Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A member of Germany’s federal parliament has taken on the political sponsorship of Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is entering her nineteenth year of imprisonment in Iran. Cansu

Kurdish political prisoner Jamshid Esmaeili has begun a hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison after the supervising judge refused to approve his request for leave. Esmaeili, from Orumiyeh in

Harsh conditions have been imposed on prisoners, particularly political prisoners, in prisons across Kurdistan since the beginning of the war between the US–Israeli coalition and Iran. Reports from

At least 18 Kurdish political prisoners have been transferred without prior notice from Mahabad Prison to Miandoab Prison, amid heightened security measures following nearby military

Former political prisoner Ahmad Tamouei has been re-arrested by security forces in Tehran, nearly four years after completing a 14-year prison sentence. An informed source who spoke to the

Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, has sentenced Kurdish political prisoners Rauf Sheikh-Maroufi and Mohammad Faraji to death after three years in

Foad Fathi, a Kurdish labour activist and political prisoner from Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, has been on hunger strike for 10 days in Evin Prison in Tehran, protesting against the targeted

Concerns have intensified over the imminent risk of execution of Kurdish political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, after Branch 39 of the Supreme Court rejected his request for a retrial and refused

Kiyoumars Ghobadi, a prisoner sentenced to death on murder charges, has been executed at Ilam Central Prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. “The 37-year-old prisoner was