Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The ruling of two citizens from Saqqez and a detained citizen of Kamyaran were reduced by the court of appeals. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the Court of Appeals (branch 4) has reduced the sentence of eighteen million Rials of fine and fifty lashes issued by the Criminal Court of Saqqez in regards to two citizens called “Zamaneh Zivia" and...

During 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...

Last week, a citizen of Sanandaj, who was arrested following street celebrations in support of the referendum for Kurdistan Independence was released on bail while two other citizens were detained by security forces in Sanandaj and Dehgolan. “On Monday, Nov 6, 2017, Shahram Babaie from Sanandaj who was arrested on Aug 25, 2017, was released on a bail of 100 million Tomans,” An informed source...

In the past few days, three detainees from Baneh, who had been arrested during street celebrations in support of the referendum for Kurdistan Independence, were released on bail. Reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) indicate that three Baneh citizens -including Fouad Hossein Zadeh, Zanyar Maroufi and Naseh Khazari- arrested on the evening of Monday, Sept 25, 2017, were released on bail on Saturday,...

Following the gathering of Kurdish citizens in various cities of Kurdistan to celebrate and support the referendum for Kurdistan Independence on the evening of Monday, Sept 25, 2017, anti-riot police forces arrested thousands of citizens. There is still no information on the fate of detainees who were then transferred to the Security and Intelligence Police Detention Centres. “A week after the gathering of the Iranian...