Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish prisoner of conscience Kamran Sheikheh was executed this morning in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province after 14 years in prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Sheikheh had been sentenced to death alongside six other Kurdish prisoners of conscience - Ghassem Abasteh, Ayoub Karimi, Davoud Abdollahi, Farhad Salimi, Anvar Khezri, and Khosrow Besharat - on charges of "spreading corruption on...

Kamran Sheikheh, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience sentenced to death, has been transferred for unknown reasons from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, to Mahabad Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, raising concerns about the imminent execution of his sentence. Over the past few months, six of Sheikheh’s co-defendants, Ghassem Abasteh, Ayoub Karimi, Davoud Abdollahi, Farhad Salimi, Anvar Khezri, and Khosrow Besharat, have been executed...

Kamran Sheikheh, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience sentenced to death, was today transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, raising concerns about the imminent execution of his sentence. The transfer came a day after one of his co-defendants, Khosrow Besharat, was executed after spending two weeks in solitary confinement in the same facility. Over the past few months, six of Sheikheh's...

Kurdish prisoners of conscience Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh and Khosrow Besharat face imminent execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, following the execution of four of their co-defendants in recent months on charges of "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz). The three death row prisoners who have been imprisoned for 14 years, have been on hunger strike since 3 January following the...

Some nine Kurdish political and religious prisoners are currently facing imminent execution in prisons in Karaj, Alborz Province, and Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, as well as in an undisclosed detention centre. The identities of these individuals are Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Farhad Salimi, Anvar Khezri, Pezhman Fatehi, Vafa Azarbar, Mohsen Mazloum, Mohammad Faramarzi, and Reza Rasaei. These prisoners were sentenced to death during unfair trials on charges...

Sunni Kurdish prisoners of conscience Farhad Salimi, Anvar Khezri, Khosrow Besharat and Kamran Sheikheh went on hunger strike on 3 January in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, following the execution of their co-defendant Davoud Abdollahi and the threat of their own imminent execution. These prisoners, along with at least ten other prisoners of conscience, are being held in isolation and without basic facilities...

Kurdish prisoners of conscience Anvar Khezri, Kamran Sheikheh, Khosrow Besharat, Davoud Abdollahi, and Farhad Salimi face imminent execution in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, after spending 14 years in prison on charges of "spreading corruption on earth" (efsad-e fel arz). The executions of two of their co-defendants, Ghassem Abasteh and Ayoub Karimi on 5 and 29 November, respectively, have sparked concerns about the...