Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Dozens of prisoners in the women's ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison, in northwestern Iran, have contracted Covid-19 over the past several days. Reportedly, the situation of the prisoners is critical due to the spread of the Omicron variant of the virus in the ward and the lack of proper medical services in the prison. "A few days ago, the Omicron [variant of the corona] virus spread...

Prisoners of conscience Farshad Fattahi, Sardar Ozmash, Kamran Ghassemi, and Keyvan Rashozadeh who were beaten by special prison forces in Orumiyeh prison on 10 January, are held in handcuffs and fetters in solitary confinement. Also, prisoners of conscience Sirvan Hosseini-Asl, Saman Hosseini-Asl, Davoud Jabbari, and Nayeb Askari who were transferred to the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence on the same day, are still...

Prison officials in Iran's northwestern Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, took yesterday some political prisoners from solitary confinement to the newly-constructed security ward for prisoners of conscience. These included prisoners Farzad Samani and Hamed Ghare-Oghlani. On 10 January, the prison's special guard forces severely beat prisoners of conscience and took 20 of them to solitary confinement after the prisoners refused to be transferred to the new ward. Meanwhile,...

Special forces of Iran’s Orumiyeh prison, in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, severely beat prisoners of conscience yesterday and took 20 prisoners to solitary confinement. The prison head and the head of the special office of the Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh Central Prison had ordered that all 47 prisoners of conscience be taken to a new high-security ward. Following the order, the prison's special...

Special forces of Iran's Orumiyeh prison, in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, have raided the prison ward housing prisoners of conscience today and have resorted to violence for transferring the prisoners to a new security ward. The officers have severely beaten prisoners who resisted the transfer, destroying their personal belongings. Several political prisoners, including Farzad Samani, were transferred to solitary confinement after being beaten by...

A group of prisoners of conscience, who had been on a strike since 12 December to protest against their transfer to a newly-built high-security ward in Iran's northwestern Orumiyeh, ended their strike today after meeting with the head of the prison. The prisoners initially refused to receive prison food for five days. Last week they turned it into a hunger strike. Reportedly, the head of Orumiyeh...

The strike of 45 prisoners of conscience refusing prison food to protest against their transfer to a newly-built high-security ward in Iran's northwestern Orumiyeh, has turned into a hunger strike. The prisoners went on a strike on 12 December. Today is the fifth day that they have converted it into a hunger strike. Prison infirmary doctors measured the blood pressure of all the prisoners after some...

The strike of 45 political and religious prisoners in the prison of Orumiyeh in West Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran, continues for the ninth consecutive day. The prisoners went on a strike by refusing to take prison food on 12 December upon the possibility of their transfer to a new high-security ward. Reportedly, in recent days, the striking prisoners have been denied their right to weekly visits...

All prisoners in the ward for political prisoners in Orumiyeh prison had refused to take prison food on 12 December upon the possibility of their transfer to a new high-security ward. Their strike continued also on the second day. On 12 December, all 47 prisoners of conscience in Orumiyeh Central Prison, in northwestern West Azerbaijan province, went on a strike following the construction of a...