Kamal Hassan Ramazan, a Death Row political prisoner, was transferred to the Orumiyeh IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) Detention Centre after being officially summoned to the Office of Prison Guard at Orumiyeh central prison under the pretext of interrogation.
An informed source told Human Rights Network Kurdistan that “On Tuesday afternoon, Nov 28th, Kamal Hassan Ramadan from the Syrian Kurdistan City of Srikani (Rojava) was summoned to the Office of Prison Guard. He was handed to the interrogation team with no specific reason before being transferred to the Orumiyeh IRGC Detention Centre by a interrogation team”.
The source described the sudden transfer of this political prisoner as “alarming” and added that “this was the third time he has been transferred to the Orumiyeh IRGC detention centre after being sentenced to life imprisonment. Each time he is being pressured and tortured for cooperation and making confessions on TV.”
Kamal Hassan Ramadan, 31, a Kurdish citizen from Syria (known as Rojava), was arrested by the Revolutionary Guard forces in the Persian Gulf of July 1993 along with two other Kurdish citizens from the city of Maku (near the city of Urmia) and transferred to the IRGC security detention centre.
This political prisoner was questioned at detention Iranian Revolutionary Guards and the Intelligence Ministry for Four months. Later, all three political prisoners were transferred to Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court (Branch 2) on Aug 14, 2015. The court hearing of all three political prisoners was headed by judge Sheykhloo who charged them with charged with membership in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) after an hour of the hearing. All three political prisoners were sentenced to 10 years and one day in prison. The decree was officially announced to the prisoners’ lawyer.
The 10 years imprisonment sentence of Ramezan, was reduced to 7 years since he did not make an appeal and per Article 442. After the verdict was finalized, he was transferred to the Detention Centre of IRGC of Orumiyeh Prison in February 2014. He was subjected to increasing pressure for two months to make confessions on TV.
Ramezan was also transferred to The Ministry of Intelligence’s detention centre and the Intelligence Corps (IRGC) in Orumiyeh last year (on 6 December for 8 days and 6 January for ten days) to be questioned in relation to the murder of IRGC who was killed about ten years ago.
On Saturday 20 May 2017, the Enforcement Officer of Orumiyeh Central Prison summoned Hassan Ramadan and officially served him the absolute decree of Execution issued by Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court (Branch 3) on the charges of membership in PKK and participation in armed conflict with the Iranian government. This decree has been issued in absentia at a time when the Kurdish political prisoner (resident of Syria) has not even been in Iran.
