The Kurdish Human Rights Situation Report in July 2020
This is KMMK’s monthly report, July 2020, on the human rights situation in eastern Kurdistan. This report summarizes key human rights issues on events during July 2020, including executions, detentions, homocide, torture and suicide. Data is collected from several sources of KMMK, including direct reports.
This report does not include every issue and event. The absence of an issue is due to resource limitations, restriction to access to the country, the availability of information, and silencing independent voices, civil and human rights groups by the Iranian government.
In July 2020 Iranian government continued its disregard for basic human rights by discrimination, illegal detention of Kurdish citizens, torture and closing off any possibility of organized political activities that are not fully aligned with its propaganda.
Execution:
In July 2020, at least seven people were executed in Iranian prisons.
Name | Age | City | Accusation | Dare of excecuation |
Farhad Shokri | Unknown | Sarpol-e Zahab | Homicide | 13.07.2020 |
Assad Keshawarz | Unknown | Urimia | Homicide | 20.07.2020 |
Amir Safarkesh | Unknown | Urimia | Homicide | 20.07.2020 |
Kamil Qaderi | Unknown | Naqadeh | Homicide | 22.07.2020 |
Ali Abdi | Unknown | Urimia | Homicide | 27.07.2020 |
Amirhosein Qahrian | Unknown | Urimia | Homicide | 27.07.2020 |
Morteza PirKhezri | Unknown | Senneh (Sanandaj) | Homicide | 31.07.2020 |
Imprisonment and illegal detention:
In July 2020, at least thirty six Kurdish civilians were detained by Iranian security forces. Most of the detainees were arrested without any clear accusation and without court order. It has been reported that some detainees have been beaten and tortured by the security and intelligence forces.
First name | Family name | Age | Place of detention | Date | Accusation |
Ali | Sakeni | Unknown | Senneh (Sanandaj) | 02.07.2020 | Unknown – Poletical reseans |
Kavan | Kasrai | 23 | Marivan | 02.07.2020 | Unknown |
Soran | Mokhtarifar | Unknown | Mahabad | 02.07.2020 | Unknown |
Soran | Nasiri | Unknown | Mahabad | 02.07.2020 | Unknown |
Omid | Abbasi | Unknown | Mahabad | 02.07.2020 | Unknown |
Rebuvar | Padast | Unknown | Mahabad | 03.07.2020 | Unknown |
Reza | Ramazani | Unknown | Eslamabad-e Gharb | 07.07.2020 | Blasphemy |
Abubakr | Abdi | 23 | Shino (Oshnavieh) | 08.07.2020 | Unknown |
Behruz | Bayazidi | 25 | Shino (Oshnavieh) | 08.07.2020 | Unknown |
Keyvan | Shivani | 26 | Shino (Oshnavieh) | 08.07.2020 | Unknown |
Fateh | Mohammadkhani | Unknown | Ciwanro (Javanrud) | 08.07.2020 | Unknown – civil activist |
Farshad | Baygi | Unknown | Kermenshah | 10.07.2020 | Unknown |
Matin | Khuleh | 16 | Mahabad | 12.07.2020 | Unknown |
Osman | Rahimifard | Unknown | Kamyaran | 14.07.2020 | Unknown |
Ali | Zaravi | Unknown | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | 14.07.2020 | Collaborating with Kurdish parties |
Adel | Sheikhe | Unknown | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | 14.07.2020 | Collaborating with Kurdish parties |
Yousef | Jahanara | Unknown | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | 14.07.2020 | Collaborating with Kurdish parties |
Osman | Rusta | Unknown | Sardasht | 17.07.2020 | Unknown |
Diako | Tara | Unknown | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | 17.07.2020 | Unknown |
Morad | Moradi | Unknown | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | 18.07.2020 | Unknown |
Seyyed Kamil | Ahmadi | Unknown | Senneh (Sanandaj) | 18.07.2020 | Unknown |
Fattah | Frouhar | Unknown | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | 19.07.2020 | Collaborating with Kurdish parties |
Mojtaba | Basati | Unknown | Kermenshah | 19.07.2020 | Unknown – media activist |
Reza | Ghorbani | Unknown | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | 20.07.2020 | Unknown |
Ranko | Ghorbani | Unknown | Tabriz | 20.07.2020 | Unknown |
Mansur | Almasi | Unknown | Boukan | 21.07.2020 | Unknown |
Jafar | Osafi | 30 | Boukan | 21.07.2020 | Unknown |
Kiomars | Unknown | Teenager | Hewraman (Avroman) | 21.07.2020 | Collaborating with Kurdish parties |
Hemin | Adawai | Teenager | Hewraman (Avroman) | 21.07.2020 | Collaborating with Kurdish parties |
Khalil | Hosseini | Unknown | Kermenshah | 21.07.2020 | Unknown |
Hossein | Hassanzadeh | 60 | Mahabad | 23.07.2020 | Unknown |
Khalil | Hosseini | Unknown | Kermenshah | 23.07.2020 | Protesting against execution |
Siyavash | Rouzkhun | 23 | Mahabad | 26.07.2020 | Collaborating with Kurdish parties |
Navid | mohammadi | Unknown | Naqadeh | 27.07.2020 | Unknown |
Khaled | mohammadi | Unknown | Naqadeh | 27.07.2020 | Unknown |
Hadi | Azizi | 20 | Sarpol-e Zahab | 28.07.2020 | Unknown |
Kolbar:
Kolbar (Kurdish: کۆڵبەر) is a worker who is employed to carry goods on his/her back across the borders. Most Kolbars live in eastern Kurdistan and they come from the poorest regions in the area. Kolbars are mostly considered illegal and have no insurance, retirement plans and unions.
