Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Rahim Shamei, a Kurdish civilian who was arrested during last year's anti-government protests in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, is currently in a critical condition due to kidney and nerve problems. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the political prisoner has been transferred to an outside hospital in Mahabad only once in recent weeks, despite his urgent need for medical treatment, and was...

Rahim Shamei, a Kurdish civilian who was arrested during anti-government protests in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, following the government's killing of Jina Mahsa Amini, has been detained in a state of uncertainty for eight months. According to a source familiar with the case, the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) summoned and arrested him on 1 December 2022, after he appeared at...