Davoud Abdollahi Archives - KHRN

January 2, 2024

Kurdish prisoner of conscience executed after 14 years in prison

Kurdish prisoner of conscience Davoud Abdollahi was executed today after 14 years in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province. He went on hunger strike after being transferred to solitary confinement for execution on 26 December and was executed on the seventh day of his hunger strike, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Abdollahi had been sentenced to death along with six others –...

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November 30, 2023

Five Kurdish prisoners of conscience at imminent risk of execution

Kurdish prisoners of conscience Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, and Farhad Salimi face imminent execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, after spending 14 years in prison on charges of "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz). The executions of two of their co-defendants, Ghassem Abasteh and Ayoub Karimi on 5 and 29 November, respectively, have sparked concerns about the...

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Davoud AbdollahiRajai Shahr Prison in Karaj

Kurdish Sunni civilian

Detention date: 7 December 2009

Charged with: Spreading corruption on earth

Sentence: Death penalty

Current status: Imprisoned in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj

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