Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Three prisoners in Orumiyeh Central Prison, Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand and Mehdi Sharafian, have written an open letter to human rights organisations warning of the imminent execution of their amputation sentences.  These sentences, handed down in 2019 for theft, involve the amputation of four fingers on their right hands. The prisoners, who have been detained since September 2017, expressed their fears following the recent enforcement of...

In a joint report published on 10 June, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Centre for Human Rights in Iran (ABC) emphasised the imminent risk of finger amputation of at least eight prisoners in Tehran According to the latest reports received from the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary, at least seven prisoners sentenced to amputation of four fingers of their right hands...

Eight men convicted of theft and presently held at Greater Tehran Prison are at imminent risk of finger amputation, according to information received by Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC) and Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The eight include Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Shahivand, and Mehdi Sharafian, transferred from Orumieh Central Prison.[1] Another has been identified as Yaghoub Fazeli.[2] Amputation is a cruel,...

Some eight prisoners in the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary were summoned today in order to be transferred to another prison for the amputation of their fingers. These prisoners were previously sentenced to amputation of four fingers of their right hands over "theft". However, due to unknown reasons, their transfer has been postponed to another date. As their sentences have been finalised, the prisoners face the risk of...

Hadi Rostami and Mehdi Shahivand, two prisoners sentenced to amputation of four fingers of their right hands over "theft", ended their hunger strike in Tehran prison on 2 June following promises from prison and court officials. The two prisoners had gone on a hunger strike on 29 May to protest against their transfer from Orumiyeh Central Prison to the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary and the...

Prisoners Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian, and Mehdi Shahivand, who were previously sentenced to amputation of four fingers of their right hand over "theft", have been transferred to the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary on 15 May for the execution of their sentences. Reportedly, Rostami met with the Public Prosecutor of Orumiyeh during his visit to the prison last week and asked him to determine the status...