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Rudaw https://www.rudaw.net/english
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Hengaw https://hengaw.net/en
Esta https://esta.krd/en
NEWS
- G-7 to discuss Iran at Foreign Ministers meeting later this week
- University students from Rojhilat join the guerrilla ranks
- The Takeaway: Iran’s exiled Kurdish opposition wants Biden’s attention
- The intelligence authorities have pressed the family members and relatives of Fereshte Ahmadi
- Alarm grows for jailed Iran reporters who exposed Amini case
- US ‘concerned’ about reported Iranian threats on Kurdistan Region, Saudi Arabia
- US military in touch with Saudi Arabia over threat from Iran
- Sanandaj: Activist’s temporary detention extended for 10 days
- Four minors were abducted by regime forces in Piranshahr
- 16 Kurdish citizens killed in the protests on the 40th day death anniversary of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini
- Iranian regime plans public trials in Tehran
- Security forces attacked several middle and high schools in Bokan
- Mahsa Amini’s family under house arrest
- Iranian border guards kill Kurdistan Region citizen
- Iran denies fundamental rights of Kurds: UN Special Rapporteur
- Three Kolbars were injured by the firing of government soldiers at the border of Nowsud
- 12 women foreign ministers condemn Iran’s crackdown
- Iran mourners flock to Mahsa Amini grave despite crackdown
- Iran security forces detain at least 14 students in Javanrud
- 6 female students were released after obtaining a forced televised confession in presence of security officers
- Iran protests continue in universities
- Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand
- Iran forces wound 20 protesters, detain 23 in western Abdanan
- Kurdistan’s Parvez Khan border crossing lifts Iranian entry visa requirement
- Iran to ‘reciprocate’ new EU sanctions amid continued unrest
- UN Human Rights Council must hold a special session on Iran
- Iran right to act against Kurdish opposition groups, Tehran tells UN
- FMs of Iraq, Germany discuss Iranian attacks on Kurdistan Region
- Iran Protests: Sanandaj Becomes Latest Killing Zone Amid Worsening State Violence
- A young Kolbar Killed by the Iranian border guards on the borders of Baneh
- Canada to permanently deny entry to 10,000 members of ‘murderous’ Iranian regime
- Tehran: Detained Kurdish artists’ fates remain unknown
- Kurdistan protests — 10 more Kurdish women’s rights activists arrested in various cities of Iranian Kurdistan
- Iran unrest takes new turn as schoolgirls join protests
- In solidarity with Gina Amini and Iranian women, Swedish parliamentarian cuts her hair in European Parliament
- Four representatives of shop-owners in Nagahdeh arrested after demand of reopening of their stores
- Iran for eleventh day continues to bomb Kurdistan Region’s border areas
- Detained protestors tortured in overpopulated Sanandaj prison
- Water of Iraq and the Kurdistan region reduced by 80 percent due to the blocking of Turkey and Iran
- At least 92 killed in Iran’s Mahsa Amini protests: rights group
OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS
- World Must Warn Iran Against Death Sentences for Protesters in Upcoming Mass Trials
- Witch Hunt in Iran: Grave Concerns for Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi
- A Report by Kurdistan Human Rights Network on Secret Detention Centres of Iranian Security Institutions in Kermanshah, Sanandaj, Orumiyeh
- Zîlan Vejîn calls for a broad alliance against the regime of the Islamic Republic – PART I
- Crowded opening of Hamburg Kurdish Film Festival
- Uprising in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan on day 38
- Thousands of people march Berlin to support Iran and Rojhilat people
- Iran’s fear of the ‘dissolved’ Kurdish opposition groups
- KODAR: Uprising in Iran has reached a point of no return
- Masses protest against Iran in Brussels, demanding freedom for women and all identities
- What do we know about protests in Kurdistan-Iran
- Amnesty International: At least 23 children killed during brutal crackdown on protests in Iran
- World Day Against the Death Penalty: 428 Executed in Iran in 2022
- Letter to president Biden on Iran: Fullfill your promise to confront authoritarianism
- Female students lead the protests for Mahsa Jina Amini in Iran
- Joint Statement – Iran: Alarm over mass arrests of human rights defenders amidst protests
- Kurdish slogan on women, freedom unites Iranians
REPORTS
- Interim Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kurdistan of Iran for the period: 1st January to September 30th. 2022
- Statistics of the suppression of recent protests in Kurdistan
- Kurdistan protests: Iran forces kill at least 30, injure 825, detain 2,000
- Hengaw October 2022 reports about human rights violations during the protests
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NEWS
- G-7 to discuss Iran at Foreign Ministers meeting later this week
02 November 2022 | K24
Iran will be a significant topic on the agenda of the Group of 7 (G-7) Foreign Ministers meeting to be held in Germany on Thursday and Friday.
