Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdistan Human Rights Network - A young worker lost his life due to fall from Mine Crusher at the Sargoyi gold mine in Qorveh in Kurdistan Province on February 08. The worker identified as Mohammad Reza Sadeghian, 22, married and from the village of Nayband of Qorveh. It should be noted that dozens of workers die annually due to the lack of adequate safety equipment in...

Following the attempt of Sunni prisoners to prevent the transfer of Tohid Ghoreishi to the court, Special Guard forces targeted the prisoners in hall 21 in ward 7 at Rajai Shahr Prison by tear gas while beating them and transferring some of the prisoners to solitary confinement cells. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that. following the refusal of Tawhid Qureshi to attend...

The arrest warrants for three Kurdish civilians Aram Adwayee, Borhan Adwayian and Abdollah Adwayee from the village of Celin of Saravabad were extended on January 28 for another 15 days. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the Prosecutor agreed with the request of Interrogation Office of Marivan Revolutionary Court and extended the temporary arrest warrants for Aram Adwayee, Borhan Adwayian and Abdollah...

Mohammad Naeimpour, a Kurdish Civilian from Hassan Abad of Sanandaj who has been sentenced to one year of imprisonment, was transferred to Sanandaj Central Prison to endure his sentence. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that, upon finalization of the one-year sentence of Mohammad Naempour, law enforcement forces arrested him in his house and transferred him to the Sanandaj Central Prison on Wednesday,...

Over the past few days, Iranian border guards shot dead a kolbar from Orumiyeh and injured another one from Baneh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the border guards of Broodak opened fire on the 19-year-old Yaghoob (Kamiyan) Niksirat from Joojhi village of Orumiyeh on January 03. The incident resulted in the death of the afore-mentioned kolbar who was not carrying any...

The Iranian police and municipality officers forced closure of the office of the Association of Environment Protection in 'Welat' of Bukan at municipality mall. Various news sources had reported the pressure of the city's governor to close the afore-mentioned office and stop the activities of this environmental association. "On the afternoon of January 02, at 3 pm, the municipality and law enforcement agents attacked the...

Farhad Mohammadi, a lawyer and secretary of the National Unity Party in Kurdistan, was arrested by security forces after being summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence office in Sanandaj and transferred to the Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj. A reliable source in Sanandaj told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that Farhad Mohammadi, lawyer and secretary of the National Unity Party in Kurdistan, was arrested after...