Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Death row prisoner Shorash Morovvati was executed today on charges of "premeditated murder" in Sanandaj Central Prison in Kurdistan Province. On 1 October 2022, during the prisoners' protests in

Iranian security forces have arrested five more Kurdish civilians as part of the recent wave of arrests of Kurdish civilians and activists in Mahabad, Marivan, Javanrud and Kamyaran on the eve of the

Kurdish political prisoner Towhid Darvish, who was arrested during last year's anti-government protests in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, has attempted suicide in recent days to protest against

The trial of Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer representing the family of Jina Mahsa Amini, which was scheduled to take place on 1 August and postponed for administrative reasons, has been rescheduled for

Detained former Iranian and world wrestling champion Saman Pashaei is currently undergoing coercive interrogations for forced "confessions" at the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in

Security forces arrested Kurdish civilians Hossein Mahmoudpour, Hamzeh Ghanei, Omar Hosseinzadeh, Hedi Abdolbakht, and Najmaddin Eisazadeh in Oshnavieh and Piranshahr in West Azerbaijan Province in

Detained civilians Sahar Ahmadi, Zilan Molaei and Zeryan Molaei were provisionally released on bail from the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, in recent days. In addition,

Security forces today arrested civilian Firmesk Babaei after she removed her compulsory hijab and chanted anti-government slogans on a street leading to the governor's office in Paveh, Kermanshah

In a recent wave of arrests, at least three more Kurdish civilians including Arsalan Kheyri, Mamal Sharifi and Hiva Rahnavard, were arrested by security forces in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province,