Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Detained civilian kept in state of uncertainty, denied legal counsel

Civilian Rafigh Salimi, who was arrested by Iranian security forces on 28 November 2022, is being kept in a state of uncertainty in the quarantine ward of Sanandaj Central Prison without the right to legal counsel or family visits. Salimi was charged with "spreading corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz), for which the death penalty is a possible verdict under the laws of the Islamic...

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