Press Release

The Zagros Human Rights  Center today joins the Iranian people and the international community to commemorate the first anniversary of the assassination of Jina-Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish victim of police oppression in Iran. On September 16, 2022, his life was tragically cut short by the Iranian government’s moral police …

June 21, 2023 The brutal attack by the Albanian police on Camp Ashraf-3 raises serious concerns regarding the respect for fundamental human rights and international treaties. On June 20, 2023, a force consisting of approximately 1000 Albanian police officers conducted an unexpected raid on Camp Ashraf-3, resulting in extensive destruction …

June 21, 2023 Yesterday, on June 20, 2023, Yusra Derviş, Co-Chair of Qamichli Canton in Syrian Kurdistan, in the de facto autonomous region of Rojava, was tragically assassinated in an attack carried out by Turkish aircraft. We express our deep shock and indignation at this assassination and the attacks perpetrated …

Zagros Human Rights Center expresses deep concern regarding the recent tragic events in Kirkuk, Iraq, which have resulted in the loss of human lives and numerous injuries. We strongly condemn all forms of violence and call on all parties involved to exercise restraint, engage in dialogue, and resolve conflicts peacefully. …

  The civil war in Sri Lanka opposed, officially from 1983 to 2009, the government of Sri Lanka dominated by the Sinhalese Buddhist majority, and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ilam (LTTE), a separatist organization fighting for the creation of Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the east and north …

  Mass protests against price liberalization and the government’s indifference to the living conditions of the country’s people, which began in recent days in several cities of Khuzestan province, have spread to several other Iranian provinces. Demonstrators are protesting against rising food prices and demanding the resignation of Iran’s religious …

Turkish troops have once again and extensively attacked the northern regions of Iraq and the federal region of Iraqi Kurdistan. The attacks, which started a few days ago with the bombing of some areas, continue. The Turkish army’s air and ground forces are involved in these attacks, and the pretext …

15 October 2019   Amid ongoing fighting in northern Syria and disturbing reports that extrajudicial killings have been streamed online, the United Nations and their partners are continuing to deliver humanitarian supplies to tens of thousands of people displaced by the violence, UN agencies stressed on Tuesday.   Briefing journalists …

A number of international personalities and organizations in an open letter to the UN Secretary-General, the UN High-Commissioner for Refugees and the UN High-Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern over the situation in Rojava (Syria) and the consequences of the invasion of the region by Turkey.   the Open letter …

Iranian officials have informed the family of the Kurdish political prisoner Mansour Arvand, that was executed Sunday, June 14, 2015. Mansour Arvand was arrested in his home, in June 2011, and sentenced to death by the first of the Revolutionary Court in Mahabad (a Kurdish city in West Azerbaijan province …