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/29857-G-7-to-discuss-Iran-at-Foreign-Ministers-meeting-later-this-week
- University students from Rojhilat join the guerrilla ranks
02 November 2022 | ANF
A group of young people from Rojhilat (Iranian) Kurdistan joined the guerrilla ranks and called for participation in the guerrilla struggle “for the freedom of women, society and Kurdistan”.
- The Takeaway: Iran’s exiled Kurdish opposition wants Biden’s attention
02 November 2022 | Al-Monitor
As protests sparked by the death of Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini rage in Iran, members of the country’s exiled Kurdish political opposition say they’re not getting a fair hearing in Washington. Khalid Azizi, spokesperson of the KDPI, is calling on the US government to resume contact with his and other Iranian political parties.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/11/takeaway-irans-exiled-kurdish-opposition-wants-bidens-attention
- The intelligence authorities have pressed the family members and relatives of Fereshte Ahmadi
02 November 2022 | Hengaw
The intelligence authorities have summoned and pressed the family members and relatives of Fereshte Ahmadi, one of the casualties of the recent protests in Mahabad city.
- Alarm grows for jailed Iran reporters who exposed Amini case
02 November 2022 | Al-Monitor
Concern is growing for two jailed Iranian reporters who helped focus attention on the death of Mahsa Amini but who activists allege are now the targets of a smear campaign portraying them as spies.
- US ‘concerned’ about reported Iranian threats on Kurdistan Region, Saudi Arabia
02 November 2022 | Rudaw
The United States on Tuesday said that they were “concerned” about the possibility of an Iranian attack against targets in the Kurdistan Region and Saudi Arabia, as reports based on intelligence from Riyadh circulated earlier in the day suggesting such a threat.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/world/02112022
- US military in touch with Saudi Arabia over threat from Iran
02 November 2022 | Al-Monitor
US military and intelligence officials have been in close touch with counterparts in Saudi Arabia over a potential attack in the region by Iran, US officials said on Tuesday.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/11/us-military-touch-saudi-arabia-over-threat-iran
- Sanandaj: Activist’s temporary detention extended for 10 days
01 November 2022 | KHRN
Iranian authorities in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, have extended the temporary detention of a civil rights activist named Baran Saedi for 10 days. Security forces arrested Saedi at her home in Sanandaj on 20 September.
https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/sanandaj-activists-temporary-detention-extended-for-10-days/
- Four minors were abducted by regime forces in Piranshahr
01 November 2022 | Hengaw
At least four youths from Piranshahr, named Mardin Rasoulian, Danian Qadri-Azer, Arman Paydar, and Zaniar Hosseini, were abducted by regime forces in the past few days, and their fate is unclear.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/four-minors-were-abducted-by-regime-forces-in-piranshahr
- 16 Kurdish citizens killed in the protests on the 40th day death anniversary of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini
01 November 2022 | Hengaw
At least 16 Kurdish citizens were killed during last week’s protests that took place after the 40th day death anniversary of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini in different cities of Iranian Kurdistan.
