Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Three Kurdish political prisoners at Miandoab Prison went on hunger strike on April 8, 2018 in protest to being deprived of the right to temporary leave(Furlough) by the Miandoab Prosecutor's Office and the Orumiyeh Intelligence Bureau. They ended their strikes after the prison authorities promised them to take positive steps towards fulfilling their demands. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has identified these political prisoners as...

Two ordinary prisoners detained in ward 2 of Miandoab Prison who urgently needed to be transferred to outpatient treatment centres, died within a week in prison due to lack of medical care. " On 2nd and 7th of August, two prisoners of drug offences in the Miandoab prison, known as Reza Pourramezan and Adel Naghizadeh, died due to lack of medical care,” an informed...