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HANA https://hana-hr.org/
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Hengaw https://hengaw.net/en
HRANA https://www.en-hrana.org
Iran Human Rights https://iranhr.net/en/
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Kurdistan Press Agency https://kurdpa.net/en
Kurdistan24 https://www.kurdistan24.net/en
Rudaw https://www.rudaw.net/english
NEWS
- Ten Baha’i women activists were apprehended by the security forces in Isfahan
- The prison sentence of Mojgan Kavousi was confirmed by the Supreme Court
- Six kolbars injured by Iranian forces
- Kurdish activist Zeynab Bayazidi awarded Daniele Po International Prize
- Armita Garavand’s Family Implicitly Confirms Brain Death
- Iran jailing of Amini reporters ‘outrageous’: rights groups
- Prisoners of conscience begin hunger strike in Orumiyeh
- Afghans in Iran face violent backlash amid economic woes
- Protesters slam kidnapping KJAR’s Warisha Moradi in 2 European capitals
- October 20, 2023; The anniversary of the governmental killing of Seyed Moham-mad Hosseini and Ramin Karami during the revolutionary uprising of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in Saqqez and Kermanshah
- Zhina Mahsa Amini awarded European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize
- IRGC Forces Fatally Shoot Kolbar in Marivan
- Newly Re-elected PUK Leader to Visit Washington DC, Despite Close Ties with Iran and Current Tensions
- Iran bans teaching of all foreign languages
- Lawyer for Jina Amini’s family sentenced to one year in prison
- Young woman murdered by father in Piranshahr
- Iranian border guards kill a shepherd in Binarê Qendîl
- Hamas-Israel war slams door on cautious US-Iran thaw
- October 8th of 2023; Anniversary of the Governmental Assassination of Four Revolutionaries in the Uprising of Women, Life, Freedom in Sanandaj
- The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned human rights activist in Iran
- 13th edition of Kurdish Film Festival Berlin kicks off
- Hijab and Coma: Armita Geravand; the Latest Victim of Forced Hijab in Iran
- Iranian girl in coma after being assaulted by morality police
- Harvard launches Kurdish language course
- Iranian military delegation visiting Kurdistan Region to follow on Baghdad-Iran security deal
- Child bride shot dead by husband, stepbrothers in Sardasht
- For women activists abducted in Seqiz
- Historic Iraq-Iran railway link ready in 18 months: adviser
- Paths to a stateless world democracy discussed at the “New World Embassy: Kurdistan” in Lausanne
- UN urges Iran to repeal the hijab bill
- Still heavy presence of military security forces in Rojhilat
- Arrest and ignorance of the fate of two 15-year-old citizens in Qorveh
- Tragic Murder of a 13-Year-Old Girl in Sarpol-e Zahab by Her Cousin
- New repressive step against women in Iran
- Iranian opposition HQ on the border evacuated: Iraqi-Iranian security committee
- Kurdistan on anniversary of Jina Amini’s murder: Strikes, protests, state repression
- Nada Alliance emphasizes philosophy of Jin, Jiyan, Azadî, and women’s solidarity
- Iran’s security forces briefly detain Mahsa Amini’s father
- Musician Ibri releases song for Jîna Amini
- Biden leads new Western sanctions on Iran on Amini death anniversary
- HRA Brings Iranian Voices to the U.N. Human Rights Council on the Anniversary of Death in Detention of Mahsa Jina Amini
OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS
- U.S.: “Iranian Fingerprints“ on Middle East Attacks
- UN Expert: Iran is “Dangerously Lacking in Basic Human Rights Safeguards”
- Extrajudicial Executions: Farshad Chechani Killing
- Iraq, Iran and the Israel-Gaza war
- Business Owners in Iran Face Economic Reprisals for Supporting Protests
- Today Marks international Day Against the Death Penalty: In 2023, on Average Two Prisoners Executed in Iran daily in 2023
- Extrajudicial Executions: Yahya Rahimi Killing
- Joint Letter: 120 Iranian Doctors, Lawyers, and Activists Call for Release of Doctor Jailed for Treating Protesters
- The silent wails of Rojhelati workers in Kurdistan Region
- Change in Iran ‘irreversible’: Narges Mohammadi
- Azerbaijan eyes Iran, Armenia borderlands after ‘voluntary’ exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh
- Hengaw Organization for Human Rights: A Statistical Analysis of Honor Killig in Iran
- Iran’s Year of Defiance and Repression: How One Woman’s Death Sparked a Nationwide Uprising
REPORTS
- Oktober 2023: Human rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan
- Drug Executions: the Politically Costless Victims of the Death Penalty in Iran
- Legal Status of Children in the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement: A Second Report by the Hengaw Legal Team
- 5949 executions in Iran and 655 executions in Kurdistan in 12 years
- Statistics of human rights situation in September 2023, in Iranian Kurdistan
- Monthly Report of September 2023: Human rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan
- 463 arbitrary detentions by Iranian government forces in September 2023
- Hengaw Thematic Report: A Report on the Brutal Crackdown on Teachers and Students in Iran
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NEWS
- Ten Baha’i women activists were apprehended by the security forces in Isfahan
25 October 2023 | Hengaw
n continuation of the ongoing pressures on the Baha’i community, ten Baha’i women, namely Neda Badakhsh, Arezoo Sobhanian, Yeganeh Rouhbakhsh, Mozhgan Shahrezaei, Parastoo Hakim, Yeganeh Agahi, Bahareh Lotfi, Shana Shoghifar, Negin Khademi, and Neda Emadi, were apprehended by the security forces in Isfahan.
