Kurdistan Human Rights Network

21 inmates were released from Orumiyeh Central Prison by an order of Judicial authorities. Most of the prisoners were spending the final months of their sentence, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Five religious prisoners and one Kurdish political prisoner are among the prisoners released on 24 December. They had been accused of “collaboration with Salafi groups” and sentenced to various imprisonment terms.  Youssef Kamelan had been...

Kurdish political prisoner Kamal Hassan Ramazan was transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison on 12 December 2019, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Ramazan had been interrogated about the events happening inside the prison. He was also questioned about five days during November at the Detention Center of Orumiyeh Intelligence Bureau, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Orumiyeh. Ramazan has been transferred to the...

Azeri social media activist Hossein Habibvand detained during the November protests in Orumiyeh was released from Orumiyeh Central Prison on 10 December on a bail of 50 million tomans, a source told the Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN). Hossein Habibvand was transferred to the Orumiyeh prison after several days of interrogation at the detention centre of one of the Orumiyeh Intelligence Bureau offices. During the past few days,...

Two of the detainees of the November protests in Orumiyeh, Parviz Naseri and Mansour Zinalali Zadeh, were transferred to the central prison of the city, a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Parviz Naseri, a resident of the Islamabad neighborhood of Orumiyeh, was arrested by the Intelligence Service agents about nine days ago upon a temporary arrest warrant issued by a prosecutor. Mansour Zeinali Zadeh, Another civilian of...

Two prisoners, sentenced to execution on the charge of "premeditated murder,” were hanged at Orumiyeh Central Prison on morning 4 December, local sources told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).  Ali Mohammad Pour and Morteza Ashrafi were arrested three years ago on charges of premeditated murder and sentenced to "retribution" (execution). They had been taken to solitary confinement on 3 December in preparation for their execution. 

Two prisoners sentenced to death have been transferred to solitary confinement at Orumiyeh Central Prison on December 03, in preparation for execution, informed sources told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The two prisoners have been identified as Ali Mohammad Pour and Morteza Ashrafi. These prisoners have been arrested on charges of premeditated murder and sentenced to "retribution" (execution). Prison officials have told the...

A Kurdish Civilian from Orumiyeh was released from Orumiyeh Central Prison on a bail of 200 Million Toman. Mehrab Hassanpour was arrested by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Orumiyeh in early November and was transferred from IRGC Security Prison to ward 3-4 of Orumiyeh Central Prison on Nov 13.According to IRGC, he has been reportedly charged with "cooperation with one...

Kurdish prisoner Maraan Khamo lost his life due to the delay in being transferred to a hospital outside the Orumiyeh Central Prison whose death marks the third case in row since September in similar cases. “Khamo was taken to the prison's clinic on 8 November for health conditions deteriorated and was held there for several hours, however, he was returned to ward 15 despite no improvement...

Iranian Azeri political prisoner Mohammad Nazari detained at Orumiyeh Central prison was transferred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in the city on 9 November due to unstable his health conditions, and he was later returned to the prison after undergoing medical tests. Nazari had been hospitalized earlier in October on suspicion for possible tumours in his stomach. Although his health conditions has not recovered, the prison officials returned...