Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Hossein Osmani, a Kurdish political prisoner serving the eleventh year of his 30-year sentence in Orumiyeh Central Prison, was recently transferred to the prison’s medical facility due to illness. After being hospitalised for three days, he was returned to the political prisoners' ward on 26 January without being transferred to a hospital outside the prison. Osmani, 63, suffers from multiple health problems and since his...

Iran has sent on leave Kurdish political prisoner Hossein Osmani on a bail of one billion Iranian Tomans – nearly 40,000 USD – after about eight years in prison on 2 October. Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad had sentenced Osmani to 30 years in prison. The political prisoner, who suffers from several illnesses, had been denied sick leave in recent years due to the opposition of...

Kurdish civilian from MahabadDetention date: 23 February 2014Charged with: Enmity against God through membership in the Komala Party of Iranian KurdistanSentence: 30 years in prison and internal exile in Kashmar Central PrisonCurrent status: Imprisoned in Orumiyeh Central Prison Hossein Osmani, a 60-year-old citizen from Mahabad, was summoned by the office of intelligence ministry in the city on 23 February 2014. He was then detained and...