Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Javad Alikurdi, a lawyer with a PhD in Law and the brother of the recently deceased former political prisoner Khosrow Alikurdi, has been arrested by security forces in Mashhad and taken to an

Three Kurdish teachers’ union activists in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, are facing judicial proceedings after the local prosecutor accused them of “disruption of public order”, the Kurdistan

A further five Kurdish citizens have been detained by security forces in Mahabad and Piranshahr and taken to undisclosed locations as the latest wave of arrests in Kurdish regions continues. The

Three members of the Iraqi Kurdistan-based AVA Media, who were detained by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, are

Sirwan Shawleh, a Kurdish woman from Mahabad in West Azerbaijan Province, has been released on bail from Orumiyeh Central Prison after spending 42 days in detention, the Kurdistan Human Rights

The Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence handed down to Kurdish political prisoner Verisheh (Wirishe) Moradi, ruling that her case contained serious investigative flaws. On 10 December,

At least five Kurdish citizens have been detained in Mahabad and Naqadeh in West Azerbaijan Province in recent days as security forces continue a new wave of arrests targeting Kurdish citizens and

Kaveh Ahmadzadeh, a former political prisoner held in Bukan Prison on financial charges, has died after weeks of being refused access to proper medical treatment, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Yahya Sarkhani, an environmental activist who lost the sight in one eye during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom protests, has been sentenced in absentia to 32 months in prison by the Islamic