Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Amanj Nikpay, a 22-year-old Kurdish civilian from the village of Ney, has been arrested by the Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in Marivan. According to the latest reports, the Kurdish civilian still remains in detention while there is no exact information on the reason for his arrest. Khaled Nikpay’ s father, Amanj Nikpay, was also detained for several hours following a...

A Kurdish civilian called "Voria Faraji" from Ney village has been transferred to jail for serving his two-year sentence, an informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). He was sentenced to 5 years in prison by the Marivan Revolutionary Court in March last year on charges of "membership in the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran(PDKI)". Upon contesting the verdict,...

Kurdish civil activist Aram Fathi has been transferred to the city court after four days of interrogation at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Marivan. He will be sent to the prison tomorrow due to the end of the administrative process, an informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) Aram Fathi was detained upon visiting the Intelligence Department of...

The officers affiliated with the Intelligence Department of Marivan Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have raided the house of civil rights activist Aram Fathi family home, but they have not been able to arrest him since he was not home, an informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Aram Fathi visited the Intelligence Department of IRGC in Marivan after being informed...

Iranian security and military authorities have resorted to widespread suppression, violence against civilians, torture, murder and even sexually abusing children. following the November protests shook several Iranian cities. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network’s (KHRN) investigation, more than a thousand civilians have been arrested in the Kurdish cities alone and the fate of some of them still remains unclear.  The KHRN has interviewed a number of eyewitnesses and informed...

Kurdish civil society activist Arman Shakeri was arrested by the Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on 6 December and taken to an unknown location. Shakeri was severely injured during the November protests by the direct shooting of the Iranin security forces in his right leg. He was under limited treatment at his family home due to fear of being detained at public hospitals. Despite...

The six-year prison sentence of the Kurdish environmental activist Arman Ghafouri, issued by the Marivan Revolutionary Court last February, has been reduced to one year by the Court of Appeal in Sanandaj, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The verdict has been verbally served on the activist's lawyer, and Ghafouri must report to the Marivan Prison Execution Bureau in the coming days. The Intelligence Department...

A driver known as Mehran Tak was shot dead by security forces during a mass protest in Shabrang Marivan Square on 16 November. Tak, born in 1987 and married with a child, was killed by a bullet in his forehead as shown in the photo taken from his body minutes after he was shot dead. Upon the transfer of his body to the city's hospital, security...

A civilian detainee was released on bail after being interrogated at a security detention centre in Marivan for 12 days, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). 24-year-old civilian Shirzad Adwai, a resident of Mariwan, was arrested on 19  November after being summoned to the Intelligence Department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) of Sarvabad and transferred to one of the Marivan...