Ali Baderkhani, a prisoner who went on hunger strike for 7 days on August 7, 2018, in protest to not being transferred to the political prisoners’ ward in addition to being under the pressure of prison authorities, was beaten by several dangerous crimes prisoners who were provoked by the ward authorities. In this regard, an informed source has told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)…
Read moreA Kurdish political prisoner detained in Orumiyeh central prison has gone on hunger strike after being transferred to a solitary confinement cell. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Ghader Mohammad Zadeh, who was transferred to solitary confinement on June 09 after protesting to being deprived of a bed (forced to give up his bed to another prisoner as a punishment) as well…
Read moreA Kurdish political prisoner detained in Orumiyeh Central Prison was transferred to solitary confinement on authorities orders. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that prison authorities went to section 3-4 without offering any specific reason on June 09 and asked the Kurdish political prisoner known Ghader Mohammad Zadeh to give up his bed to another prisoner as a punishment. The political prisoner resisted…
Read moreThis morning, on Tuesday, May 22, the prison authorities have confiscated the knitting tools of political prisoners at ward 3 of Miandoab Prison under the pretext of knitting the “Kurdistan Flag” although these knitting tools formed the sole source of these prisoner’s livelihoods. An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that, this morning, several Guards of Miandoab Prison have raided ward 3, inspected…
Read moreThe former Cellmate of the Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, has passed away suspiciously in her home. She was reportedly under pressure and threatened by the Kermanshah Intelligence Office due to her contacts with Zeynab Jalalian, Kermanshah Forensic Medicine has declared the cause of death as suicide. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Oct 14, 2017, the body of Zahra Azade…
Read moreOn Wednesday,January 3, during a siege of one of the villages of Piranshahr by the Intelligence Forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRCG), a clash took place between these forces and Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran. As a result of this incident, six members of the Ministry of Intelligence and IRCG were killed. Following the outbreak of the conflict, reports from Hamza Seyyed al-Shohda’s…
Read moreOn Jan 1, 2018, one of the Baloch prisoners Birjand Central Prison was transferred to solitary confinement cell after a clash with another prisoner and was killed by the head of the Prison Special Guard with electric Shocker. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that On Monday, Jan 1, 2018, Abdul Rahman Naroui, son of Abdul Hamid from Zahedan, was transferred to solitary…
Read moreDuring the past days, following a protest rally in various cities of Iran against corruption, oppression and injustice, citizens of Kermanshah held a protest rally for the second consecutive day in Azadi Square this morning. According to videos posted on the social networks of protesters in Kermanshah yesterday and today, the protestors demanded the release of political prisoners in addition to shouting slogans against the…
Read moreDuring the past few days, a Kurdish student was sentenced to 50 lashes and fines by Saqez Criminal Court on charges of disrupting the public order. “Zamaneh Zivia, a final year law student of Payam-e-Noor University of Saqez, who was arrested at her home in Nov 6 following street celebrations in support of the referendum for Kurdistan Independence by security forces at home. This Kurdish…
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