Saber Naderi, a Kurdish civilian from Ghorveh who had been sentenced to four years in prison by Sanandaj Court of Appeal last year, was arrested and transferred to Sanandaj Central Prison to serve his sentence.
Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Saber Naderi was arrested at his home in Ghorveh on Sunday, December 23 and subsequently transferred to Sanandaj Central Prison to endure his 4-year sentence.
The above-mentioned civilian was sentenced to six years in prison on charges of membership in one of the opposition groups by branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj last year, but this ruling was reduced to 4 years in prison by the Court of Appeal upon contesting the verdict.
Saber Naderi, director of Shahir Narmafzar Pooya Company, was arrested by security forces at his home in Ghorveh on Monday, December 4, 2016. At the time of arrest, the security forces had surrounded the house while around 20 officers, some of whom were dressed in Kurdish traditional clothing, raided his house for and inspected all his belongings.
After searching the house, the security forces seized three laptops, one of which belongs to Naderi’s wife, and the cell phones of all the family members in addition to some books and pamphlets.
At the same time, a number of security forces also attacked Naderi’s office, located in Ghorveh, and interrogated all his colleagues while searching the company and checking its computers. He was transferred to the Sanandaj Central Prison after being detained in solitary confinement for about 70 days at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj.
