Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A “juvenile offender” has ended his six-day-long hunger strike in the Juvenile Detention Centre of Sanandaj on 24 July. Arman Farahmand, who comes from Marivan, has been on a hunger strike since 19 June. He sewed up his lips to protest against the continued indecision in his court case. Farahmand ended his hunger strike after the “insistence” of the prison authorities and their “promise to meet...

Prisoner Mikaeil Moeini who had gone on hunger strike in Bukan Prison on 16 May in protest against the increase in the amount of bail for his temporary release, continues his strike. Separately, another prisoner named Azad Saeidi has been on a hunger strike since Wednesday, 2 June, protesting against the suspension of his temporary leave. Moeini has suffered a severe drop in blood pressure and...

Civil rights activist and student Viyan Mohammadi has gone on hunger strike on 31 May to protest against her unlawful detention. A source familiar with the detainee's situation confirmed the news to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and said: “Viyan Mohammadi, who has been detained by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran since 30 April, has gone on...

Kurdish political prisoner Basam Moradi who is serving his five-year prison sentence in Kamyaran Prison has gone on a hunger strike today, on 25 May, to protest against being denied of his basic rights and non-compliance of prison authorities with the principle of segregation of crimes. In a letter to prison officials, Moradi explained the reason for his hunger strike as “Lack of independence of...

Kurdish woman political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh has gone on a hunger strike on 22 May, protesting against her denial of access to medical services and her continued exile in Mashhad Central Prison. Separately, Mozhgan Kavousi, another Kurdish woman political prisoner, has been on a hunger strike in Evin Prison of Tehran since 16 May, in protest of the discretionary treatments towards prisoners by prison authorities...

Prisoner Mikaeil Moeini has gone on a hunger strike in Bukan Prison on 16 May in protest of the increase in the amount of bail for his temporary release, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Moeini, who comes from Bukan, was granted temporary leave last year on a bail of 150 million Iranian Tomans – nearly 6,000 USD. However, a few months ago,...

A prisoner named Mikaeil Moeini has been on a hunger strike in Bukan Prison for nine days, protesting the increase in the amount of bail required for being sent on temporary leave, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The prisoner, who has served three years of his four-year sentence, was handcuffed and taken to the gym hall of the prison after the announcement...

A group of six prisoners sentenced to prison terms and fines for general crimes have gone on hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 20 February, demanding their release within the scope of the announcement of a bill to reduce sentences. The six prisoners Mahmoud Gavahi, Maraan Abd Mohammadpour, Orhan Kanani, Mohammad Hanifi, Yousef Jalali, and Dariush Beygzadeh, who are all being held in dormitories...

Fourteen political and religious prisoners detained in the political ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison have ended their hunger strike after meeting with two judges of Orumiyeh Judiciary. These prisoners had gone on a hunger strike in protest to the non-implementation of a double urgency plan to reduce their imprisonment sentence. On December 09, 14 political prisoners named Aran Tibash, Dara Rashidi, Hossein Osmani, Salar and...