Ali Ahmad Suleiman Archives - KHRN

Ali Ahmad SuleimanReleased

Kurdish civilian from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Detention date: 17 November 2005

Charged with: Membership in PJAK, murdering two local members of the IRGC, illegal entry to the country, propaganda against the state in prison

Sentence: Five years in prison, death penalty and nine and a half years in prison, six months in prison, one year in prison

Current status: Released from Orumiyeh Central Prison on 22 February 2021

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February 22, 2021

Iraqi Kurdish political prisoner released after fifteen years in prison

Iraqi Kurdish political prisoner Ali Ahmad Suleiman has been released from Orumiyeh Central Prison in the morning of 22 February, after 15 years in prison. He was reportedly transferred to the Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs in Orumiyeh to be returned to Iraq. Though Suleiman is expected to be returned to Iraq, it is not known whether he will be extradited.“This morning, prison officials...

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April 29, 2020

Temporary Detention of Kurdish political Prisoners Extended for Another Month

The temporary detention of four political prisoners -Ibrahim Isaipour, Ahmad Tamouei, Kamal Hassan Ramadan and Ali Ahmad Suleiman- has been extended for another month, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to the source, "the Orumiyeh Prosecutor's Office has extended the detention of these four Kurdish political prisoners, who have been transferred from Orumiyeh Central Prison to one of the detention...

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April 11, 2020

Four Kurdish political prisoners Transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Orumiyeh

Four Kurdish political prisoners- “Ibrahim Isapour", "Ahmad Tamouei", "Kamal Hassan Ramazan" and "Ali Ahmad Suleiman" -were transferred from Orumiyeh Central Prison to the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Orumiyeh, an informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Earlier on Saturday, April 05, KHRN reported that the four political prisoners had been transferred from the political prisoners' ward to an unknown location by security forces...

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February 23, 2019

Three Kurdish Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike at Tabriz Central Prison

Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN): Three Kurdish political prisoners Ali Ahmad Suleiman, Yousef Kakamaemi and Aydin Ozchlik went on a one-day hunger strike at Tabriz Central Prison in protest to the Lack of Availability of Education in Mother Language for Kurdish children in Iran. This hunger strike was carried out simultaneously with the International Mother Language Day on February 21. "Article 15 of the Iranian...

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