- The prison sentence of Mojgan Kavousi was confirmed by the Supreme Court
24 October 2023 | Kurdpa
The prison sentence of Mojgan Kavousi, a researcher and one of the activists of linguistic and ethnic rights from Kelardasht, Mazandaran, was confirmed by the ninth branch of the Supreme Court.
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/2023/10/71
- Six kolbars injured by Iranian forces
24 October 2023 | ANF
According to Kolbarnews, the Iranian regime forces opened fire on a group of kolbars in the border area of Hangajal in Bane. A 25-year-old kolbar by the name of Zanko Gewherî was wounded as a result of the attack…
https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/six-kolbars-injured-by-iranian-forces-69972
- Kurdish activist Zeynab Bayazidi awarded Daniele Po International Prize
23 October 2023 | KHRN
Women’s rights activist and former political prisoner Zeynab Bayazidi has been awarded the 2023 Daniele Po International Prize. The award ceremony took place on 21 October in Pieve Di Cento, Bologna, Italy, and was attended by local and provincial authorities and representatives of civil society.
- Armita Garavand’s Family Implicitly Confirms Brain Death
23 October 2023 | Hengaw
Following the release of a report concerning Armita Garavand, a 16-year-old who fell into a coma 21 days ago after an encounter with enforcement officials regarding hijab regulations, her family indirectly confirmed this information during an interview with Hengaw.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/10/armita-garavands-family-implicitly-confirms-brain-death
- Iran jailing of Amini reporters ‘outrageous’: rights groups
23 October 2023 | Al-Monitor
Press freedom groups Monday condemned as “outrageous” the lengthy jail sentences handed to the two Iranian journalists who exposed the case of Mahsa Amini, saying both women were merely doing their jobs.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/10/iran-jailing-amini-reporters-outrageous-rights-groups
- Prisoners of conscience begin hunger strike in Orumiyeh
23 October 2023 | KHRN
A group of 44 prisoners of conscience held in the Ershad high security section of Orumiyeh Central Prison began a hunger strike today in protest at the denial of medical care, the rejection by the security services of their requests for conditional release and the installation of surveillance cameras in their rooms and toilets.
- Afghans in Iran face violent backlash amid economic woes
22 October 2023 | Rudaw
October’s deadly earthquakes, the Taliban’s return to power, and economic hardship have pushed hundreds of thousands of Afghans to cross the border into neighboring Iran, prompting anger and violence from the Iranian public, which is struggling with its own crumbling economy.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/221020231
- Protesters slam kidnapping KJAR’s Warisha Moradi in 2 European capitals
21 October 2023 | ANHA
The Free Women in East Kurdistan (KJAR) organization organized a protest in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and the Belgian capital, Brussels to denounce the kidnapping of its member, Warisha Moradi, by the Iranian state authorities, according to the Women’s News Agency (NUJINHA).
https://hawarnews.com/en/protesters-slam-kidnapping-kjars-warisha-moradi-in-2-european-capitals
- October 20, 2023; The anniversary of the governmental killing of Seyed Moham-mad Hosseini and Ramin Karami during the revolutionary uprising of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in Saqqez and Kermanshah
20 October 2023 | Kurdpa
Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, 22 years old, and Ramin Karami, 31 years old, were killed by the repressive government forces during the protests in Saqqez and Kermanshah. Seyed Mohammad Hosseini was killed by baton blows (probably) and Ramin Karami was murdered by direct shooting by the suppression forces.
