Hengaw
Sign in to saveHengaw () or Hengaw Organization for Human Rights (, , ) is a human rights NGO registered in Norway. It focuses on reporting and documenting human rights violations in Iran, especially against its Kurdish minority.
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- human rights organization
- Headquarters
- Oslo
- Official website
- hengaw.net
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- inception
- 2016-10-00
- operating area
- Iranian Kurdistan
- social media followers
- 54733
- affiliation
- Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan
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Hengaw () or Hengaw Organization for Human Rights (, , ) is a human rights NGO registered in Norway. It focuses on reporting and documenting human rights violations in Iran, especially against its Kurdish minority.
==History== Hengaw was founded in 2020. Their reporting on the treatment of Kolbars has been used by the United Nations. 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.
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