Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The fate of Hadi Rostami, a prisoner sentenced to amputation of four fingers, remains unknown after he was tortured by prison officers and taken to an unknown location on 12 June. "On Sunday, 12 June, several prison guards went to the type 1 ward of hall 9 in the Great Tehran Prison and severely beat Hadi Rostami. During this beating, Hadi Rostami’s nose broke and...

In a joint report published on 10 June, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights in Iran (ABC) emphasised the imminent risk of finger amputation of at least eight prisoners in Tehran According to the latest reports received from the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary, at least seven prisoners sentenced to amputation of four fingers of their right hands...

Eight men convicted of theft and presently held at Greater Tehran Prison are at imminent risk of finger amputation, according to information received by Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC) and Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The eight include Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand, and Mehdi Sharafian, transferred from Orumieh Central Prison.[1] Another has been identified as Yaghoub Fazeli.[2] Amputation is a cruel,...

Some eight prisoners in the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary were summoned today in order to be transferred to another prison for the amputation of their fingers. These prisoners were previously sentenced to amputation of four fingers of their right hands over "theft". However, due to unknown reasons, their transfer has been postponed to another date. As their sentences have been finalised, the prisoners face the risk of...

Hadi Rostami and Mehdi Shahivand, two prisoners sentenced to amputation of four fingers of their right hands over "theft", ended their hunger strike in Tehran prison on 2 June following promises from prison and court officials. The two prisoners had gone on a hunger strike on 29 May to protest against their transfer from Orumiyeh Central Prison to the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary and the...

Prisoners Hadi Rostami and Mehdi Shahivand, who were previously convicted of amputation of four fingers of their right hands over “theft”, went on a hunger strike on 29 May to protest against their transfer from Orumiyeh prison to Tehran prison. The two prisoners handed over a letter to the guards of the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary, announcing their hunger strike. On May 15, Rostami and his...

Prisoners Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian, and Mehdi Shahivand, who were previously sentenced to amputation of four fingers of their right hand over "theft", have been transferred to the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary on 15 May for the execution of their sentences. Reportedly, Rostami met with the Public Prosecutor of Orumiyeh during his visit to the prison last week and asked him to determine the status...

Prisoner Hadi Rostami committed suicide in Ilam prison on 22 October due to the uncertainty of his case in the fifth year of his imprisonment and that his juridical representation letter was not transferred from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, to Ilam province. Rostami, from Ilam, was previously sentenced to amputation of four fingers of his right hand on the accusation of “theft”. A source familiar with...

Hadi Rostami, a prisoner from Ilam who was previously sentenced to amputation of four fingers of his right hand on the accusation of "theft", has taped his lips and gone on hunger strike to protest against his continued detention in Bukan Prison and uncertainty of his case in the fifth year of his imprisonment. Rostami wrote a letter addressed to the Prosecutor's Office of Bukan,...