Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish civil activist Shahram Kazemian has been transferred to Orumiyeh central prison after being interrogated at the detention center of Orumiyeh Intelligence Bureau for 26 days. Kazemian was reportedly detained by security forces in Orumiyeh on January 06. Security investigators interrogated him on charges of "Cooperation with one of the opposition parties”.

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Siamak Ashrafi's physical health has been reported to be alarming on day 9 of his hunger strike at Orumiyeh Central Prison. He was transferred to the prison's clinic on January 28 due to low blood pressure and weight loss. "Upon examining him, the doctor of the prison's clinic stated that the continuation of this hunger strike was...

A Kurdish civilian from Sardasht “Dara Rashidi” was transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison after being detained for 50 days at the Intelligence unit of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC ( Known as Al Mahdi detonation centre), an informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Dara Rashidi was arrested by security forces in Mahabad on December 09 and then transferred to the...

Three detained Kurdish civilians Kamran Qasemi, Omid Saeedi and Kayhan Rashidi have been sentenced to five years in prison each by Branch 2 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh presided over by Judge Ali Sheikhlo on charges of "membership of one of the Kurdish opposition parties”., reliable sources told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Kamran Qasemi, Omid Saeedi and Kayhan Rashidi...

Parviz Nasseri, arrested in November protests, was sentenced to five years in prison by Branch 2 of the Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court on charges of "cooperation with Party for Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK)”, reliable sources told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The preliminary verdict was served on his lawyer yesterday. The ruling was issued while the trial of the Kurdish civilian in...

Three prisoners sentenced to death penalty (execution as retribution), who had been transferred to solitary confinement from different wards of Orumiyeh Central Prison yesterday, were transferred back to the prison with the consent of the victim's family. A source has identified the three prisoners as Hassan Shoghi from Youth Ward, Abbas Rezai from Workers' Ward, and Mohsen Mustafa Zadeh from Ward 2-1. The three...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that a Kurdish civilian has been transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison on Sunday, January 12, 2020, to serve a one-year sentence.  Keyvan Mokremi was recently sentenced to one year in prison by Branch 2 of the Orumiyeh Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Ali Sheikh Lu, on charges of "cooperating with the Free Life...

Kurdish Sunni prisoner Khosro Zarestan detained in Orumiyeh Central Prison was suddenly transferred to an unknown location on 5 January, a source told he Kurdistan Human Rights Network. Khosrow Zarestan was arrested in Oshnavieh (Shno in Kurdish) on 8 August and transferred to the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Orumiyeh. He was transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison after a few weeks of interrogation. Zarestan was sentenced to 15 years...

Two prisoners lost their life on 18 December due to the delay in being transferred to a hospital outside the Orumiyeh Central Prison, a source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).  Ali Paya from the Workers' Ward and Amir Naji Vash from Ward 2 were under treatment at the Orumiyeh Central Prison's clinic for several hours due to suffering from flu, however, the two prisoners died for the...