Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): On Monday morning, March 12, a prisoner charged with murder was executed at Tabriz Central Prison. A reliable source told KHRN that Islam Farsi, 42-year-old from the city of Eilkhchi of Tabriz, was arrested about 15 years and eight months ago on charges of murdering his wife. He was hanged at the Tabriz Central Prison in the presence of the...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Over the past few days, seven Kurdish activists- who were arrested in Kamyaran, Sanandaj and Marivan- were temporarily released on bail. Meanwhile, 14 other activists are still held at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj. Jamal Asadi spent one day in prison while Iraj Rahimzadeh, Pouria Ahmadi and Zakaria Naqshbandi served 15 days. Shaho Faraji spent 20 days...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Three prisoners- Hossein Rahimi, Naji Omarzadeh and Khalil Salehi- were executed on murder charges at Orumiyeh Central Prison on Monday March 11, 2019. A reliable source told KHRN that "these prisoners were transferred from Ward 3-4 to solitary confinement cells a day before the execution and they were executed on Monday at the Orumiyeh Central Prison in the presence of...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Zeynab Jalalian, a political prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment who is held at Khoy prison, was transferred to dentistry clinic last week after waiting for two months to get her teeth and gum infections treated. She also visited her family this week after three months of being deprived of visitation rights. "Zeynab had requested to be taken to a dentistry...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): The verdict for Farshad Abbasi, a Kurdish civilian who was previously sentenced to 5 years in prison by branch 1 of Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court on the charge of membership in one of the Kurdish opposition parties, was equally approved by branch 13 of the Court of Appeal in Orumiyeh This Kurdish civilian was arrested last August by the forces of...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Over the past few days, security forces affiliated with the Intelligence Ministry have attempted to arrest at least 15 Kurdish civilians in a massive operation by visiting the houses of several people from the village of “Heki" of "Tergawar" at Orumiyeh province. According to reports received by KHRN some of these civilians fled after being informed about plans for widespread...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Jamal Asadi, an environmental activist and member of the climbing group called "Chalchemah", was arrested on Tuesday, March 05. He was telephone summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence and transferred to Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Sanandaj. There is still no news about the fate and whereabouts of this activist despite the consistent enquiries made by his family for...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): A Kurdish singer 'Peyman Mirzazadeh', arrested on Thursday, February 20 by security forces, was sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment and permanent deprivation of singing by branch one of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh. A reliable source told KHRN that "On Saturday, March 2, 2019, Peyman Mirzazadeh was transferred to the branch one of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of...

Anwar Khezri, the Kurdish religious prisoner who has been detained for more than 9 years at the Rajayshahr Prison of Karaj, has written an open letter about his attempt to commit suicide when interrogated at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Orumiyeh in protest to being under physical and psychological torture. He was sentenced to death at Branch 28 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court headed...