Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Hajizadeh has been on hunger strike since 6 June in protest at his continued solitary confinement in Orumiyeh Central Prison and a new lawsuit filed against him. The prisoner informed his family of the hunger strike in a brief phone call on 6 June. Hajizadeh was summoned to the prison head's office on 1 June on the pretext of "insulting the founder...

Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh has sentenced Kurdish woman political prisoner Sinur Tamara, a citizen of Turkey, to 10 years and one day in prison on charges of “membership in the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)”. Reportedly, the court carried out the hearing through video-conferencing on 23 June without the presence of a lawyer. The court has officially notified Tamara on 3 July...

Orumiyeh Central Prison officers have insulted and beaten Kurdish political prisoner Kamran Ghasemi on 26 June during his family visit. Ghasemi has been serving a sentence of 10 year and one day in Orumiyeh. A source that spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) said that prison officers insulted and disrespected Ghasemi's family during their visit, which led to a reaction by the political prisoner....

Prisoners for ordinary crimes in Orumiyeh Central Prison have attacked and beaten the Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Hajizadeh in the main hall of the prison on 27 June. After prison authorities came to the hall, they transferred the political prisoner to solitary confinement under the pretext that he allegedly “insulted the [supreme] leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Hajizadeh, who comes from Orumiyeh, has been...

Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad has sentenced Kurdish political prisoner Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini to 40 years in prison and internal exile to Orumiyeh Central Prison on charges of “enmity against God” through membership in the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI). Sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that Hosseini was officially summoned to the Enforcement of Judgements Office of...

Kurdish political prisoner Basam Moradi who is serving his five-year prison sentence in Kamyaran Prison has gone on a hunger strike today, on 25 May, to protest against being denied of his basic rights and non-compliance of prison authorities with the principle of segregation of crimes. In a letter to prison officials, Moradi explained the reason for his hunger strike as “Lack of independence of...

Kurdish woman political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh has gone on a hunger strike on 22 May, protesting against her denial of access to medical services and her continued exile in Mashhad Central Prison. Separately, Mozhgan Kavousi, another Kurdish woman political prisoner, has been on a hunger strike in Evin Prison of Tehran since 16 May, in protest of the discretionary treatments towards prisoners by prison authorities...

Kurdish political prisoner Majid (Aran) Tibash has been released from Orumiyeh Central Prison on 18 May after the announcement of amnesty by the Iranian judiciary on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Tibash, who has served two years of his four-year sentence, was sent on temporary leave for the first time for 10 days on 3 May of...

Kurdish woman political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is sentenced to life imprisonment and is serving her 14th year in prison in Yazd, is in critical condition due to being denied access to medical treatment. A source close to Jalalian spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) about her latest situation and said: “After contracting Covid-19, Zeynab was in a bad physical condition and suffered...