Kurdish political prisoner Qadriyeh Qaderi has been on a hunger strike since 23 April protesting imprisonment far from her hometown, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Qadri is on hunger strike at the women section of Yasouj prison, the source said. The prison officials had initially agreed to change her prison to that near her hometown,, but they later…
Read moreThe violent crackdown Kurdish protests over the suspicious death of Farinaz Khosravani has led to the arrest of hundreds of protesters. Multiple sources informed Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that the Iranian intelligence services’ agents continue arresting people who had participated in those protests, the last of which took place more than two weeks ago. At least 20 people were critically injured amid the protests and…
Read moreKurdish political prisoner Mansour Arwand was hanged in Miandoab prison on 27 May. Intelligence and judiciary officials were present at the scene of his execution. However, his family members and lawyer were not informed of the date and time of his execution. “Mansour’s sentence was carried out strangely”, a Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) source said, “He was hanged by a crane instead of normal procedures and…
Read moreA Kurdish student injured by Iranian security forces during protests in Mahabad has died from critical wounds at Imam Khomeini hospital in the city of Oroumiyeh. Akam Talaj, 19, was shot and injured on May 17 amid widespread protests in the city of Mahabad following the suspicious death of a Kurdish chambermaid at a local hotel. One of his relatives told Kurdistan Human Rights Network…
Read moreIn June Sirwan Nezhawi, a 29 year old Kurdish political prisoner from Sardasht, called KHRN from Tabriz prison and gave the latest updates on his situation. He was executed by the Iranian authorities two months later in August. The following is the informations which he himself and his close relatives had provided to KHRN. Sirwan Nezhawi was arrested on 5 July 2011 a couple of…
Read moreKurdish political prisoner Behrouz Alkhani has been executed with five other prisoners in OrBehrouzumiyeh prison, a source based at the same prison confirmed. According to the source, Alkhani was called on 25 August from ward 12 to the guard office of the prison to supposedly receive a post package, but he was handcuffed and transferred to solitary confinement no. 7, where he was told that…
Read moreIt is the second anniversary of the execution of Kurdish political prisoners Reza Ismaili Mamadi and Habibullah Golparipour. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained detailed information about Golparipour’s arrest, trial and execution. The latest information obtained just recently and published for the first time includes a handwritten letter by Golparipour, a few audio files and copies of the sentences that the Islamic Revolutionary Court and…
Read moreSherko Moarefi, a native of the Kurdish border town of Baneh, was 33 at the time of his arrest by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps in a village near his hometown in October 2008. He was tried by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Saqez, which sentenced him to death on charges of: – Membership in an outlawed Kurdish party, the Komalah party. – Actions against national security –…
Read moreKurdish political prisoner Soleyman Sohrabi was transferred to a court in Mahabad after serving a six months of his jail sentence and the second term of his sentence, which consisted of 70 lashes, was implemented then the prison authorities released him On 17 November 2015, a local source said while speaking to Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) on condition of anonymity. This source said that…
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