Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Islamic Revolutionary Court in Iran's Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, has acquitted Kurdish activist Hossein Kamangar of the charge of "armed insurrection" (baghi). Kamangar was held in detention for the past three years on the same charge and was pressured to make forced confessions. The activist was finally released a month ago on a bail of 1 billion Tomans – nearly 40,000 USD. Kamangar's acquittal comes after the...

Kurdish political prisoner Hossein Kamangar was temporarily released from Sanandaj Central Prison in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan province on 19 January. He has been released on a bail of one billion Iranian Tomans – nearly 40,000 USD. Kamangar was detained in January 2019 during the wave of widespread arrests of civil rights activists and members of the Kurdistan branch of the National Unity Party in the cities...

The Ministry of Intelligence in Kamyaran, Kurdistan province, has summoned a Kurdish woman named Nahid Kamangar on 6 July, interrogated her, and sent her to the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj. Nahid Kamangar is a student of Kurdish language and literature at the University of Kurdistan in Sanandaj. She is the daughter of the Kurdish political prisoner Hossein Kamangar, sentenced in March 2021 to 15 years...

Kurdish political prisoner Hossein Kamangar, who was facing trial on charges of “instigating armed uprising against government and the state” through membership of Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj – headed by Judge Saeedi – has issued the sentence after Kamangar was held for two years in temporary detention...

The second court hearing of Kurdish activist Hossein Kamangar was held on 15 February on charges of “instigating armed uprising against government and the state”, at Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, presided over by Judge Saeedi. A source in Sanandaj confirmed the news to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network: “More than two years after Hossein Kamangar’s temporary detention, the trial of...

In an interview with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), a source familiar with Hossein Kamangar's case announced the issuance of a 15 billion Toman bail for his release. The heavy bail was issued by the Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj while this Kurdish activist was kept in prison with no decision about his case since being arrested on December 6,...

The Sanandaj Intelligence Office obstructed releasing a Kurdish a political prisoner despite the bail warrant of 500 million tomans for the temporary release, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).  Political prisoner Hossein Kamangar’s release was cancelled at the last moments by the intervention of the Sanandaj Intelligence Office.  "The Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Kamyaran had set up a temporary release...

A Kurdish civilian from Kamyaran was released on bail and a bail warrant was issued for two other civilians, a source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) The source added that Kurdish civilian Mohammad Khateri, who was arrested by the security forces at the village of Shahini in Kamyaran on August 6, 2019, was released on bail of 300 million tomans.  Likewise, the Kamyaran court has also issued...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned Xaled Zamani, a Kurdish Civilian arrested by security forces in Kamyaran in early April, has been released on a bail of 600 million Tomans. Basam Moradi, another civilian from Kamyaran who was arrested on Apr 29, 2019 after being summoned to the Kamyaran Intelligence Bureau, is still being held at Kamyaran Prison due to his inability to pay...