Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Iranian security forces have put detained students under severe physical and psychological torture in solitary confinement, confirmed a civilian recently released from the custody. Local Sources in Marivan reported continuing detention and torture of civilians at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Marivan. “Security forces raided Shariati Mariwan High School in the past days and arrested two students,” a source told KHRN. The security forces had refused to…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that prisoners held at Saqqez Prison have protested to the “exile of several prisoners and cancellation of short-term furloughs on October 7 per the order issued by the Chief Justice of the Kurdistan Province,” and as a result, the protesting prisoners have clashed with the the prison guards who confronted them. “The clashes between the prisoners and the Saqqez prison guards began at…

Three Kurdish political prisoners held at the Military Ward of Kerman Central Prison went on hunger strike in protest of being under pressure of the prison guards on September 28, a source confirmed to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN. The three prisoners Taher Khorshidi, Amir Peyghami and Faruq Sharwerani, demanded in a letter to be transferred to the open prison or back to Orumiyeh…

Two Kurdish political prisoners, Mohammad (Esmat) Salahshour and Shaker Behrouzi, are being pressured to confess to killing a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC). The two prisoners were transferred from Orumiyeh Central Prison to IRGC Detention Centre in Orumiyeh in March and May respectively. “Mohammed Salahshour was transferred back to Orumiyeh Central Prison after four days of interrogation but Shaker Behrouzi is still…

The Kurdish singer ‘Peyman Mirzazadeh’ ended his hunger strike at Orumiyeh Central Prison. He had begun a hunger strike five days ago in protest to being sentenced to 100 lashes and two years of imprisonment. A reliable source has told Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN) that Peyman Mirzazadeh had ended his hunger strike upon the authorities’ favourable promises and his cellmates requests. “Due to being…

There are serious concerns about the fate of of Hossein Kamangar who has been on hunger strike for the past 18 days during which no information has been received about his fate. He is under pressure to make forced confessions at the Sanandaj Intelligence Detention Centre. Special Report: Iran invents scenario to execute Kurdish activists “Over the past two weeks, Kamangar’s family have repeatedly referred…

The Kurdish singer ‘Peyman Mirzazadeh’ was transferred to branch 4 of Enforcement Office at Orumiyeh Central Prison and was flogged with 100 lashes to which he had been sentenced in June 2019 in addition to two years of imprisonment. He has gone on hunger strike in protest to the afore-mentioned sentences. “The reason for issuing a lashes order by Branch 110 of Orumiyeh Public Court…

Hossein Kamangar, a Kurdish activist who has been temporarily detained for the past seven months, has gone on hunger strike in protest to his continued arrest and uncertain condition as well as pressure on him to make forced confessions. “During the past few days, relatives and families of Hossein Kamangar have gathered several times in front of the Sanandaj Intelligence Bureau and demanded information about…

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN):: Ali Baderkhani, the detained Kurdish author who is currently held at the Labour ward at Orumiyeh Central Prison contrary to the principle of Separation of Crimes, is suffering from kidney disease and prison authorities have so far denied his frequent requests to be transferred to the prison’s clinic. A source close to the prisoner has told KHRN that Baderkhani’s health…