Hengaw

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 was used by various international media outlets.[2][4][5]

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

References
  1. "About Us". Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  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". 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.
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