88% of these victims were killed by direct fire from the Iranian security forces.
- Iranian regime plans public trials in Tehran
31 October 2022 | ANF
The Iranian regime wants to publicly try about 1,000 people who allegedly took part in the uprising in the country. The people in question are to stand trial for “subversive actions” before a revolutionary court starting this week.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/iranian-regime-plans-public-trials-in-tehran-63405
- Security forces attacked several middle and high schools in Bokan
30 October 2022 | Kurdpa
According to sources informed to Kurdpa, today (October 29th) security forces in Bokan attacked several middle and high schools in Mirabad and Och Tepe areas and Al-Zahra high school located behind the old Tehran terminal in order to detain students.
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/security-forces-attacked-several-middle-and-high-schools-in-bokan
- Mahsa Amini’s family under house arrest
29 October 2022 | ANF
It is reported that the family of Kurdish woman Mahsa (Jina) Amini, who was murdered by the morality police in Tehran, has been placed under house arrest.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/mahsa-amini-s-family-under-house-arrest-63346
- Iranian border guards kill Kurdistan Region citizen
29 October 2022 | ESTA
The Iranian border guards have killed a Kurdistan Region citizen and wounded two others in Sulaimani’s Sharbazher border area, a local official on Friday said.
- Iran denies fundamental rights of Kurds: UN Special Rapporteur
27 October 2022 | Rudaw
UN Special Rapporteur said Thursday that Kurds have been historically repressed in Iran, adding
that their fundamental rights are still being denied in the country.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/world/271020221
- Three Kolbars were injured by the firing of government soldiers at the border of Nowsud
27 October 2022 | Kurdpa
In the evening of Wednesday 26th of November, three Kolbars named “Vali Amini” son of Gharib, “Ayoub Babaei” son of Shabib and “Salam Safaei” son of Hassan from Salas_e_Babajani were injured after government soldiers shot at the border of Nowsud.
- 12 women foreign ministers condemn Iran’s crackdown
26 October 2022 | Al-Monitor
Women foreign ministers from a dozen nations led by Canada’s Melanie Joly on Wednesday jointly condemned Iran’s violent crackdown on women’s rights, as protesters in the Islamic republic marked 40 days of unrest.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/12-women-foreign-ministers-condemn-irans-crackdown
- Iran mourners flock to Mahsa Amini grave despite crackdown
26 October 2022 | Al-Monitor
Iranian mourners gathered Wednesday at the grave of Mahsa Amini to mark 40 days since her death, defying heightened security measures as part of a bloody crackdown on women-led protests.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/iran-mourners-flock-mahsa-amini-grave-despite-crackdown
- Iran security forces detain at least 14 students in Javanrud
25 October 2022 | KHRN
Iranian security forces arrested at least 14 students, six female and eight male students, in the past weeks in Javanrud, Kermanshah province, and took them to the detention centre of the Police in charge of Supervision over Public Facilities and Locations (known as Amaken in Persian).
https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/iran-security-forces-detain-at-least-14-students-in-javanrud/
- 6 female students were released after obtaining a forced televised confession in presence of security officers
24 October 2022 | Hengaw
Hengaw has been informed that on October 23, 2022, the Iranian Intelligence Department in Kermanshah accompanied by the provincial capital’s broadcasting team, went to “Effat” girls’ high school in Javanrood and threatened the students, forcing them to obtain a televised confession to deny the arrest of their friends.
- Iran protests continue in universities
24 October 2022 | Al-Monitor
The protests in Iran that started in mid-September over the death of a young woman in police custody have spread to universities, which have been a historic hotbed of unrest in the country during times of upheaval.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/iran-protests-continue-universities
- Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand
23 October 2022 | Rudaw
Salman Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/world/23102022
- Iran forces wound 20 protesters, detain 23 in western Abdanan
20 October 2022 | KHRN
Iran’s anti-riot forces and the paramilitary Basij forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) injured at least 20 protesters on 17 October and security forces detained at least 23 in the past few days in Abdanan, in Iran’s western Ilam province.
https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/iran-forces-wound-20-protesters-detain-23-in-western-abdanan/
- Kurdistan’s Parvez Khan border crossing lifts Iranian entry visa requirement
18 October 2022 | ESTA
Officials in the Parvez Khan, an Iraq-Iran international border crossing, on Monday said the decision of lifting the Iranian entry visa requirement on Iraqi travelers has gone into effect.
