The prison sentence of Jina Modares-Gorji, a civil rights activist from Sanandaj, has been reduced from 21 years in prison and exile to Hamadan prison, to 16 months of imprisonment. According to Kolbarnews, the sentence of 21 years and exile to Hamadan prison for Jina Modares-Gorji, a journalist and civil […]
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Azad Rahimi, a 32-year-old resident of Sanandaj, has been detained for 48 days in Marivan prison without any clear charges or trial. According to Kolbarnews, Azad Rahimi was arrested by security forces on the road from Marivan to Sanandaj 48 days ago. After his arrest, he was first taken to […]
Fourteen Kurdish teacher union activists, have been summoned to the Sanandaj Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office. According to Kolbarnews, quoting the Iranian Teachers’ Union Coordination Council, Fourteen Kurdish teacher union activists, including Mohammadreza Moradi, Aram Ebrahimi, Sadegh Kanani, Ghyath Na’mati, Nasrin Karimi, Majid Karimi, Salah Haji-Mirzaei, Fatemeh Zand-Karimi, Kourosh Ezati, […]
Teifour Salimi Babamiri has been temporarily released from Urmia Prison after posting a bail of three billion tomans, pending the completion of his legal proceedings. According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, September 1, 2024, Teifour Salimi Babamiri, a resident of Bukan, was released on bail after nearly four months of detention. […]
Hassan Amini, the brother of Mohammad Amini, one of those martyrs during the 2022 nationwide protests, has been released from Sanandaj Prison under electronic monitoring. He will serve the remainder of his sentence outside of prison, with restricted movement. According to Kolbarnews, on Thursday, August 29, 2024, Hassan Amini was […]
Soma Pourmohammadi, a resident of Sanandaj, a Kurdish language instructor, and a board member of the “Nozhin” Cultural Association, has been acquitted of the charges against her by the Kurdistan Province Court of Appeal. According to Kolbarnews, Soma Pourmohammadi has been acquitted of the charge of “forming groups with the […]
The home of Mokhtar Asadi, a teachers’ union activist residing in Sanandaj, was searched by security forces. According to Kolbarnews, citing the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations, on Sunday, August 18, 2024, security forces searched the home of Mokhtar Asadi. During the search, while Mr. Asadi was not […]
Saman Mirzaei was arrested by security forces in Sanandaj and taken to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, on Thursday, August 8, 2024, Saman Mirzaei was detained by security forces in Sanandaj and transferred to an unknown location. The report states that security forces used force and violence to arrest […]
A construction worker lost his life due to a wall collapse while at work in Sanandaj. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, August 10, 2024, when a construction worker identified as “Loqman Qadernejad,” aged 57 and from the village of “Marabzan” in Sanandaj, suffered fatal injuries from a wall collapse during […]
The identities of two more individuals detained at the funeral of environmental activist Ismail Karimi have been confirmed as Khalil Parandak and Yaser Nouri. According to Kolbarnews, on July 24, 2024, security forces in Kamiyaran arrested at least ten environmental activists attending the funeral of Ismail Karimi. The identities of […]