Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Death row prisoner Hemin Mostafaei was today transferred to solitary confinement in Sanandaj Central Prison for execution. As his death sentence has been finalised, Mostafaei is at imminent risk of execution. The prisoner’s family and a group of civil rights activists have announced that they will gather outside Sanandaj Central Prison on 20 June to demand that his execution be halted. Similarly, on 21 June 2017, Mostafaei…

The Ministry of Intelligence has summoned some of the families of political prisoners in Orumiyeh Central Prison and interrogated them following the pressure on the prisoners. Also, in the last few days, the prosecutor of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, visited the ward of political prisoners and called them “separatists and terrorists” and threatened them with exile to prisons in other cities. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network…

The continued hunger strike of Kamal Lotfi, the imprisoned father of one of the victims of the recent anti-government protests in Dehgolan, Kurdistan province, has raised concerns about his condition. Lotfi has been on hunger strike since 18 May in protest at his continued imprisonment. In recent days, the civilian’s fellow prisoners have contacted his family and informed them of Lotfi’s deteriorating health, the Kurdistan Human…

Parvin Mousavi, a woman prisoner sentenced to death on drug-related charges, was transferred to solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison for execution today. Prison officials have informed the prisoner that her death sentence will be carried out at midnight tonight. Mousavi, a 53-year-old Azerbaijani Turkic civilian from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, was arrested about three years ago and sentenced to death on drug charges.

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Hajizadeh has been on hunger strike since 6 June in protest at his continued solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison and a new lawsuit filed against him. The prisoner informed his family of the hunger strike in a brief phone call on 6 June. Hajizadeh was summoned to the prison head’s office on 1 June on the pretext of “insulting the founder…

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Hajizadeh was summoned to the office of the head of Orumiyeh Central Prison on 1 June on the pretext of “insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran”, severely beaten by prison officials and then moved to solitary confinement, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. He also faced a new court case following pressure from the prison authorities…

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Hajizadeh was transferred to solitary confinement for punishment upon the orders of the authorities at Orumiyeh Central Prison on 1 June. The political prisoner protested against being held in Ward 1-2, the ward for prisoners charged with “premeditated murder”, and challenged the prison authorities’ failure to respect the principle of segregation of crimes. For the past year, Hajizadeh has been in poor…

Kamal Lotfi, the detained father of one of the victims of the recent anti-government protests in Dehgolan, Kurdistan province, has been on hunger strike for 11 days in Kamyaran Prison, protesting against his continued detention. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learnt that civilian is suffering from deteriorating health due to the hunger strike. On 28 May, the authorities at Kamyaran prison contacted Lotfi’s family…

Hadi Rostami, a prisoner sentenced to amputation of four fingers of his right hand, was transferred to solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 23 May after going on a hunger strike. Rostami went on a hunger strike to protest against the imminent risk of the amputation of his right hand. In recent days, the authorities of Orumiyeh Central Prison summoned Rostami to the prison’s Enforcement…