Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish political prisoner Omid Saeidi has entered his ninth day of a hunger strike in Khoy Prison, in north-west Iran, and his physical condition is reported to be poor. Saeidi began his hunger strike on 4 July in protest at the opposition of the Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, to his furlough request, and sewed his lips together as a symbol of...

Kurdish political prisoner Omid Saeidi, who started a hunger strike on 4 July by sewing his lips in protest against the opposition of the Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, to his temporary leave, was threatened with transfer to another city. The threats of exile came during a meeting on the third day of Saeidi's hunger strike when he met Khoy Posecutor Yaghoub...

Omid Saeidi, a Kurdish political prisoner serving a ten-year sentence in Khoy Prison, has gone on a hunger strike in protest at the Ministry of Intelligence's opposition to granting him temporary leave. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that today the political prisoner delivered a letter announcing his hunger strike to prison authorities. In the letter, Saeidi wrote that he was transferred to Khoy...

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Askari, who is on death row, was transferred from the political ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison to ward 3 of the prison on the orders of the Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that prison officials visited the political ward of the prison today and told Askari that he was not allowed to stay...

Kurdish political prisoner Houshmand Alipour, who is serving an eight-year sentence in Sanandaj Central Prison, went on a hunger strike on 26 June in protest at being deprived of his conditional release. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Alipour, who has served five years of his eight-year sentence, has had his conditional release denied due to opposition from the security services. The political...

Hatem Ozdemir, a Kurdish political prisoner whose death sentence was overturned by the Iranian Supreme Court in March, was transferred from Orumiyeh Central Prison to an undisclosed location on 23 June, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The political prisoner was reportedly handed over to security forces after being summoned to the prison's security office. Ozdemir has been suffering from kidney stones since his...

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Hajizadeh was summoned to the office of the head of Orumiyeh Central Prison on 1 June on the pretext of "insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran", severely beaten by prison officials and then moved to solitary confinement, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. He also faced a new court case following pressure from the prison authorities...

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Hajizadeh was transferred to solitary confinement for punishment upon the orders of the authorities at Orumiyeh Central Prison on 1 June. The political prisoner protested against being held in Ward 1-2, the ward for prisoners charged with "premeditated murder", and challenged the prison authorities' failure to respect the principle of segregation of crimes. For the past year, Hajizadeh has been in poor...

Branch 903 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Mashhad, north-east Iran, has extended the detention of the former Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh for the second time, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Due to the transfer of prisoners to the court in handcuffs and fetters, the political prisoner refused to appear in court in the last few days. Parvaneh received a...