Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish political prisoner on dry hunger strike after revocation of electronic tag

Kurdish political prisoner Kianoush Cheraghi has sewn his lips shut in Ilam Central Prison on the fifth day of a dry hunger strike, protesting the revocation of his electronic ankle tag and the physical assault he suffered during his transfer to prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Cheraghi, from Dehloran, Ilam Province, was released on electronic monitoring while serving a two-year sentence...

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