Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Askari has begun a hunger strike by sewing his lips in protest at being denied family visits and prison leave. Askari, who has been serving a 15-year sentence at

Nayeb Askari, a Kurdish political prisoner facing the death penalty, has been returned to the general ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison after one day in solitary confinement, the Kurdistan Human Rights

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Askari, who was previously sentenced to death in absentia by the Branch Two of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, on charges of

Nayeb Askari, a Kurdish political prisoner facing a death sentence, went on a hunger strike on 28 September in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, in protest at the Iranian security authorities'

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

The Ministry of Intelligence has summoned some of the families of political prisoners in Orumiyeh Central Prison and interrogated them following the pressure on the prisoners. Also, in the last

Branch Two of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh has sentenced Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Askari again to death on charges of "enmity against God" (moharebeh) through "membership" in

Kurdish political prisoners Shaker Behrouz and Nayeb Askari, who had gone on a hunger strike in Orumiyeh Central Prison on 29 March, are still being held in solitary confinement after 14 days. The

Prison guards in Orumiyeh prison, northwest Iran, have beaten hunger-striking Kurdish political prisoners Shaker Behrouz and Nayeb Askari with batons on 31 March. The prison officers have raided