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/2023/10/61
- Zhina Mahsa Amini awarded European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize
19 October 2023 | Rudaw
Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, the young Kurdish woman killed at the hands of Iran’s morality police last year, was awarded on Thursday this year’s prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/world/19102023
- IRGC Forces Fatally Shoot Kolbar in Marivan
18 October 2023 | Hengaw
Farid Vatani Rasul, a young Kolbar from Marivan, was killed by gunfire from IRGC forces in the border region of the city. …on the evening of Tuesday, October 17, 2023, IRGC forces opened fire on Farid Vatani Rasul, a 34-year-old resident of the “Sardoshi” neighborhood in Marivan, resulting in his untimely death.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/10/irgc-forces-fatally-shoot-kolbar-in-marivan
- Newly Re-elected PUK Leader to Visit Washington DC, Despite Close Ties with Iran and Current Tensions
18 October 2023 | K24
Newly re-elected as President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Bafel Talabani, the elder son of the late Jalal Talabani, the PUK’s founder, is about to make his first trip to Washington. His visit comes as U.S. tensions with Iran have reached new heights.
- Iran bans teaching of all foreign languages
17 October 2023 | ANF
Iran has banned the teaching of all foreign languages, including English and Arabic, in kindergartens and primary schools, with immediate effect, state media reported Tuesday.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/iran-bans-teaching-of-all-foreign-languages-69866
- Lawyer for Jina Amini’s family sentenced to one year in prison
17 October 2023 | KHRN
Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer representing the family of Jina Mahsa Amini, has been sentenced to one year in prison and banned from social media for two years by Branch 28 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran.
- Young woman murdered by father in Piranshahr
16 October 2023 | KHRN
Trouskeh Abdollahzadeh, a 21-year-old mother of two children, was murdered by her father in Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province, on 15 October. The young woman, who was forced to marry her cousin at the age of 13, was killed for allegedly “having telephone contact with a man”.
https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/news/2023/10/16/young-woman-murdered-by-father-in-piranshahr/
- Iranian border guards kill a shepherd in Binarê Qendîl
15 October 2023 | ANF
Iranian border guards opened fire on three shepherds grazing sheep in the highlands of Binarê Qendîl in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The attack claimed the life of shepherd Hemed Xidir, a resident of the Rezge village in the Pishder region in Sulaymaniyah countryside.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/iranian-border-guards-kill-a-shepherd-in-binare-qendil-69834
- Hamas-Israel war slams door on cautious US-Iran thaw
10 October 2023 | K24
Through quiet diplomacy with Iran, US President Joe Biden’s administration had strived to keep a lid on Middle East troubles. That bet came crashing down with Saturday’s massive offensive by Hamas against Israel.
https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/32815-Hamas-Israel-war-slams-door-on-cautious-US-Iran-thaw
- October 8th of 2023; Anniversary of the Governmental Assassination of Four Revolutionaries in the Uprising of Women, Life, Freedom in Sanandaj
08 October 2023 | Kurdpa
On the 22nd day of the Women, Life, Freedom revolutionary uprising, on October 8th, 2022, following the assassination of governmental agents Jina-Mahsa Amini and the beginning of the Women, Life, Freedom revolutionary uprising, four citizens of Sanandaj lost their lives due to the bullets fired by suppressive-governmental forces during widespread public protests.
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/2023/10/13
- The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned human rights activist in Iran
08 October 2023 | Kurdpa
On Friday, October 6th, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist who is currently imprisoned in Iran. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in its statement: “This award is given to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her advocacy for human rights and freedom for all.”
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/2023/10/10
- 13th edition of Kurdish Film Festival Berlin kicks off
07 October 2023 | ANF
The 13th Kurdish Film Festival Berlin opened on Friday evening at the Babylon with the feature film “Im toten Winkel” (In the Blind Spot) by Ayşe Polat. The film has so far only been presented at festivals and was shown in Berlin for the first time.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/culture/13th-edition-of-kurdish-film-festival-berlin-kicks-off-69685
- Hijab and Coma: Armita Geravand; the Latest Victim of Forced Hijab in Iran
06 October 2023 | Hengaw
The brutal practice of forced hijab by the Iranian morality police has resulted in another tragic case of violence against a young woman. 16-year-old Armita Garavand has been in a coma since October1St, 2023, after being viciously attacked by the Morality police officers in the Tehran Metro.