- Iran to ‘reciprocate’ new EU sanctions amid continued unrest
18 October 2022 | Al-Monitor
The spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanani, condemned sanctions slapped by the Council of the European Union on a number of Iranian entities and officials in response to their involvement in repressive measures against protesters at home.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/iran-reciprocate-new-eu-sanctions-amid-continued-unrest
- UN Human Rights Council must hold a special session on Iran
17 October 2022 | Hengaw
42 human rights organizations, including Hengaw, called for an urgent meeting of the UN Human Rights Council to establish an international investigation mechanism for the crimes committed by the Islamic Republic while also expressing their deep concern over gross violations of human rights during Iran’s protests.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/un-human-rights-council-must-hold-a-special-session-on-iran
- Iran right to act against Kurdish opposition groups, Tehran tells UN
13 October 2022 | Rudaw
Iran’s mission to the United Nations on Wednesday reiterated its justification for military action against Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region, in a letter to the Security Council, saying that Tehran was left with no choice but to use force where diplomacy had failed.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/131020221
- FMs of Iraq, Germany discuss Iranian attacks on Kurdistan Region
12 October 2022 | ESTA
Iraq and Germany Foreign Ministers via phone call on Tuesday discussed the recent Iranian attacks on the Kurdistan Region’s borders and bilateral relations between Berlin and Baghdad.
- Iran Protests: Sanandaj Becomes Latest Killing Zone Amid Worsening State Violence
10 October 2022 | CHRI
The government in Iran must immediately halt its use of lethal force against civilian protesters, including in the besieged province of Kurdistan, where at least four people were reportedly killed and more than one hundred injured on October 9…
- A young Kolbar Killed by the Iranian border guards on the borders of Baneh
10 October 2022 | Hengaw
A young Kolbar from Baneh, named Shahram Waseli, was killed by direct fire from the Iranian border guards while crossing the border areas near this city.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/a-young-kolbar-kille-by-the-iranian-border-guards-on-the-borders-of-baneh
- Canada to permanently deny entry to 10,000 members of ‘murderous’ Iranian regime
08 October 2022 | K24
Canada announced Friday it will permanently deny entry to more than 10,000 members of Iran’s “murderous” regime, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that Ottawa blames for “heinous” acts against the Iranian people.
- Tehran: Detained Kurdish artists’ fates remain unknown
08 October 2022 | KHRN
The fate of the detained Kurdish artists Hossein Safamanesh, Khabat Fadaei and Saman Yassin remains unknown after Iranian security forces arrested them in the past few days over their support of the ongoing widespread protests across the country.
https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/tehran-detained-kurdish-artists-fates-remain-unknown/
- Kurdistan protests — 10 more Kurdish women’s rights activists arrested in various cities of Iranian Kurdistan
06 October 2022 | Hengaw
According to Hengaw, during the past few days, at least 10 women’s rights activists named Soheila Mota’i, Sarina Hosseini, Delania Khani, Zahra Babamohammadi, Ziba Qelijkhani, Zila Hejbari, Sara Samavati, Pariya Ebadi, Masoumeh Rashidi, and Mahshid Khani have been arrested by the Iranian security forces.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/kurdistan-protests-10-more-kurdish-womens-rights-activists-arrested-in-various-cities-of-iranian-kurdistan
- Iran unrest takes new turn as schoolgirls join protests
05 October 2022 | Al-Monitor
Demonstrations that started after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police and rapidly grew into nationwide anti-government unrest entered their 19th day, taking a new turn not seen in previous Iranian protests.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/iran-unrest-takes-new-turn-schoolgirls-join-protests
- In solidarity with Gina Amini and Iranian women, Swedish parliamentarian cuts her hair in European Parliament
05 October 2022 | ANHA
In her speech during the session, she demanded a clear European position on what is happening in Rojhlat and Iran, directing harsh criticism of the European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, asking him to take a clear position against the Iranian regime.
