Yaser Amini Azar Archives - KHRN

May 17, 2020

Teachers’ Union Activist Sent to Prison to Serve his Prison Term

Yaser Amini Azar, a Kurdish teacher and Teachers’ union activist has been sent to Mahabad prison to serve his sentence. He has previously been sentenced by the Mahabad Revolutionary Court to 15 months in prison. This teacher was arrested by security forces in Mahabad and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Orumiyeh when he was returning home from school on Wednesday, May 7, 2019.  He had...

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August 28, 2019

Teachers’ Union Activist Sentenced to 15 Months of Imprisonment in Mahabad

Yaser Amini Azar, a Kurdish teacher and Teachers’ union activist, was sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment by the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad. This teacher was arrested by security forces in Mahabad and transferred to Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Orumiyeh when he was returning home from school on Wednesday, May 7, 2019. He had been interrogated for a week about his guild activities...

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May 13, 2019

No News about the Fate of Kurdish Teacher and Religious Activist

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): There is still no news about the fate of Yaser Amini Azar, the mathematics teacher and religious activists, who was arrested four days ago despite the repeated enquiries of his family about his whereabouts. This teacher was arrested by security forces in Mahabad when he was returning home from school on Wednesday, May 7, 2019. Security agents have stated that...

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