Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Keyvan Rashozadeh, a former political prisoner who was released from Orumiyeh Central Prison in October 2024 after serving five years in prison, was re-arrested on 21 December 2024 by the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during a raid on his family’s home in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Following the arrest, the IRGC intelligence agents took Rashozadeh to the military-security organisation’s detention...

Kamran Ghassemi and Keyvan Rashozadeh, two political prisoners from Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, were conditionally released on 5 October after serving five years in Orumiyeh Central Prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned.  Ghassemi had been on hunger strike since 25 September in protest at the authorities' refusal to grant him conditional release. Both men were released on 5 October, but Ghassemi, who had...

Kurdish political prisoner Keyvan Rashozadeh has been transferred from Orumiyeh Central Prison to the detention facility of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) at Al-Mahdi base in the city, where he has been subjected to interrogation and threats. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Rashozadeh was transferred to the IRGC detention facility last week while he was on...

Kurdish political prisoner Keyvan Rashozadeh has entered the 12th day of a hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison, in West Azerbaijan Province, raising concerns over his deteriorating physical condition, according to his mother, Nazdar Roudsaz. In a video message, Roudsaz revealed that her son had been subjected to torture in recent days, including beatings by prison guards after his hands and feet were tied. Rashouzadeh was...

Kurdish political prisoner Keyvan Rashozadeh continues to be denied medical treatment for injuries sustained as a result of torture by prison authorities, as he enters the seventh day of his hunger strike in solitary confinement at Orumiyeh Central Prison. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that despite his injuries, Rashozadeh has been denied access to medical services on the orders of Peyman Khanzadeh,...

Kurdish political prisoners in Orumiyeh Central Prison, West Azerbaijan Province, have been subjected to severe ill-treatment and torture by prison guards, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Shaker Behrouz, who had previously been sentenced to death for “armed insurrection” (baghi) but whose sentence was overturned in 2023, began a hunger strike on 18 April in protest at a new case against him. The...

Prison guards and security officers raided the political and religious prisoners’ ward in Orumiyeh Central Prison today, destroying prisoners’ belongings and beating Kurdish political prisoners Keyvan Rashozadeh and Kamran Ghassemi. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that that around 10 guards and prison officials took part in the raid, which was ordered by the prison director, Peyman Khanzadeh, citing the presence of mobile...

The hunger-striking Kurdish political prisoner Keyvan Rashozadeh was transferred on 13 September from solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison to the detention facility of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province. Rashozadeh began his dry hunger strike on 5 September in response to being placed in solitary confinement as a result of his protest against the conditions...

The situation of Keyvan Rashozadeh, a Kurdish political prisoner currently in the seventh day of his dry hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison, has been described as deeply concerning. Rashozadeh began the strike on 5 September in response to being placed in solitary confinement as a result of his protest against conditions in the political prisoners' ward. During a visit by prison officials on 5 September,...