Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The hunger strike of prisoners Milad Karimi and Mohsen Bashiri, which began on 31 January, continues despite their transfer to solitary cells in Orumiyeh Central Prison, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Karimi and Bashiri went on a hunger strike to protest against authorities refusing to transfer them to the prisons of cities where their families reside. They have been denied the right to communicate...

Prisoners Milad Karimi, Mohsen Moradi and Mohsen Bashiri went on a hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 31 January to protest against authorities refusing to transfer them to the prisons of cities where their families reside. After the prisoners announced their hunger strike, prison guards severely beat them and transferred them to solitary cells on the orders of Parviz Saeidzadeh, the head of Ward...