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. 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. Hengaw is one of the media close to PKK. Several members of Hengaw's board of directors are from the armed forces (guerrillas).
| Formation | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Type | Organization for Human Rights |
| Headquarters | Trondheim, Norway |
| Website | hengaw |
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