Ahmad Shaheed Archives - KHRN
Two Kurdish political prisoners remain in jail despite serving sentences in Iran
Two Kurdish political prisoners Yusef Kake Mami and Aliraza Rasouli have served their jail sentences in Iran but they have remained in jail facing new charges. Yusef Kake Mami served nine years in prison and Aliraza Rasouli served 42 months in jail but the Iranian authorities have refused them the right to be released and brought new charges against them. “Yusef Kake Mami, a Kurdish...
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KHRN joins call to renew Iran special rapporteur mandate
March 16, 2016 ...
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Kurdish political prisoners in Iran detail human rights violations in letter to Special Rapporteur
A Kurdish political prisoner who originally comes from Kobane (Syrian Kurdistan), Ramazan Ahmad, has written a letter signed by 22 other prisoners detailing human rights violation for which they hold responsible officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Local human rights activists told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that Ahmad had been transferred to Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj district despite an urgent need...
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