Hengaw Organization for Human Rights
Formation2016
TypeOrganization for Human Rights
HeadquartersTrondheim, Norway
Websitehengaw.net

Hengaw (Kurdish: هەنگاو) or Hengaw Organization for Human Rights (Kurdish: Dezgehe Mafê Mirovan a Hengawê, ڕێکخراوی هەنگاو بۆ مافەکانی مرۆڤ, Persian: سازمان حقوق بشری هنگاو) is a Norway-based Kurdish human rights NGO founded in 2016 for the purpose of reporting on the human rights violations against Kurds in Iran.[1][2] Their reporting on the treatment of Kolbars has been used by the United Nations.[3] Since 2022, their reporting on the crackdown of protesters in Iranian Kurdistan during the Mahsa Amini protests in 2022 has been used by various international media outlets.[2][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". hengaw.net. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "At least 2 killed in Iran as security forces intensify crackdown over protests". CNN. 8 October 202. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Hengaw Human Rights Organisation welcomes the United Nation Secretary-General's report on the human rights situation in Iran". hengaw.net. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Iran's crackdown on protests intensifies in Kurdish region". ABC News. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Iran toughens crackdown as some oil workers reported to join protests". Reuters. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Lauren Ban (October 8, 2022). "Iranian human rights group: Iranian forces open fire on Mahsa Amini protesters". www.jurist.org. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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