Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The prosecutor of Branch 1 of Iran’s Evin Court has extended the detention of British anthropologist Kameel Ahmady for another month, his wife told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Ahmady, a British citizen of Iranian Kurdish origin, has been in custody since 11 August. "On 11 September, I [was] referred to Shahid Moqadas Prosecutor's Office (Evin Branch). I hoped a bail order would be issued for my husband. However,...

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Iranian authorities have kept detaining British-Kurdish anthropologist Kameel Ahmady in “solitary confinement,” and that his whereabouts remain unknown to the public and his family. Ahmady’s family has not been able to find out information on the charges he is facing and where he has been held. Their requests to meet him have been ignored. Additionally,...

Kameel Ahmady, Iranian Kurdish author and social researcher, was arrested by security forces in Tehran on Sunday, August 10. His home and car were searched by security guards in three occasions on the same day and part of his belongings was confiscated. It is not yet clear which institution has arrested him. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that his home and car...