In this month several Kolbars have been shot directly by Iranian border forces and Turkish border forces, and as a result ten Kolbers died and fourteen badly wounded.
Died Kolbars:
First name | Family name | Age | Place of incident | Cause of death | Date |
Ayat | Yousefi | Unknown | Salasi Bawajani (Salas-e Babajani) | Chased and then shot by Iranian armed forces | 07.07.2020 |
Ziad | Esbati Heydaranlou | Unknown | Urmia | Direct shooting by Turkish border forces | 11.07.2020 |
Ebrahim | Abubakri | Unknown | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 11.07.2020 |
Shamzin | Ahmadi | Unkown | Sumay-ye Beradust | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 17.07.2020 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Tete Heights | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 20.07.2020 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Tete Heights | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 20.07.2020 |
Vazir | Mohammadi | 29 | Nowsud | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 30.07.2020 |
Reza | Pouresmail | Unknown | Chaldiran – Amukhanzad | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 31.07.2020 |
Yousef | Ahmadi | Unknown | Sardasht – Mirabad | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 07.07.2020 |
Rasoul | Bakan | Unknown | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 19.07.2020 |
Wounded Kolbar:
First name | Family name | Age | Place of incident | Cause of injury | Date | |
Hekmat | Ahmadi | Unknown | Sumay-ye Beradust | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 17.07.2020 | |
Roshan | Jahangiri | Unknown | Sumay-ye Beradust | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 17.07.2020 | |
Ramin | Belkhanlu | Unknown | Maku border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 20.07.2020 | |
Mikail | Khosravi | Unknown | Hange Jale | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 21.07.2020 | |
Omid | Mohammadi | Unknown | Nowsud region | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 21.07.2020 | |
Veisi | Hosseinnezhad | Unknown | Chaldiran border | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 21.07.2020 | |
Azad | Sharifi | Unknown | Hange Jale | Direct shooting by Iranian armed forces | 27.07.2020 | |
Sheikhali | Hosseini | Unknown | Hange Jale | Direct shooting by Turkish border forces | 27.07.2020 | |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Hange Jale | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 27.07.2020 | |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Hange Jale | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 27.07.2020 | |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Hange Jale | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 27.07.2020 | |
Rebin | Esmail | 17 | Choman | Direct shooting by Iranian border forces | 04.07.2020 |
Suicide and self-immolation:
In July 2020 at least nine individuals committed suicide and self-immolation. At least three of them were teenagers: one fourteen and two sixteen years old.
First name | Family name | Age | Place | Reason | Date |
Amir | Arsalan | 16 | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | Family problems | 03.07.2020 |
Fakhradin | Mahmoudi | Unknown | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | Family problems | 04.07.2020 |
Shakiba | Zahmatkesh | 25 | Paveh | Unknown | 09.07.2020 |
Zaniar | Naderi | 14 | Unknown | Unknown | 10.07.2020 |
Abdulahad | Bazara | Unknown | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | Pressures realted to be a political prisoner | 12.07.2020 |
Fardin | Gouili | 42 | Senneh (Sanandaj) | Family problems | 20.07.2020 |
Unknown – Female | Unknown | 16 | Ravansar | Unknown | 31.07.2020 |
M. | A. | 21 | Piranshar (Piranshahr) | Unknown | 31.07.2020 |
Besna | Ahmadi | 59 | Urmia | Family problems | 01.07.2020 |
Wounded and killed by landmine explosion:
In July 2020 at least one individual was badly wounded and three individuals died by landmine explosions.
Died civilians by landmine explosion
In July 2020, at least three individuals (Kurdish civilians) were killed.
First name | Last name | Age | Location | Date |
Hadi | Omidi | Unknown | Ilam | 18.07.2020 |
Cheragh | Abdi | Unknown | Ilam | 18.07.2020 |
Salim | Taraat | Unknown | Ilam | 18.07.2020 |
Wounded civilians by landmine explosion |
First name | Family name | Age | Place | Damage | Date |
Mahdi | Omid | Unknown | Ilam | 18.07.2020 |
KMMK encourages Kurdish people in eastern Kurdistan to practice their basic human rights and to report to international institutions and to the world, the discriminations and violations of human rights by Iranian regime.
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