Widespread arrest of Kurdish activists on charges of participating in Nowruz celebrations

The arrest of Kurdish civil activists continues on the charge of participating in Nowruz celebrations, and 15 civil activists, political activists and artists have been arrested in the past four days. According to the news received, Iranian security forces have arrested 14 political, civil and artistic activists in the city of Ashnoyeh for organizing and participating in Nowruz ceremonies. One of those arrested, Hadi Laweh, is a young Kurdish artist, the reason for his arrest was singing epic songs during the Nowruz ceremony. Hamzah Jafari (Bardin Jafari), a Kurdish singer, was arrested in Gilangharb city of Kermanshah province with the same charge.

Besides his artistic activities, Bardin Jafari is a well-known civil activist in Kermanshah and previously published several songs about the Turkish attack on Afrin, Mother Language Day and International Women's Day.

Iranian forces shot him in the face from close distance

Iran's border regiment forces seriously wounded a teenager Kolber in both eyes in the border area of Sardasht. On Friday, May 3, a teenager Kolber named Arian, 17 years old from Savan village, was seriously injured in the Sardasht border.

The border regiment forces of Iran shot at the face of this kolber from a close distance, and each of Arian's eyes was injured and he is facing the risk of losing his eyes. On the other hand, the forces of Iran's Border Regiment beat up a Kolber, broke his nose and seriously injured him in the head area. The identity of the wounded Kolber is "Shahram Sabzevari" from the city of Shahu Ravansar. According to this report, border regiment forces beat the mentioned gun and seriously wounded him in the head.

since the beginning of May until now, two colubbers named Hyman Ahmadi and Jalal Sohrabi have been killed in the border areas of Saqqez and Bane, and two colubbers have been injured in Nausud and Sardasht. In April, at least 4 Kolbers were killed and more than 30 Kolbers were injured.

Another kolber was killed in less than 24 hours

On Thursday, May 2, a 40-year-old Kolber named Jalal Sohrabi was killed as a result of the shooting by border guards in “Surkew” area of Bane city of Kurdistan province. This is the second case of Kolubrs being killed by border guards in the past 24 hours. Last evening, a 45-year-old Kolber named Hayman Ahmadi was killed by border guards in Bastam border area of Saqez city of Kurdistan province. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on Thursday, May 2, border guards in the border area of “Sur kew” Baneh, a group of Kolubrans were shot at from a close distance and without prior warning by the border guards, as a result of which a Kolubar named Jalal Sohrabi was killed. Jalal Sohrabi, 40 years old, the father of 2 children, was from the village of “Tajan”, Baneh. Last year, this colbert was also injured during the colbert as a result of the shooting of border guards. https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/05/02/another-kolber-was-killed-in-less-than-24-hours/

They shot him in the heart from a distance of one meter

The forces of Iran’s border guard regiment shot a kolbar in the heart from a distance of one meter in Bastam region of Saqqez and killed him. Therefore, according to eyewitnesses, on the night of Wednesday, May 1st, the forces of Iran’s border guard regiment shot at the heart of a colbar named Hemn Ahmadi from a distance of one meter without prior warning and killed him. Hemn Ahmadi was 45 years old, married and the father of an 8-year-old daughter. Between May 1, 2023 and May 1, 2024, about 50 Kolbers were killed and more than 420 Kolbers were injured.

Armed conflict in Baneh. 4 members of the border regiment were killed and injured

As a result of the armed conflict in the Hengjal border area near the city of Baneh, one member of the Iranian Border Guard Regiment was killed and 3 other members of this force were injured. According to recent reports, a group of members of Iran’s border guard unit was ambushed by an unknown group at Hengjal border near Bane city of Kurdistan province, and one member of the border guard regiment was killed in this conflict. The Tasnim site affiliated with the IRGC announced that a guard tower in the Baneh border regiment was killed and two soldiers and one staff member of the border regiment were injured. Although government sources have indirectly accused Kurdish opposition parties, none of the Kurdish parties have claimed responsibility for this attack. In the past two years, the Hengjal border region has been the most dangerous region for the Kolbers. Dozens of kolbers were killed by direct fire from the forces of the Border Guard Regiment in Hengjal.

The execution of a Kurdish prisoner and the imminent threat of execution of two other prisoners

The death sentence of Anwar Khezri, a political prisoner of the Kurdish Sunni religion, who was accused of being a member of Salafist groups, was executed on Wednesday after 15 years of imprisonment. Khosrow Basharat and Kamran Sheikhe are in imminent danger of execution. Anwar is the fifth person to be executed in a seven-person case. The Iranian Human Rights Organization warns that two others, Khosrow Basharat and Kamran Sheikhe, are in imminent danger of execution. In order to save these two and other defendants who are on the death row, this organization asks the people and the international community to react to the wave of executions in the Islamic Republic. According to the information of Iran Human Rights Organization, on the morning of Wednesday, May 12th, Anwar Khezri, a Sunni Kurdish political prisoner, was executed after 15 years of imprisonment in Qazal Hesar prison in Karaj. Anwar Khezri was arrested in a joint case together with Farhad Salimi, Dawood Abdullahi, Ayoub Karimi, Khosrow Basharat, Kamran Sheikha and Qasim Abasteh in February 2009 and were sentenced to death based on their confessions under torture and without a fair trial. Earlier, four of the defendants in this case named Qasim Abasteh, Ayoub Karimi, Dawood Abdullahi and Farhad Salimi were executed in the past months. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, Anwar Khazari was transferred to solitary confinement on Tuesday, April 30, to execute the death sentence, and was executed on Wednesday morning without the family’s knowledge and the right to have a last visit in Qezel-Hesar prison in Karaj. Hours after the execution of Anwar Khezri, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience in Qazal-Hesar prison in Karaj, one of his co-accused named Khosro Basharat was transferred to solitary confinement to execute the death sentence. Khosrow Basharat was arrested in February 2009 by security forces in Mahabad city and transferred to Urmia Intelligence Department detention center.

