As of July 22, 2025, with 23 days having passed since the arbitrary and violent arrest of Kaveh Rahimi, a 40-year-old Kurdish resident of Bukan, and his transfer to one of the Urmia Intelligence detention centers, there is no information…
Fourteen years ago, on July 23, 2011, after nearly a year of planning, preparation, and continuous behind-the-scenes efforts, “Kurdpa – Kurdistan News Agency” officially began its activities as the first specialized, human rights-focused…
The Assassination of Dr. Ghassemlou and His Colleagues: 36 Years of Austria’s Complicity Through Silence, 36 Years of State Terrorism by the Islamic Republic
On July 13, 1989, in the heart of Europe, three prominent Kurdish political figures—Dr. Abdulrahman Ghassemlou, Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, Abdullah Qaderi Azar, and Fazil Rasoul—were assassinated in…
Four days after the secret and rushed execution of three Kurdish political prisoners—Azad Shojaei, Edris Ali, and Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul—at Urmia Central Prison, their bodies have not been returned to their families.
On the morning of Monday, June 24, 2025, three Kurdish political prisoners—Edris Ali, Azad Shojaei, and Rasoul Ahmad Rasoul—were executed in complete secrecy at Urmia Central Prison, without prior notice, without meeting the minimum…
As of June 29, 2025, Seyed Kamal Ebrahimi, a Kurdish citizen from Naqadeh and lecturer at the Mahabad School of Nursing, remains in incommunicado detention following his arbitrary arrest three days prior, with no official information…
As of June 29, 2025, Arash Mollaahmadi, Keyvan Ashtab, and Younes Tanhaei, three Kurdish citizens from Mahabad, remain in incommunicado detention, with no information available regarding their whereabouts or fate, between 5 and 13 days…
On Sunday, June 29, 2025, Kamyar (Kamal) Oqabee, a Kurdish civil and environmental activist from Bala Geer village, Oshnavieh County, was violently arrested by security forces during a pre-dawn raid on his home and transferred to an…
On Sunday, June 28, 2025, four Kurdish citizens from Daranakhi village, a rural area of Mariwan, were arbitrarily arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location.
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