Shoaib Zarei, a member of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, was assassinated on 16 March near the party’s camp in the village of Zirgwez in Sulaymaniyah, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The party has issued a statement claiming that he was assassinated by agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Zarei, a 34-year-old man from Sanandaj, Kurdistan…
Read moreFaryad Ghaderi, a former political prisoner who was arrested on 10 March in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, is currently being held in temporary detention in the quarantine ward of Sanandaj Central Prison without access to legal representation or family visits. Ghaderi, who was arrested after being summoned to the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office, revealed his situation during a recent short telephone call, the Kurdistan Human…
Read moreKurdish political prisoner Kamran Ghassemi temporarily ended his hunger strike on 14 March after officials at Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province agreed to consider his demands. Ghassemi began the strike on 5 March in protest at the refusal of prison officials and the Ministry of Intelligence to grant him leave and conditional release. After announcing his hunger strike, Ghassemi was placed in solitary confinement…
Read moreKolbars Ata Hosseini and Mohammad Ganjeh lost their lives in recent days after they were shot by Iranian border guards in separate incidents in Kermanshah and West Azerbaijan Provinces. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned Hosseini, a 32-year-old father of one child from the village of Balehbezan in Paveh, Kermanshah Province, was seriously wounded by border guard’s gunfire in the border area of…
Read moreThe whereabouts and condition of Ramin Gorgani, a civilian arrested eight days ago by security forces in Kamyaran, Kurdistan Province, remain unknown. Gorgani was taken into custody on 5 March and transferred to an undisclosed location, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. He made a brief phone call in recent days, confirming his detention in a security facility. However, he has been denied the…
Read moreKurdish political prisoner Kamal Sharifi is now in his 16th year of a 30-year sentence in Minab Prison in Hormozgan Province. Despite battling various health problems acquired during his imprisonment, Sharifi has been consistently denied temporary leave and conditional release. Throughout his lengthy imprisonment, Sharifi has only been allowed one family visit. His health has been a major concern, and he has suffered two major health crises…
Read moreKurdish political prisoner Kamran Ghassemi has entered the eighth day of his hunger strike in solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison, West Azerbaijan Province, in protest at the refusal of prison officials and the Ministry of Intelligence to grant him leave and conditional release. Ghassemi was transferred to solitary confinement after announcing his hunger strike on 5 March and has since been denied the right…
Read moreKurdish civil rights activist Dana Lanjabadi was released from Marivan Prison, in Kurdistan Province, today on bail of 5 billion rials (nearly 8,000 USD) after spending three weeks in detention. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Lanjabadi, who was arrested on 20 February, was transferred from the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Marivan to the city’s prison on 11 March after…
Read moreArsalan Khodkam, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, was temporarily released today after spending nearly six years behind bars in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Khodkam has been struggling with sight problems in recent months as a result of being denied access to specialist medical services. Prison authorities informed him in October 2023…
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