Hiwa – Database of Political Prisoners
List of Political Prisoners
Hiwa is the hope for a bright horizon from the darkness of prison. Here, we have dedicated pages to each of the Kurdish prisoners and detainees in Iran’s prisons and security detention centres to document a portion of the suffering and injustice inflicted on their lives and rights. It is an effort against forgetting and a call for justice.
Shaker Behrouz
Born: Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Acting against national security – Armed insurrection (baghi) – Premeditated murder
Sentence: Five years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Siamak Hayasi
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Pending
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Sina Dashmir
Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Participant in Anti-Government Protests
Charged With: Acting against national security – Assembly and collusion with intent to commit a crime against the security of the country – Disrupting public order and peace
Sentence: Total of 75 months imprisonment, a fine, 40 lashes
Current Status: Released under electronic surveillance with an ankle tag
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So’ada Khadirzadeh
Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Four years imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Soheyla Motaei
Born: Dehgolan, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Civil Rights Activist
Charged With: Disturbing public mind – Propaganda against the state
Sentence: Three months imprisonment, three years suspended imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned at Sanandaj Women's Prison
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Sohrab Avizkan
Born: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Assembly and collusion with intent to commit a crime against the security of the country – Disrupting public order and peace
Sentence: Three years imprisonment and three years of exile in Zanjan
Current Status: Imprisoned in Mahabad Prison
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Soleiman Abdi
Born: Saqqez, Kurdistan Province
Field of activity: Labour/Trade Union Activist
Charged With: Disrupting public order and peace – Propaganda against the state
Sentence: Eight months imprisonment and 70 lashes suspended for two years
Current Status: Released
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Soleyman Adhami
Born: Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Sunni Activist
Charged With: Armed insurrection (baghi)
Sentence: Pending
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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Soleyman Salek
Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Political Activist
Charged With: Forming or leading a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security – Membership of a group or assembly with the intention of disrupting national security/ Membership of opposition groups
Sentence: Seven years and six months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Mahabad Prison
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Sorayya Gheitaran
Born: Piranshahr, West Azerbaijan Province
Field of activity: Unknown
Charged With: Acting against national security
Sentence: Nine months imprisonment
Current Status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison
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