Kurdistan Human Rights Network

New charges may be brought against the two Kurdish labour activists Mahmoud Salehi and Osman Ismaili following an indictment filed by the Saqqez Intelligence Office, Kurdistan province.  "I was summoned to the Branch 5 of the Saqqez Prosecutor's Office on May 4, by receiving a text message.  I referred to this branch after receiving the message. After studying the case, the judge told me that...

Three Labour activists from Saqqez were summoned by the Intelligence Unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on October 13 for participation in a rally against the Turkish Army's incursion into the north and east of Syria, known as Rojava.  The three labour activists Seyed Ali Hosseini, Mahmoud Salehi, and Osman Ismaili were summoned by the Intelligence Unit of IRGC, and the security...

Following a new wave of summoning and interrogating Kurdish labor activists, a member of the Free Trade Union of Iran Laborers has been summoned to the news headquarters of the Sanandaj Intelligence Service for interrogation. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Friday, June 15, a construction worker and member of the Free Trade Union of Iran Laborers called Khalil Karimi...

Osman Ismaili, a labor activist who had been arrested on International Labour day's gathering a few days ago and transferred to a central prison in Saqqez City, was released on bail today after a few days. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the Kurdish activist known as Osman Ismaili, who was released on 17 April after two months of...

During the past few days, a Kurdish labor rights activist activist known as Osman Ismaili (released on 17 April after two months of imprisonment at Saqqez prison) went on a re-trial on charges of "propaganda against the regime through interviews with foreign media abroad”. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Apr 21, 2018, Osman Ismaili has been subjected to a...

Yesterday, Wednesday, March 01, a Kurdish activist known as Osman Ismaili began her two months imprisonment sentence. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on February 04, Saqqez Enforcement Office has summoned Ms Rabieh Rahmani, who provided bail for Osman Ismaili, and notified her that this activist should introduce himself to Court Enforcement Office for serving his 2 months imprisonment sentence. The workers'...

Saqez Enforcement Office has summoned the bailor of Osman Ismaili, a labour activist, and called him for serving his imprisonment sentence. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), on February 04, The Enforcement of Office of Saqez has summoned Ms Rabieh Rahmani, the bailor of Osman Ismaili, and notified her that this activist should introduce himself to Court Enforcement Office for serving...