In the grievance letter he published in 2019, he reported about his one-month detention and torture in the detention center of the Urmia Intelligence Department: “It was in February 2009 that I was arrested by the intelligence of Mahabad city and they immediately transferred me to the Urmia Intelligence Detention Center. For a whole month, they subjected me to various tortures. They tied my hands with handcuffs for a long time. They hung me from the ceiling with handcuffs many times They tied me to a bed and hit the soles of my feet with high-tension electric cables, so that my brain almost came out of my mouth, and my eyes were about to burst. These tortures continued for three weeks and after that They threatened me with the arrest of my family members, and at that time, under these tortures and threats, the interrogator wrote the accusations dictated to me by himself and forcibly took my signature and fingerprints on the same sheet, while at that time it was as if I was in this world. I wasn’t there and I didn’t know what I was signing.” After the beginning of the uprising of women, life, freedom, the number of executions in Iran has increased in an unprecedented way. In 2021, 333 people were executed in Iran, in 2022 and at the same time as the uprising of women, life, freedom, 582 people were executed in Iran, and in 2023, according to the report of the Iranian Human Rights Organization, this number reached 834 people. Since the beginning of 2024, 171 people have been executed in Iran.

Kurdish singer Hadi Laveh was arrested by Iranian security forces

According to the reports received this morning, the young Kurdish singer Hadi Laweh was arrested by the Iranian security forces in the city of Ashnoye./ According to eyewitnesses, the security forces had announced during the arrest of this Kurdish artist that they were arresting him for singing banned political songs./ Sources close to the family of this Kurdish singer have announced that the security forces have arrested Hadi Lavah with great violence./ So far, there is no information about the place of detention of this young Kurdish artist./ According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, at least 36 Kurdish political, civil and cultural activists have been arrested in Iran./ https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/05/01/kurdish-singer-hadi-laveh-was-arrested-by-iranian-security-forces/

Two Iranian Kurdish citizens were killed by the Turkish airstrike

On April 28, two Iranian Kurdish citizens named Ahmad Heydari and Rasool Yunsi, from Sardasht and resident of Mahabad, were killed in the bombing of the Turkish army’s drones in Khuneira mountain in Erbil province.\ These two Iranian Kurdish citizens had gone to this area to collect spring plants.\ After three days of searching, today, Wednesday, May 1, the relatives of the victims were able to find their bodies.\ According to CPT statistics, since 2015, more than 160 Kurdish civilians have been killed and more than 240 people have been injured due to Turkish airstrikes in different areas of Iraqi Kurdistan.\ https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/05/01/two-iranian-kurdish-citizens-were-killed-by-the-turkish-airstrike/

Iran’s border guards wounded 11 other Kolbers

Due to the direct fire of the Iranian Border Guards, 11 other Kolbers were injured in the areas of Nausud, Marivan and Baneh./ ....read more...

Since May 1, 2023 to May 1, 2024: 48 kolbers were killed and 424 kolbers were injured.

According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, from May 1, 2023 to May 1, 2024, which coincides with International Workers’ Day, at least 48 kolbers were killed and 424 kolbers were injured./ Meanwhile, according to the kolbers News report, at least 38 kolbers were killed and 153 kolbers were injured between May 1, 2022 and May 1, 2023./ However, the violence and killings against kolbers have increased more than twice. There has been an unprecedented increase in the targeting of kolbers since the middle of last fall./ Due to the discrimination of the government against the Kurdish areas and the lack of job opportunities in these areas and the severe poverty and unemployment in these areas, tens of thousands of Kurdish citizens have to turn to the work of kolbari./ During the years 2013 to 2023, at least 546 kolbers were killed and 1249 kolbers were injured./ None of the Iranian regime’s armed forces have been prosecuted for firing directly at kolbers , despite the fact that according to Iranian laws, direct shooting at kolbers is prohibited./ https://muhemedemini.home.blog/2024/04/29/since-may-1-2023-to-may-1-2024-48-kolbers-were-killed-and-413-kolbers-were-injured/

Cartridges and the court against the kolbers… a heavy fine against the kolbers in Baneh

Despite the fact that the judicial authority of Iran has remained silent in front of the killing of the Kolbers, it issues heavy punishments and fines against this poor group, who have to turn to the hard work of the Kolbery due to the lack of employment opportunities.

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