Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Farhad Salimi, a 43-year-old Sunni Kurdish cleric and prisoner of conscience, was executed today at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, after 14 years behind bars. Salimi, from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was executed on charges of "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz) without prior notice and without the opportunity for a final meeting with his family. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned...

Farhad Salimi, a 43-year-old Sunni Kurdish cleric and prisoner of conscience, was transferred to solitary confinement for execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, on 21 January. Salimi, who has spent 14 years in prison, was transferred to solitary confinement following the recent executions of three of his co-defendants, Ghassem Abasteh, Ayoub Karimi and Davoud Abdollahi, in Ghezel Hesar prison on 5 November,...

Some nine Kurdish political and religious prisoners are currently facing imminent execution in prisons in Karaj, Alborz Province, and Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, as well as in an undisclosed detention centre. The identities of these individuals are Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Farhad Salimi, Anvar Khezri, Pezhman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, and Reza Rasaei. These prisoners were sentenced to death during unfair trials on charges...

Sunni Kurdish prisoners of conscience Farhad Salimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat and Kamran Sheikheh went on hunger strike on 3 January in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, following the execution of their co-defendant Davoud Abdollahi and the threat of their own imminent execution. These prisoners, along with at least ten other prisoners of conscience, are being held in isolation and without basic facilities...

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...

The death sentence against seven Kurdish Sunni prisoners of conscience Anwar Khezri, Kamran Shekhe, Khosro Besharat, Dawoud Abdollahi, Farhad Salimi, Qasem Abasteh and Ayoub Karimi was upheld by the Branch 41 of Supreme Court. The verdict was formally communicated to Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabai, their lawyer, on Monday, February 3, sources told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).  They were sentenced to death by Branch...