Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, has extended the temporary detention of Kurdish civilians Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi, Mohammad Faraji and Kamran Soltani for two more months. The trio, who were previously charged with "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz) for their alleged "involvement in the murder of a security officer" during the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Bukan, have...

The whereabouts of Kamal Lotfi, the father of Reza Lotfi, one of the protesters killed during the anti-government uprising of Women, Life, Freedom in Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province, remain unknown ten days after his arrest. Lotfi was recently sentenced to a total of five years in prison by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Dehgolan. On 9 April, Lotfi was arrested after being summoned to the Public and...

Kurdish civilians Mohsen Ghader-Rash and Omid Ghadernezhad were arrested after they were summoned by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Miandoab, West Azerbaijan Province, on 17 April. The duo were arrested for taking part in the Newroz (also known as Nowruz in Persian) celebrations and taken to Miandoab Prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Security institutions, including the...

Security forces today raided the village of Deyvaznav in Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province, and arrested civilians Omid Shahdad, Omar Hosseini and Ali Hosseini. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces beat and arrested the three civilians without a warrant during a raid on their homes and workplaces. Details of the charges against the individuals and the location of their detention remain unknown. Over the...

Kurdish civil rights activist Khadijeh Mehdipour was detained by the Morality Police at Tehran's Nabard metro station on 16 April for wearing non-conforming clothing. Mehdipour, a former political prisoner originally from Eyvan-e Gharb in Ilam Province who lives in Tehran, was released after a few hours in custody. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Morality Police officers beat Mehdipour during her arrest and...