Kurdistan Human Rights Network

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,...

Kurdish political prisoner Keyvan Rashozadeh was transferred to solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province yesterday for protesting against the conditions in the political prisoners' ward. Rashozadeh went on hunger strike the same day in response to his placement in solitary confinement. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that during a visit by prison officials on 5 September, a group of...

Kurdish political prisoner Keyvan Rashozadeh was transferred last week from the safe ward to the labour ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison. On 13 June, the political prisoner was transferred to a safe ward after he had announced a hunger strike by sewing his lips in protest against the opposition of the prison authorities to his leave request. Rashozdeh has reportedly ended his strike after prison authorities...

Kurdish political prisoner Keyvan Rashozadeh has been transferred from solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison to an undisclosed location in the past few days. Rashozadeh, who had gone on a dry hunger strike on 13 June by sewing his lips to protest against the opposition of prison officials to his request for temporary leave, had been transferred to solitary confinement by order of the prison...