- Iranian girl in coma after being assaulted by morality police
04 October 2023 | ANHA
Activists and human rights groups reported that the so-called “morality police” in Iran beat a 16-year-old girl, in events similar to those that followed the killing of the young Kurdish woman, Jina Amini last year.
https://hawarnews.com/en/169641534038301
- Harvard launches Kurdish language course
04 October 2023 | Rudaw
Harvard University’s Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Department began offering its first Kurdish language course this fall semester, with the establishment of the course being described as “historic” by its professor. In addition to the Kurdish language, the course will also dive into the historically-marginalized nation’s culture, history, and language.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/world/04102023
- Iranian military delegation visiting Kurdistan Region to follow on Baghdad-Iran security deal
03 October 2023 | K24
A delegation of the Iranian military is visiting the Kurdistan Region on Tuesday to follow on the implementation of the Baghdad-Iran security agreement to move the Kurdish-Iranian militant groups away from the borders.
- Child bride shot dead by husband, stepbrothers in Sardasht
02 October 2023 | KHRN
Fatemeh Mohammad-Panahi, a 17-year-old child bride, was shot dead by her husband and two stepbrothers on 29 September in the village of Marghan in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province.
- For women activists abducted in Seqiz
30 September 2023 | ANF
In Seqiz in eastern Kurdistan, the hometown of Jina Mahsa Amini, four activists were abducted by Iranian security forces. One of the women was the sister of a killed demonstrator.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/for-women-activists-abducted-in-seqiz-69561
- Historic Iraq-Iran railway link ready in 18 months: adviser
26 September 2023 | ESTA
The roughly 30-kilometre (18.64 miles) line will run between Iraq’s southern city of Basra and the Iranian border-town of Shalamja, linking nations with ties that have deepened since the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, after which pro-Tehran Shi’ite Muslim parties enhanced their influence in Baghdad.
- Paths to a stateless world democracy discussed at the “New World Embassy: Kurdistan” in Lausanne
24 September 2023 | ANF
The Théâtre de Vidy in Lausanne is considered one of the most important theatres in Switzerland. This weekend it is hosting the “New World Embassy: Kurdistan”.
- UN urges Iran to repeal the hijab bill
22 September 2023 | ANF
About a year after the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, a commission of the Iranian parliament approved a tightening of the headscarf requirement. The new hijab law provides for even harsher penalties for violations.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/un-urges-iran-to-repeal-the-hijab-bill-69453
- Still heavy presence of military security forces in Rojhilat
21 September 2023 | ANF
There is still a high presence of military security forces in cities in Rojhilat, the eastern part of Kurdistan. Over the weekend, many cities were besieged by a massive deployment of police, military and Revolutionary Guard units to prevent protests and commemorations on the anniversary of Jina Amini’s death.
- Arrest and ignorance of the fate of two 15-year-old citizens in Qorveh
20 September 2023 | Hengaw
Two 15-year-old Kurdish citizens from Qorveh city, named Taha Varmaghani and Matin Ghanbari, were arrested by the government forces on the anniversary of the governmental murder of Jina Amini, and their fate is unknown.
- Tragic Murder of a 13-Year-Old Girl in Sarpol-e Zahab by Her Cousin
20 September 2023 | Hengaw
Mahya Nadari, a 13-year-old girl was tragically shot and killed by her cousin using a hunting rifle. This murder, referred to as a “honor killing,” took place in her family’s residence in the Zafaran neighborhood of Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah Province.
- New repressive step against women in Iran
20 September 2023 | ANHA
Today, the Iranian Parliament approved a controversial law that increases punishment for women who do not adhere to the dress code imposed by the state in public places, Al-Hurra Network reported.
https://hawarnews.com/en/169520796038103
- Iranian opposition HQ on the border evacuated: Iraqi-Iranian security committee
19 September 2023 | K24
An Iraqi-Iranian security committee statement revealed that the Iranian opposition headquarters in Kurdistan Region border areas have been evacuated as a result of Iraq and Iran’s commitment to the security agreement and the joint efforts of the federal government and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
- Kurdistan on anniversary of Jina Amini’s murder: Strikes, protests, state repression
18 September 2023 | KHRN
On 16 September 2023, coinciding with the first anniversary of Iran’s killing of Jina Mahsa Amini and the beginning of the Jin Jiyan Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom) uprising, many cities in Kurdistan commenced their day with a widespread general strike.
