Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish political prisoner Abdolaziz Gol-Mohammadi attempted suicide in Orumiyeh Central Prison today in protest at the authorities' refusal to grant him temporary leave, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Gol-Mohammadi's suicide attempt is the second incident of self-harm by Kurdish political prisoners in Orumiyeh Central Prison, underlining the pressure and deprivation of legal rights faced by inmates. In similar circumstances, on 26 February, Shahin...

Kurdish prisoner of conscience Abdolaziz Gol-Mohammadi is in critical condition on the 27th day of his hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison. Despite recent meetings with the authorities, including Morad Fathi, the Director General of Prisons in West Azerbaijan Province, and Nasser Atabati, the provincial head of the judiciary, no concrete action has been taken in response to Gol-Mohammadi's request for leave. Gol-Mohammadi's hunger strike has...

Kurdish political prisoner Abdolaziz Gol-Mohammadi is now in the 19th day of his hunger strike in the infirmary of the Orumiyeh Central Prison, West Azerbaijan Province. Despite the severity of his physical condition and the prison authorities' agreement to grant him temporary leave, the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continues to oppose his request. Since he began the hunger strike, Gol-Mohammadi has...

Kurdish political prisoner Abdolaziz Gol-Mohammadi is now in the 13th day of his hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, raising serious concerns about his deteriorating health. Today, Gol-Mohammadi's condition worsened as he experienced a significant drop in blood pressure and severe weakness, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The prison medical staff, alarmed by his critical physical condition, attributed it...

Kurdish political prisoner Abdolaziz Gol-Mohammadi has entered the sixth day of his hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province. Gol-Mohammadi began his dry hunger strike on 14 October in protest at the rejection of his request for leave by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organisation. The political prisoner was transferred from the political prisoners' ward to the prison infirmary on 19...

Kurdish political prisoner Abdolaziz Gol-Mohammadi, who is serving a sentence of ten years and one day in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, began a dry hunger strike on 14 October in protest at the rejection of his request for leave by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organisation. Gol-Mohammadi delivered a letter to the prison authorities on 14 October declaring his hunger...

A court in northwestern Orumiyeh has summoned and imprisoned Kurdish civilian Abdolaziz Gol-Mohammadi in Orumiyeh Central Prison for retrial. Gol-Mohammadi was previously sentenced to jail, but the Supreme Court had overturned the ruling. His imprisonment last week comes at a time that his case has not yet been re-examined. On 3 February, Branch 3 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh sentenced Gol-Mohammadi to 10 years...