Hengaw Organization for Human Rights
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We are a non-profit organization focused on advocating for human rights in Iran, content in English and German.
Hengaw special report on the 12-day war between Iran and Israel—casualties and human rights violations one month after the ceasefire This report consists of 11 sections. hengaw.net/en/reports-and…
🔴 The death sentences of six prisoners, including a female inmate, were carried out at Yazd Central Prison. The executed individuals, identified as Atefeh Amini, Reza Akhiri, Ali Momeni, Bahram Seyed-Nasiri, Amirhossein Hassankhani, and Fakhraddin Raei. hengaw.net/en/news/2025/0…

🚨 Chiako Yousefinejad buried beside Hooman Abdollahi despite Intelligence interference According to a report received by Hengaw, the body of Chiako Yousefinejad, the late Kurdish environmental activist, was ultimately buried next to the grave of Hooman Abdollahi—a young man…

🔴 A video shows mourners at the funeral of Chiako Yousefinejad—Kurdish athlete and environmental activist—joining artist Jalal Davoudi in singing “Happy Birthday to You” (Bepîrôz bê Cejna Ladaykbûnt). Today, July 28, marks Yousefinejad’s birthday. He passed away the night…
🔴 Hemn Danesh, a young kolbar from Marivan, was shot and killed by Iran’s border guard forces. He is the seventh kolbar to be fatally shot by government forces since the ceasefire between Iran and Israel was declared. hengaw.net/en/news/2025/0…

The death sentences of Alireza Mirforoughi and Saleh Hatami, an Arab prisoner, were carried out at Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd). Both had previously been convicted of “premeditated murder” by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran. hengaw.net/en/news/2025/0…
Sanandaj – Kurdish environmentalist Khabat Amini dies from severe burns in Abidar Mountain fire, bringing death toll to three hengaw.net/en/news/2025/0…
🚨 Crowd gathers in front of Kawsar Hospital in Sanandaj after death of Kurdish activist Chiako Yousefinejad Large crowds have gathered outside Kawsar Hospital in Sanandaj (Sine) following the announcement of the death of Chiako Yousefinejad, a well-known Kurdish athlete and…
Die politischen Gefangenen Behrouz Ehsani Eslamlou und Mehdi Hassani im Ghezel-Hesar-Gefängnis in Karaj hingerichtet hengaw.net/de/news/2025/0…
Kurdish environmental activist Chiako Yousefnejad dies from severe burns in Abidar highlands fire, Sanandaj His death comes just two days after fellow activist and attorney Hamid Moradi also passed away from injuries sustained in the same incident. hengaw.net/en/news/2025/0…
Four prisoners executed in Ghezel Hesar, Isfahan, and Khorramabad Prisons hengaw.net/en/news/2025/0…
🚨 Breaking News: Kurdish environmental activist Chiako Yousefnejad has died from severe injuries sustained while battling a wildfire in the Abidar mountain of Sanandaj. He lost his life moments ago.

Hengaw special report – escalating legal and economic repression of Baha’i adherents in Isfahan under article 49 hengaw.net/en/reports-and…
Executions and exile follow armed raid on Ghezel Hesar’s political prisoners hengaw.net/en/news/2025/0…
Five prisoners executed in separate cases across Iran hengaw.net/en/news/2025/0…
Two kolbars injured in Marivan – severe beating follows gunshot wounds hengaw.net/en/news/2025/0…
Political prisoners Behrouz Ehsani Eslamlou and Mehdi Hassani executed in Ghezel Hesar Prison, Karaj hengaw.net/en/news/2025/0…
Abdanan – Kurdischer Schriftsteller Naser Hemmati wegen Unterstützung Israels zu Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt hengaw.net/de/news/2025/0…