- Nada Alliance emphasizes philosophy of Jin, Jiyan, Azadî, and women’s solidarity
17 September 2023 | ANHA
Today, the Nada Alliance issued a written statement, on the first anniversary of the launch of the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” uprising after the killing of the young Kurdish woman, Jina Amini, on September 16, 2022.
https://hawarnews.com/en/169494750038049
- Iran’s security forces briefly detain Mahsa Amini’s father
16 September 2023 | ESTA
Amjad Amini was warned against marking the anniversary of his daughter’s death before being released, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network said. Iran’s official IRNA news agency denied that Amjad Amini was arrested, but it did not say if he was briefly detained or warned.
- Musician Ibri releases song for Jîna Amini
16 September 2023 | ANF
Musician Rıdvan Ibri composed a song for Jîna Amini, who was tortured and murdered in Iran on 16 September.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/culture/musician-ibri-releases-song-for-jina-amini-69339
- Biden leads new Western sanctions on Iran on Amini death anniversary
15 September 2023 | Al-Monitor
US President Joe Biden on Friday led international calls of solidarity with Iranians one year after Mahsa Amini’s death sparked mass protests, with Western powers unveiling a series of new sanctions.
- HRA Brings Iranian Voices to the U.N. Human Rights Council on the Anniversary of Death in Detention of Mahsa Jina Amini
15 September 2023 | HRANA
Human Rights Activists (HRA) is at the 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in commemoration of Mahsa Jina Amini and the historic “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests that followed her death in detention just one year ago.
OPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS
- U.S.: “Iranian Fingerprints“ on Middle East Attacks
24 October 2023 | K24
The Biden administration moved closer on Monday to linking Iran to the increase in terrorist attacks by pro-Iranian forces in the Middle East. Briefing reporters on Monday, senior Defense Department officials first noted that over “the last several days,” there had been “efforts by Iran and Iran proxy forces” to escalate the regional conflict.
- UN Expert: Iran is “Dangerously Lacking in Basic Human Rights Safeguards”
24 October 2023 | CHRI
A UN human rights expert has reported on the entrenched shortcomings within the Islamic Republic of Iran’s legal and political framework, which severely curtail the ability of Iranian citizens to engage in democratic participation in political and public life
- Extrajudicial Executions: Farshad Chechani Killing
23 October 2023 | KHRN
Joint explanation of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN, or Network) and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC, or Center): This case is a part of the collaborative documentation of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center…
- Iraq, Iran and the Israel-Gaza war
13 October 2023 | Rudaw
There are a number of developments in the region that will be directly impacted by the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation.First, the apparent quietness in the Middle East, including in Iraq, which the US has been wanting to maintain in order to keep the region at the periphery, has now ended.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/world/13102023
- Business Owners in Iran Face Economic Reprisals for Supporting Protests
11 October 2023 | CHRI
Business owners in Iran are facing severe consequences, including loss of livelihoods and restricted access to vital services such as banking, due to their support for the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. Testimony shared with the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) reveal the hardships these entrepreneurs, including women business owners, endure.
- Today Marks international Day Against the Death Penalty: In 2023, on Average Two Prisoners Executed in Iran daily in 2023
10 October 2023 | Hengaw
On the occasion of October 10th, international Day Against the Death Penalty, Hengaw organization for Human Rights, issues a warning about the increasing implementation of this inhumane punishment in Iranian prisons. In the current year, on average, two prisoners are executed daily in Iranian prisons.
- Extrajudicial Executions: Yahya Rahimi Killing
09 October 2023 | KHRN
Joint Description of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre (ABC): This file is part of the joint documentary efforts of the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC)…
- Joint Letter: 120 Iranian Doctors, Lawyers, and Activists Call for Release of Doctor Jailed for Treating Protesters
09 October 2023 | CHRI
A group of more than 120 Iranians, including medical professionals, lawyers, activists, and individuals who sustained injuries during the Iranian government’s violent suppression of street protests, have jointly penned a letter demanding the immediate release of Dr. Yaser Rahmanirad, who has been in detention in Iran since September 21, 2023, solely for providing medical care to injured protesters.
