Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Authorities at Qazvin Central Prison today executed Felit Abedi, a 55-year-old man from the village of Berasb in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, for drug trafficking. Abedi was arrested on drug-related charges in Qazvin about three years ago and subsequently sentenced to death.

Two Kurdish political prisoners detained at Qazvin Central Prison (known as the Choobindar) are still held in prison despite serving their ten year imprisonment sentence. They have been told that the prosecutor’s order is required for their release. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Seyyed Sami Hosseini and Seyyed Jamal Mohammadi are still held at Choobindar Prison in Qazvin although their ten...

Two political prisoners known as Seyyed Sami Hosseini and Siamak Ashrafi are still on hunger strike due to the refusal of authorities to grant them their basic rights, such as the right to contact the family and to transfer him to the political ward. Siamak Ashrafi, a Kurdish political prisoner detained at the youth ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison, sewed his lips. This political prisoner...

Seyyed Semi Hosseini, a Kurdish political prisoner detained in Central Prison of Qazvin (known as the Choobindar), has been on hunger strike since Sunday, Nov 26, 2017 in protest to the deprivation of the right to visit and contact his family. “About two months ago, Choobindar Prison authorities launched a smart telephone system in the prison according to which each prisoner received a smart...