After announcements were made on social media that Nowruz (also Newroz in Kurdish) would be celebrated by lighting fire on Taragha mountain of Bukan and Roush mountain of Saqqez, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) blocked the roads leading to these mountains, preventing people from participating in the celebrations. In an interview with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), a civil rights activist from Bukan…
Read moreA group of civilians and members of the Nozhin Association have gathered in front of the Sanandaj courthouse in the morning of 20 February to protest the court decision sentencing Zara Mohammadi to five years in prison.Reportedly, Zara Mohammadi herself was also present at the rally held on the eve of the International Mother Language Day. Protestors peacefully protested against the sentence and the ban…
Read moreThe central selection board of the department of education in Kurdistan province, linked to the intelligence organisation, has dismissed Mohammad Mansouri, a Kurdish member of a Quran School, from his teaching job in the Naysar Vocational School in Sanandaj, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network. A selection procedure – known as “Gozinesh” – is usually carried out for state officials and employees in…
Read more“On November 17, the trial of Morteza Haghbayan, a cyber activist from Sanandaj and the director of the “Amak” telegram channel, was held at Branch 104 of the Shahid Beheshti Judicial Complex in Sanandaj”, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The media activist was charged with “disclosing government documents” and “slandering and spreading lies” through the publication of articles on the…
Read more“On October 1, 2020, five Cyberspace activists in Saqqez were summoned to court by the complaint of the former mayor of the city”, an informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network(KHRN). Fardin Mostafaei- director of “Saqqez Rudaw” channel, Keyvan Jalali- director, Zahed Sharifpour- editor of “Wakawi” channel, Hiwa Majidi- director of “Sakapress” channel and Mostafa Hamdi- director of “Persman” group in Saqqez, were summoned…
Read moreYesterday, security forces simultaneously arrested five Kurdish civil rights activists from Saqqez, Armia Ranjbari, Ali Ghaderi, Hemen Karimi, Hiwa and Voria Amini, and transferred them to an unknown location, informed sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). A reliable source in Saqqez gas reported that security forces had searched the family home and confiscated their personal belongings. There is still no news about the whereabouts…
Read moreWith the outbreak of the second wave of Coronavirus in Kurdistan province in recent weeks, which is much wider than the first wave, Kurdish civil and media activists have criticised the performance of provincial officials in the online channels and media. Following the rise of these criticisms, the Baneh governor’s office has sent a letter to the prosecutor and called for a crackdown on critics…
Read moreKurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Shahram Safari, a journalist and director of the Rawejpress Telegram Channel, has been sentenced to 91 days in prison on charges of “spreading lies and disturbing public opinion” by publishing statistics on the number of civilians suffering from Covid-19 disease. Shahram Safari, from Sarpol-e-Zahab in Kermanshah province, was summoned to court in April this year on…
Read moreKurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a Kurdish photographer Mehdi Tavakoli has been summoned by the Sanandaj Intelligence office and interrogated about his activities. He has also been told that he was not currently allowed to leave the city of Sanandaj. Mehdi Tavakoli was arrested by security forces in Sanandaj on October 12, 2016, and was transferred to Sanandaj Central Prison after…
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