- The silent wails of Rojhelati workers in Kurdistan Region
09 October 2023 | Rudaw
Fleeing the country’s crumbling economy and shrinking job market, hundreds of youth from Iran’s western Kurdish provinces (Rojhelat) have migrated towards the Kurdistan Region in recent years, only to find themselves swallowed by a merciless void of unsafe work environments, lack of official residence, and overwhelming disrespect and discrimination.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/people-places/091020231
- Change in Iran ‘irreversible’: Narges Mohammadi
06 October 2023 | Al-Monitor
Rights campaigner and 2023 Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi said in a September interview with AFP that she retained hope for change in Iran, despite having no prospect of release from prison and enduring the pain of separation from her family.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/10/change-iran-irreversible-narges-mohammadi
- Azerbaijan eyes Iran, Armenia borderlands after ‘voluntary’ exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh
03 October 2023 | Al-Monitor
The convoys snaked for miles along mountain passes as the mass exodus of Armenians form Nagorno-Karabakh, a majority Armenian enclave that is formally part of Azerbaijan, continued to unfold.
- Hengaw Organization for Human Rights: A Statistical Analysis of Honor Killig in Iran
24 September 2023 | Hengaw
The Statistics and Documents Center of the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights has documented at least 52 cases of femicide in various cities of Iran during the first six months of the solar year 1402 (2023).
- Iran’s Year of Defiance and Repression: How One Woman’s Death Sparked a Nationwide Uprising
15 September 2023 | Kurdpa
A year ago, Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, died in the custody of the morality police after being arrested over alleged “improper” hijab in Tehran. Her death ignited a wave of national protests that further challenged the Islamic Republic’s autocratic rule and exposed its human rights violations, including systematic violation of women’s rights…
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/2023/09/1
REPORTS
- Oktober 2023: Human rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan
25 October 2023 | Kurdpa
More than 100 Human Rights Violations have been counted in Rojhelat during the last 40 days.
https://kurdpa.net/en/news?page=4&Category=Human%20Rights
- Drug Executions: the Politically Costless Victims of the Death Penalty in Iran
10 October 2023 | IHR
“Death Penalty: an Irreversible Torture” is the theme of the 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty. To mark the occasion, Iran Human Rights is highlighting the use of the death penalty in the name of the “war on drugs” which has claimed at least 3,990 lives in Iran since 2010.
https://iranhr.net/en/reports/35/
- Legal Status of Children in the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement: A Second Report by the Hengaw Legal Team
14 October 2023 | Hengaw
This is the second report in a series by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights that explores the legal situation of children who participate in the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement.
- 5949 executions in Iran and 655 executions in Kurdistan in 12 years
10 October 2023 | Kurdpa
The Statistics Center of the Kurdish Human Rights Organization (Kurdpa) has published a statistical-analytical report on the executions in Iran and Kurdistan in the last 12 years (2012 – 2023.10.10) on the occasion of October 10, the World Day Against the Abolition of the Death Penalty.
https://kurdpa.net/en/news/2023/10/22
- Statistics of human rights situation in September 2023, in Iranian Kurdistan
06 October | HANA
Based on the statistics registered in the statistics center of Hana Human Rights Organization, in September 2023, at least 177 Kurdish citizens were summoned and arrested, 15 Kolbers and businessmen were killed and injured, 5 workers had an accident while working and lost their lives.
- Monthly Report of September 2023: Human rights violations in Iranian Kurdistan
03 October | KHRN
This report includes all the cases that the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has recorded and reported from across Iran through its own sources and verification mechanisms from 1 September to 30 September 2023.
https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/news/2023/10/03/monthly-report-of-september-2023/
- 463 arbitrary detentions by Iranian government forces in September 2023
02 October 2023 | Hengaw
According to statistics compiled by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, during the month of September 2023, at least 463 individuals were detained by Iranian government security forces across the country. This figure represents a 75% increase compared to the 264 individuals detained in the previous month of August.
- Hengaw Thematic Report: A Report on the Brutal Crackdown on Teachers and Students in Iran
22 September 2023 | Hengaw
The Hengaw Statistics and Documents Centre has recorded that, in less than nine months since the beginning of 2023, security forces in various Iranian cities have arrested at least 110 children and students and 43 teachers and educators.