Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A group of 120 prisoners, including 38 political prisoners, were transferred from Mahabad Prison to Miandoab Prison on 5 March under heavy security measures and are currently being held in harsh

At least 18 Kurdish political prisoners have been transferred without prior notice from Mahabad Prison to Miandoab Prison, amid heightened security measures following nearby military

Sajjad Molaei, an Azerbaijani Turkic political prisoner held in the political prisoners’ ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison, has been left in poor physical condition after suffering a heart attack and

Prisoners in Mahabad staged a protest against their continued detention under wartime conditions after a Basij centre belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) near Mahabad Prison was

Prisoners of conscience at Orumiyeh Central Prison have demanded their release in a letter addressed to authorities, citing wartime conditions and concerns for their safety. The letter was signed

Shahin Vasaf, a Kurdish prisoner whose death sentence for “espionage for Israel” had been overturned and reduced to 10 years’ imprisonment, has been retried at the Court of Appeal in Orumiyeh,

Shahabeddin Haghdar, a Kurdish political activist from Salmas in West Azerbaijan Province, has been detained to serve a prison sentence of 10 years and one day following the confirmation of his

Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, has sentenced Kurdish political prisoners Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi and Mohammad Faraji to death after three years in

Foad Fathi, a Kurdish labour activist and political prisoner from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has been on hunger strike for 10 days in Evin Prison in Tehran, protesting against the targeted

Nasser Bekrzadeh, a Kurdish prisoner accused of “espionage for Israel” has been sentenced to death for a third time by the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province,