https://hawarnews.com/en/haber/in-solidarity-with-gina-amini-and-iranian-women-swedish-parliamentarian-cuts-her-hair-in-european-parliament-h33160.html
- Four representatives of shop-owners in Nagahdeh arrested after demand of reopening of their stores
05 October 2022 | Hengaw
After the general strike in most cities across Iranian Kurdistan, the Public Places Supervision Department sealed the trade unions in the cities of Piranshahr, Naghadeh, Oshnaviyeh, and Sanandaj, which went on strike on October 1, 2022.
- Iran for eleventh day continues to bomb Kurdistan Region’s border areas
04 October, 2022 | K24
Iran on Tuesday again bombarded the Kurdistan Region border areas with Iran for the eleventh consecutive day amidst widespread protests in Iran.
- Detained protestors tortured in overpopulated Sanandaj prison
03 October, 2022 | KHRN
Security forces have detained hundreds of civilians in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, after the nationwide protests broke out over the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini.
https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/detained-protestors-tortured-in-overpopulated-sanandaj-prison/
- Water of Iraq and the Kurdistan region reduced by 80 percent due to the blocking of Turkey and Iran
03 October 2022 | ANF
The Head of the Department of Civilization at Komar University said that the waters of Iraq and the Kurdistan region have decreased by 80 percent and the underground water resources have decreased significantly due to the obstructions of Turkey and Iran.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/ecology/water-of-iraq-and-the-kurdistan-region-reduced-by-80-percent-due-to-the-blocking-of-turkey-and-iran-62851
- At least 92 killed in Iran’s Mahsa Amini protests: rights group
02 October 2022 | K24
At least 92 people have been killed as Iran has cracked down on women-led protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the notorious morality police, the group Iran Human Rights said Sunday.
OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS
- World Must Warn Iran Against Death Sentences for Protesters in Upcoming Mass Trials
02 November 2022 | CHRI
With mass public trials for protesters recently announced in Iran, and charges already beginning to be issued that could carry a death sentence, it is urgent that the international community forcefully warn the Iranian authorities against leveling death sentences against the protesters, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said in a statement today.
- Witch Hunt in Iran: Grave Concerns for Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi
01 November 2022 | CHRI
The Iranian government’s fabricated accusations against two unlawfully detained female journalists, Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, who face severe punishments without access to due process, are part of the state’s efforts to slander the country’s protest movement and should be strongly condemned, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).
- A Report by Kurdistan Human Rights Network on Secret Detention Centres of Iranian Security Institutions in Kermanshah, Sanandaj, Orumiyeh
29 October 2022 | KHRN
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has prepared this report to draw the attention of international human rights organisations to the situation of secret detention centres of two security agencies, the Ministry of Intelligence and the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in Iranian Kurdistan.
