Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Hamza Darwish, a Sunni prisoner at Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, who is reportedly on a hunger strike since Sept 25, 2018, is suffering from weight loss, very low blood Pressure and chest pain after 55 days of hunger strike. So far no action has been taken with regard to his demands for a retrial by the Supreme Court as well as access to...

Hamza Darwish, a Sunni prisoner in Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj, has been on hunger strike since March 17, 2018, in protest to the unfair trial and the lack of “Crime Based Wards Separation” rule. As a result, his health condition is currently critical. Moreover, security forces have threatened this prisoner's family to force him to stop hunger strike and cooperate with the security...