Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish activist Mohammad Houshangi has been released from Orumiyeh Central Prison on seven billion Tomans bail – nearly 280,000 USD – after 14 months of detention, on 17 March. On 23 February, Houshangi went on a hunger strike to protest against his continued detention and the opposition of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to his temporary release despite the payment...

Kurdish activist Mohammad Houshangi who had gone on a hunger strike on 23 February in Orumiyeh Central Prison, northwestern Iran, ended his strike on 7 March. Houshangi had started the strike to protest against his continued detention and the objection of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to his temporary release despite the payment of bail. He was returned from solitary confinement...

Authorities in Orumiyeh Central Prison, northwestern Iran, continue to hold Kurdish activist Mohammad Houshangi in solitary confinement on the 13th day of his hunger strike, denying him communication with his family. Houshangi has been on a hunger strike since 23 February, protesting against his continued detention and the objection of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to his temporary release despite...

Authorities in Orumiyeh prison, Iran's northwestern West Azerbaijan province, transferred Kurdish activist Mohammad Houshangi to solitary confinement on the fourth day of his hunger strike on 26 February. Houshangi has been on a hunger strike since 23 February, protesting against his long detention and the objection of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to his temporary release despite the payment of...

The Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has prevented the release of Kurdish activist Mohammad Houshangi on 16 February, although the bail amount for his temporary release has been provided. According to a relative of Houshangi, a few days ago, Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, informed the family of the activist that the bail amount...

Kurdish civil rights activist Farzad Samani has been temporarily released from Orumiyeh Central Prison after 13 months of temporary detention. The activist was released on 12 February on two billion Tomans – 80,000 USD – bail. Two days earlier, on 10 February, Sakar Eini, a Kurdish civil rights activist, who was arrested along with Samani and Mohammad Houshangi, was also released on bail. The Intelligence Organisation of...

The Islamic Revolutionary Court in northwestern Iran's Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, continues to prolong the examination of the court cases of Kurdish activists Farzad Samani, Sakar Eini, and Mohammad Houshangi, one year after their arrests. The activists are still being held in temporary detention in Orumiyeh Central Prison, accused of "armed insurrection" (baghi). Farough Samani, Farzad Samani's brother, spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)...

Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, continues to prolong the review of the case of Kurdish activists Farzad Samani, Sakar Eini, and Mohammad Houshangi. The activists, who were arrested nine months ago, are accused of “armed insurrection” (baghi). The Mahabad court presided over by Judge Javad Gholami is yet to review their case despite the appeals of their families. Sources close...

Kurdish activist Mohammad Houshangi has been transferred to the quarantine ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison after being detained for six months in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) detention centre at Al-Mahdi base in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province. Houshangi, from Javanrood in Kermanshah province, has been charged with “membership in a Kurdish opposition party”. Forces of the Intelligence Organisation of the IRGC had arrested Houshangi on...