Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A prisoner was hanged on drug-related charges at Orumiyeh Central Prison this morning on December 10. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that 45-year old Younis Azizi from Naghadeh was arrested and sentenced to death in 2016 on charges of carrying and holding 130 kilograms of heroin. The prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison from ward 14,  a day before his execution. The...

A woman prisoner was executed on a murder charge at Sanandaj prison on Tuesday, November 13. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Sharareh Elyasi, married from the village of Bessaran, was arrested and sentenced to Qisas about five years ago on the murder charge. Last night, a number of civil activists called for non-enforcement of the execution sentence by visiting the...

Ramin Hossein Panahi’s lawyer stated that his client is still at the risk of imminent execution and his health continues to deteriorate. Hussein Ahmadi Niaz, The lawyer of the political prisoner told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that he had been able to visit his client in Sanandaj Central Prison on Sunday. "He was worried about the health of his client who is suffering from...

A prisoner was executed on murder charge at Tabriz central prison this morning on Tuesday, July 03. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has identified the prisoner as Mohammad Alli from Tabriz. The prisoner had spent about four years in prison. It should be noted that on Tuesday, June 26 another prisoner called Farhad Asghari, who was charged with murder, was executed in this prison. The national media...

A prisoner was executed on murder charge at Tabriz central prison this morning on June 26. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has identified the prisoner as Farhad Asghari, from Tabriz. The prisoner spent about three years in prison in ward 9 of Tabriz Central Prison. The national media have not announced the news of the execution of this prisoner.

Two prisoners were executed on murder charges at Orumiyeh Central Prison this morning on May 14. An informed source has told Kurdistan Human Rights Network(KHRN) that two detainees, called Khalil Aghoush, from Section 3-4) and Sohail Mir Bakhsh from youth section who had been transferred from wards to solitary confinement yesterday in preparation for execution, were executed this morning on May 14. The source added that...

Four prisoners were executed on murder charges at Orumiyeh's central prison this morning April 23. They were taken from various wards of Orumiyeh central prison to solitary confinement cells yesterday in preparation for execution. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has identified the four prisoners as follows 1 Tayeb Sheikh Nejad, from Piranshahr, imprisoned for six years from ward 3-4 1 Hasan Muhammad Hasan, from Bukan, imprisoned for...

Today, March 05, one of the two detainees who had been transferred from Orumiyeh Central prison ward 3-4 to a solitary confinement cell yesterday was executed while another prisoner was transferred back to the ward due to the leniency shown by the victim’s family. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Abubaker Salimi from Sardasht arrested 9 years ago on the accusation...

On Saturday, January 28, two prisoners were executed at Orumiyeh Central Prison while another prisoner was transferred back to the ward due to the leniency shown by the victim’s family. According to reports received by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Mehran Behshad and Farhad Alba both from Orumiyeh were executed on Saturday morning with the presence of victims' family at the Orumieh Central Prison. Another...