- Zîlan Vejîn calls for a broad alliance against the regime of the Islamic Republic – PART I
28 October 2022 | ANF
In Iran, the demands of women and peoples have always been alive, explains PJAK chairwoman Zîlan Vejîn and calls for a broad alliance against the regime of the Islamic Republic.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/pjak-chairwoman-zilan-vejin-calls-for-a-broad-alliance-against-the-regime-of-the-islamic-republic-63334
- Crowded opening of Hamburg Kurdish Film Festival
27 October 2022 | ANF
The 13th edition of the Hamburg Kurdish Film Festival opened at Zeiss Kino in the Altona district. Hivron, one of the popular voices of Kurdish music, took the stage at the opening of the film festival, which is dedicated to Jina Amini and Nagihan Akarsel and to all women killed. The slogan of the festival is “Jin Jiyan Azadî”.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/culture/crowded-opening-of-hamburg-kurdish-film-festival-63314
- Uprising in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan on day 38
23 October 2022 | ANF
Demonstrations have been continuing for 38 days after the brutal killing of Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini in Tehran in mid-September.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/uprising-in-iran-and-eastern-kurdistan-on-day-38-63241
- Thousands of people march Berlin to support Iran and Rojhilat people
23 October 2022 | ANF
Some 80,000 people came together in Berlin, to support the revolt in Iran and Rojhilat who have been on the streets for 35 days.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/thousands-of-people-march-berlin-to-support-iran-and-rojhilat-people-63232
- Iran’s fear of the ‘dissolved’ Kurdish opposition groups
21 October 2022 | Rudaw
The demonstrations in Iran and the Kurdistan Region are different this time. Since the Islamic republic of Iran came to power in 1979, it has never faced a challenge as major as the aftermath of the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini on September 16.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/opinion/21102022
- KODAR: Uprising in Iran has reached a point of no return
18 October 2022 | ANF
The KODAR said that the uprising in Iran and East Kurdistan had reached a point of no return with its determined and disciplined stance.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/kodar-uprising-in-iran-has-reached-a-point-of-no-return-63144
- Masses protest against Iran in Brussels, demanding freedom for women and all identities
16 October 2022 | ANF
Masses took to the streets in Belgium’s capital, Brussels, in protest at the Iranian Islamic Republic.
During the action which was promoted by Kurdish and Iranian organisations, demonstrators, the majority of them being women, demanded freedom, justice and equality.
- What do we know about protests in Kurdistan-Iran
14 October 2022 | Hengaw
A Legal Analysis Part 1: Let’s start with Jina (Mahsa) Amini being killed by the Iranian Morality Police! What is this entity and what is the legal basis of their mission?
https://hengaw.net/en/news/what-do-we-know-about-protests-in-kurdistan-iran
- Amnesty International: At least 23 children killed during brutal crackdown on protests in Iran
14 October 2022 | ANF
“Iran’s security forces have killed nearly two dozen children in an attempt to crush the spirit of resistance among the country’s courageous youth,” said Amnesty International Director Heba Morayef.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/amnesty-international-at-least-23-children-killed-during-brutal-crackdown-on-protests-in-iran-63078
- World Day Against the Death Penalty: 428 Executed in Iran in 2022
10 October 2022 | ANF
Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty. It is a day which unifies the global abolitionist movement and mobilises civil society, political leaders and public opinion to support the call for universal abolition of capital punishment.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/world-day-against-the-death-penalty-428-executed-in-iran-in-2022-62979
- Letter to president Biden on Iran: Fullfill your promise to confront
authoritarianism
06 October 2022 | Kurdpa
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini in state custody in Iran on September 13 has set in motion massive nationwide protests and strikes in at least 103 cities and towns across all 31 of Iran’s provinces, with scores of protesters killed and many more injured.
- Female students lead the protests for Mahsa Jina Amini in Iran
04 October 2022 | ANF
Protests against the murder of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in Iran and East Kurdistan continue uninterrupted. University and high school students organized protests in school yards last night. Young female students chanted the slogan ‘Jin, Jîyan, Azadî’.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/female-students-lead-the-protests-for-mahsa-jina-amini-in-iran-62870
- Joint Statement – Iran: Alarm over mass arrests of human rights defenders amidst protests
03 October 2022 | Kurdpa
The undersigned international human rights and civil society organisations demand an end to the deliberate violence, arrest, threats, and charges against Iranian human rights defenders, journalists, student activists and civil rights actors, especially amongst minority ethnic groups.
