Six Kurdish civilians detained for months without trial in Mahabad

Six Kurdish civilians detained for months without trial in Mahabad

Kurdish civilians Ghader Kharamanfar, Jalal Sadafi, Salar Shams-Borhan, Ali Maroufi, Rebwar Rasouli and Ayoub Rasouli remain in pre-trial detention in Mahabad Prison nearly six months after their arrest by Ministry of Intelligence forces, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported. They were arrested in December 2024 in Mahabad, and held for several months in the Ministry’s detention facility in Orumiyeh, where they were subjected to tor…

Systematic violation of the rights of ethnic minorities in Iran

Introduction In the Iranian Regime, ethnic and religious minorities have long endured structural discrimination, widespread deprivation, and severe political and security repression. Kurds, Baloch, Arabs, Turkmens, and religious minorities such as Sunnis and followers of other faiths are subject to severe social, economic, and cultural restrictions. Mass arrests, destruction of religious sites, denial of the right to education in one’s mother to…