The students at Industrial University in Kermanshah continued their strike for the second day. “A group of students at Industrial University in Kermanshah have been gathering at the lobby of IT Department since Monday 14 May in protest to the privatization of the Educational System, reduction of the maximum years that students may take to successfully complete a degree and the poor condition of educational…
Read moreA Kurdish student from Sardasht, arrested during a protests rally in Orumiyeh, was sentenced to five years of imprisonment on charges of acting against national security. Kurdistan Human Rights Network has been informed that on January 26, Ibrahim Khalidi, a Kurdish student, was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of “acting against national security through participation in Orumiyeh protests by the Orumiyeh Revolutionary…
Read moreDespite two months after recent Iran protests, the fate of a Kurdish student and a citizen of Orumiyeh is still uncertain. They are still under temporary arrest, held in difficult conditions in ward 13 youth section of the Orumiyeh Central Prison. Moreover, a heavy sentence is expected for detained student activist as he is charged with blasphemy (insulting the prophet). According to reports received by…
Read moreA student from Sardasht was arrested by security forces in Orumiyeh and transferred to the Orumiyeh Central Prison after the completion of the interrogations. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on 22 November 2017, a student of Orumiyeh University called Ebrahim Mohammadpour, was arrested by the security forces on charges of participating in national protests in Orumiyeh. After being detained at…
Read moreIn the past days, following the strike and protest in various cities of Iran, six students have been arrested in Orumiyeh and Kermanshah while another student in Saqez has been summoned and questioned by the Intelligence Service. According to the information obtained by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on Friday, Dec 29, 2017, anti-riot forces and plainclothes forces arrested three students of Razi University of…
Read moreDuring the past few days, a Kurdish student was sentenced to 50 lashes and fines by Saqez Criminal Court on charges of disrupting the public order. “Zamaneh Zivia, a final year law student of Payam-e-Noor University of Saqez, who was arrested at her home in Nov 6 following street celebrations in support of the referendum for Kurdistan Independence by security forces at home. This Kurdish…
Read moreOn Friday, Sept 1, 2017, the final results of the entrance exam for Master’s level was announced in Iran and one of the Kurdish students was deprived of the right to continue his study at this stage on the pretext of being a “Starred student”. (“Starred students” are university students banned from continuing their higher education as a result of their student and/or political…
Read moreOver the past few months since being released from a 17-day detention, Farzaneh Jalali (Kurdish civil activist) she has been repeatedly summoned by the News Office of the Intelligence Ministry in Kermanshah via telephone calls and threatened her to consent to cooperation with this organisation. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the above-mentioned Kurdish civil activist has been summoned for interrogations four times…
Read moreThe Iranian security forces arrested a Kurdish student and his father who were said tortured at the Inelegance Ministry’s jails in Orumiyeh for over ten days before being sent to the city’s central prison. A reliable local source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that “the Intelligence [Ministry] officers of Orumiyeh dressed in civilian clothes chased the care of Farhad Peiqami, a Kurdish architecture…
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