone call that he had been arrested by security...

Mahsa (Zhina) Amini died on 16 September after she was hospitalized following her arrest and torture by morality police in Tehran.  She passed away at the intensive care unit of Kasra Hospital in Tehran.  She was arrested on 13 September for having worn the hijab “inappropriately” and was beaten by the morality police on the way to a detention facility.  Her family members and civilians gathered outside the...

Relatives of the 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa(Zhina) Amini, who is in a coma after being arrested and beaten by the Iranian morality police, spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) about the continuation of her worrying situation. The relatives said that Amini's family were shocked by what happened to their daughter and that they were exposed to intense pressure and threats from security...