Coronavirus Archives - KHRN

June 15, 2021

Covid-19: Detained Kurdish activist tests positive for virus

Kurdish civil rights activist Sakar Eini has contracted Covid-19 and has been taken to a cell in the safe ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison on 14 June. Eini was transferred to Orumiyeh Central

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August 31, 2020

Holding Muharram Mourning Ceremonies at Prison Despite Doctor’s Warnings

Despite the widespread outbreak of the coronavirus in the women's ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison and the transfer of several prisoners with the virus symptoms to the hospital, a mass mourning

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August 15, 2020

Second Wave Coronavirus Outbreak at Women’s Ward of Orumiyeh Prison

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that four women prisoners -Mohabbat Mahmoudi, Fatemeh Mirabi, Simin Seidi, and Donya Piri- who have been infected with the Coronavirus

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July 13, 2020

Kurdish Political Prisoner Diagnosed with Coronavirus

Kurdish political prisoner Reza Mollazadeh has been diagnosed with the Coronavirus in Borazjan Prison in Bushehr Province, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network

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April 6, 2020

New Rules of the Judiciary; Kurdish Political Prisoners Excluded

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): An increasing number of people with coronavirus in different cities of Iran have raised concerns about the health of prisoners. Although the Judiciary has

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March 7, 2020

Two Prisoners of Orumiyeh Central Prison Suspected of Coronavirus Transferred to Quarantine

Two prisoners suspected of suffering from coronavirus, who had been transferred to a hospital in the past few days, were transferred to a special quarantine facility yesterday. Currently, five

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March 6, 2020

Orumiyeh Central Prison: Prisoners Reject Prison Food in Protest Against Not Being Granted Temporary Release

Prisoners held at Ward 15 of Orumiyeh Central Prison rejected prison food in protest against not being granted leave yesterday afternoon. Mohammad Ghanbardoust, a religious prisoner who had been

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March 2, 2020

One Inmate Dead and 4 Persons Suspected of Coronavirus Transferred to a Hospital Out of Prison

A prisoner who had been taken to the hospital from Orumiyeh Central Prison two weeks ago due to suffering from asthma and heart problem, died in hospital on Feb 28. Farigh Mohammadi was in prison

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