On Thursday, March 20, 2025, Sina Rostampour, a Kolbar from Baneh, was killed by Iranian government forces’ gunfire at the “Sorkev” border in this city.
The wave of arrests targeting women activists in Kurdistan Province continues, with the recent detention of Leila Pashaei, a women’s rights advocate from Sanandaj. Her arrest brings the number of women activists detained in the province to…
We, the signatory organizations, express our deep concern over the recent wave of arrests in Ahwaz Region (officially known as Khuzestan). In recent days, dozens of civil activists, poets, and social media users have been arbitrarily…
We urgently call on the international community, governments, institutions, and women’s rights organizations to take immediate action to stop the execution of courageous humanitarian worker and women’s rights activist, Pakhshan Azizi, whose…
On 9 December 2024, Branch 1 of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court sentenced human rights defender Edris Menbari to two years in prison on the charge of “forming groups and association with the intention of disturbing the national security”…
In the name of life, in the name of humanity, in the name of beauty.
To the United Nations Human Rights Council,
We, the undersigned, express our deep concern over the inhumane treatment and indefinite detention of Azerbaijani Turk political and civil activists in Iran who were arbitrarily arrested by security forces. On February 6 and 7, 2024, in the…
Kurdistan Press Agency
