Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Sanandaj Central Prison’s authorities have increased pressures on the two brothers known as Afshin and Ramin Hossein Panahi. Ramin Hossein Panahi, a Death Row political prisoner who is suffering from kidney pain and kidney disease, has not been offered any medical treatment in prison despite suffering from persistent pain. Also during the past few days, Ramin’s brother known as Afshin Hossein Panahi, was beaten...

Following the confirmation of death penalty for Ramin Hossein Panahi by the Supreme Court, a case has been filed to Branch Four of the Sanandaj Tribunal to enforce the verdict and prison authorities have reported that he would be executed after Ramadan. Hossein Ahmadi Niaz, (Hossein Panahi's lawyer) expressed his concern about the risk of executing his client in an interview with the Kurdistan Human Rights Network...

Following the release of details about Kurdish death row cases by Sanandaj Judiciary, Hossein Ahmadi Niaz (Hossein Panahi's lawyer) announced that his client had been tortured during the interrogation in addition to being subjected to unfair trial. According to the news by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), the statement is as follows: Following the disclosure of details about the case against Ramin Hossein Panahi by the...

Hossein Ahmadi Niaz, Hossein Panahi's lawyer, announced that Ramin’s death sentence has been confirmed by Branch 39 the Supreme Court in Qom. “During a very quick procedure and without holding a hearing, on Wednesday April 11, the verdict was verbally served to me and my client's brother at Branch 39 of the Supreme Court based in Qom .” , the lawyer announced in an interview...

In recent days, the Sanandaj Court of Appeals has confirmed the sentences of Afshin Hossein Panahi and Ahmad Amin Panah (a relative of Hussein Panahi) which led to the arrest of Ahmed Amin Panah by security forces on March 26, 2018. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that in recent days the Sanandaj Appeal Court has just approved the eight and a half...

The dossier of Ramin Hussein Panahi, a Kurdish political prisoner, who was recently sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court (Branch 1) in Sanandaj, was sent to the Supreme Court Branch 37. An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that, following protests against the death sentence issued by the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj (Branch 1), the family and lawyer of Ramin Hussein Panahi...

A group of known political and civil activists addressed a statement to Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sadeq Amoli Larijani, and called for the abolition of the death sentence for two Kurdish political prisoners. The statement- written by a group people including representatives of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, lawyers, university professors and Kurdish political activists- reads as follows: “The judiciary has now sentenced...

Two political prisoners, Ramin Hussein Panahi and his brother Afshin Hossein Panahi both held at in Sanandaj Central Prison, went on hunger strike in protest to the unfair trial of Ramin after writing an official letter to the authorities four days ago. “Two Kurdish political prisoners have been on hunger strike since January 27, following a death sentence for Ramin Hussein Panahi by the Revolutionary...

Ramin Hussein Panahi, a Kurdish political prisoner, was sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court (Branch 1) in Sanandaj on the charge of membership in Komala Party. “According to the verdict, announced to me on Jan 25. issued by Judge Saeedi and another judge at the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj (Branch 1), my client has been sentenced to death by hanging per Articles 279 and...