Pakhshan Azizi Archives - KHRN

February 18, 2025

Lawyers in Iran demand immediate halt to death sentences of three female political prisoners

More than 200 lawyers in Iran have issued a joint statement calling on the head of the country's judiciary to halt the executions of Pakhshan Azizi, Verisheh (Wirishe) Moradi and Sharifeh

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February 10, 2025

Rights groups urge Iran to halt executions of Pakhshan Azizi, Verisheh Moradi

We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Iranian judiciary to revoke the death sentences of Pakhshan Azizi, Verisheh (Wirishe) Moradi, and others on death row. We demand fair trials and

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February 10, 2025

Supreme Court rejects retrial for Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi

Branch Nine of Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected a request for a judicial review in the case of Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death, raising concerns that her execution

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January 22, 2025

Kurdish cities strike against death sentences for two Kurdish women political prisoners

Businesses in several Kurdish cities, including Sanandaj, Mahabad, Saqqez and Divandarreh, went on a general strike today following a call by Kurdish political parties in response to the death

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January 15, 2025

Women activists call for immediate reversal of death sentence for Pakhshan Azizi

A group of Kurdish women activists staged a protest today in front of the governor's office in Kurdistan Province to denounce the confirmation of the death sentence against Kurdish political prisoner

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January 13, 2025

Kurdish activists demand annulment of Pakhshan Azizi’s death penalty

A group of civil, human rights, political and media activists from Kurdistan have issued a statement calling for the immediate annulment of the death sentence imposed on Kurdish political prisoner

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January 8, 2025

Supreme court upholds death sentence for Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi

Branch 39 of Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence issued against Kurdish political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi. Azizi's lawyer, Amir Raeisian, informed Sharq Daily of the decision

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November 27, 2024

Rights groups call for annulment of death sentences for Verisheh Moradi, Pakhshan Azizi

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and 17 other human rights organisations have issued a joint statement condemning the death sentences handed down to Kurdish women activists Verisheh Moradi

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October 21, 2024

Iran court sentences Kurdish political prisoners to additional jail time

Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner on death row, and Verisheh Moradi, a member of the East Kurdistan Free Women Society (KJAR) who faces charges of “armed insurrection” (baghi), have

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