Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A group of civil rights activists, law experts, and lawyers have issued a statement on 21 April, condemning the recent military aggression of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The statement said that by "invading" the region, Turkey violated the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Iraq and committed a "crime of aggression". "We call on governments and international bodies, and...

Turkish police has detained nine Iranian Kurdish asylum seekers and 57 others from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq near Istanbul on 21 August. On 24 August, authorities have deported these civilians to Syria’s north-western Azaz, raising concerns about their fate. The nine asylum seekers officially entered Turkey from Iran in the past few months and were trying to reach Europe by boat. Reportedly, the names of these...

Turkish border forces have opened fire on and killed a young kolbar named Aziz Mohammadzadeh this morning in the border areas of Chaldoran in West Azerbaijan province. A source in the city of Chaldoran confirmed the news to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Turkish border forces “targeted a group of kolbars” and killed Mohammadzadeh, said the source. The kolbar’s body was transferred to the city of...

Turkey deported 33 Iranian asylum seekers to Iran, including Iranian Kurdish asylum seeker Adel Bahrami who had been registered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Kurdish asylum seeker Adel Bahrami's friend in Turkey confirmed to the Kurdistan Human rights Network (KHRN) that Bahrami had gone to the office of the UNHCR in Ankara on 28 August when he first arrived in Turkey. "The UNHCR transferred...

An Iranian Kurdish refugee was killed by her Kurdish husband on “the pretext of defending his honor,” a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to the source, the family has been seeking asylum in Turkey for about a year. The woman, who was stabbed with a knife multiple times in a southern Istanbul city, was a 26-years-old woman and her husband is 36. The...

Turkish authorities released Yalda Abbasi, a Kurdish artist from northern Khorasan who was arrested on Dec 6, 2018 by Turkish police on arrival at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that the artist flew to Turkey on the evening of December 06 to attend a cultural event on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the establishment of the Mezopotamya Cultural Centre but...

The border guards of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the border region of Orumiyeh arrested four shepherds who are Kurdish citizens of Turkey, and transferred them to the central prison of Orumiyeh. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Orumiyeh border regiment forces detained four teenagers in the Esnadreh region while they were feeding their livetock in the patures. In addition, 900...

The attack of Turkish army on the city of Afrin, Syria's Kurdistan (Rojavayê) has led to widespread protests in various countries. A number of Kurdish activists in Orumiyeh filed an official request for permission to hold a protest rally in front of the Turkish Consulate in Orumiyeh, but this request was rejected by the Orumieh governorate. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network...

Two Kurdish refugee activist arrested by Turkish security forces on Nov 19, 2017, are still at the Risk of deportation to Iran. These refugees were detained at Salim Pasha Camp in Istanbul on charges of cooperation with a Kurdish media in Iraqi Kurdistan. “Shiva and Maria Ghalvazi, two Kurdish refugee activist who had recently introduced themselves to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...