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/joint-statement-iran-alarm-over-mass-arrests-of-human-rights-defenders-amidst-protests
- Kurdish slogan on women, freedom unites Iranians
03 October 2022 | Rudaw
Over a hundred have been killed, thousands injured, and numerous others detained across Iran, but for what? Perhaps one could quote the famous song chanted by protesters under the title “For Freedom.”
https://www.rudaw.net/english/opinion/03102022
REPORTS
1. Interim Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kurdistan of Iran for the period: 1st January to September 30th. 2022
15 October 2022 | KMMK
This report provides up-to-date data and analysis on the situations of human rights in
Kurdistan of Iran from January 1, 2022 until September 30th, 2022, prepared for the attention of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situations of human rights in Iran, OHCHR, UN agencies, media, governments and public attention.
2. Statistics of the suppression of recent protests in Kurdistan
12 October 2022 | Kurdpa
Nationwide protests following the state murder of Jina Amini started on September 17 in Saghez and Sanandaj and continued until October 10 in many cities of Iran and Kurdistan.
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/statistics-of-the-suppression-of-recent-protests-in-kurdistan
3. Kurdistan protests: Iran forces kill at least 30, injure 825, detain 2,000
11 October 2022 | KHRN
Public protests against the state killing of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini continue in the fourth week in Sanandaj, Saqqez, Dehgolan, Divandarre, Kermanshah, Marivan, Mahabad, Bukan, Kamyaran, Javanrud, Salas-e Babajani and Qorveh despite the tense security atmosphere and the militarisation of these cities.
4. Hengaw October 2022 reports about human rights violations during the protests
30 October 2022
23 October 2022
15 October 2022
https://hengaw.net/en/news/latest-statistics-on-protests-176-killed-in-various-cities-of-iran
13 October 2022
11 October 2022
https://hengaw.net/en/news/hengaw-report-no-9-on-the-kurdistan-protests-32-dead-and-1541-injured
09 October 2022
https://hengaw.net/en/news/in-kurdistans-protests-yesterday-there-were-4-fatalities-and-130-injuries
03 October 2022
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Patrons: John Austin, Baroness Blower of Starch Green, former GS NUT, Prof Bill Bowring, Julie Christie, Noam Chomsky, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Maggie Cook, UNISON women activist; Prof Mary Davis, Lord Dholakia, Simon Dubbins, UNITE International Director, Jill Evans, former MEP, Desmond Fernandes, Lindsey German, Convenor STWC, Melanie Gingell, Christopher Gingell, Prof Dr. Michael Gunter, Secretary-General, EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC), Rahila Gupta, journalist, Nick Hildyard, policy advisor, Dafydd Iwan, Former President Plaid Cymru, James Kelman, Bruce Kent, Jean Lambert, former MEP, Dr Les Levidow, Open University, Elfyn Llwyd, John McDonnell MP; Aonghas MacNeacail, Scottish Gaelic poet, Mike Mansfield QC, David Morgan, journalist, Doug Nicholls, General Secretary, GFTU, Dr. Jessica Ayesha Northey, Sinn Fein MLA Conor Murphy, Dr Thomas Jeffrey Miley, Kate Osamor MP, Margaret Owen OBE, Ali Gul Ozbek, Former Councillor and Mayor of Haringey; Gareth Peirce, Dr Felix Padel, Maxine Peake, actor, Dr Thomas Phillips, Liverpool John Moores University, Trevor Rayne, writer, Joe Ryan, Bert Schouwenburg, International Trade Union Adviser; Tony Simpson, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, Stephen Smellie, PIK Trade Union Liaison Officer, Jonathan Steele, journalist, Steve Sweeney, journalist, Gianni Tognoni, General Secretary Permanent People’s Tribunal, Dr Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Dr Federico Venturini, Associate Researcher, University of Udine, Italy; Dr Tom Wakeford, Dr Derek Wall, Julie Ward, former MEP, Kariane Westrheim, Chair, EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC); Hywel Williams MP.