Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Prisoner Akbar Farrokhi was executed on murder-related offences in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province on 7 November. He was sentenced to death under the Islamic law of qisas, or retribution-in-kind, which gives the victim’s family the right to retaliate. Farrokhi and another prisoner, Amin Khorshidi, were transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 6 November. Khorshidi's execution was halted after the great efforts by some...

Prisoners Amin Khorshidi and Akbar Farrokhi, previously sentenced to death for "premeditated murder", were transferred to solitary confinement for execution in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province on 6 November. Their execution was scheduled for the morning of 7 November unless the families of the victims agree to a pardon, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Khorshidi, a Kurdish civilian from the village...