Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A request from a political prisoner at Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj to attend his mother’s funeral has been denied, a source familiar with the case of the prisoner told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Saeed Shirzad had requested temporary release saying he has the right to attend his mother’s funeral, the source said. His sister posted on her Twitter account on 20 September saying that...

Saeed Shirzad, a political prisoner detained in Rajai Shahr prison was emergency transferred to Madani hospital in Karaj on Saturday, December 01 due to severe kidney pain. Doctors advised that there was a cyst in one of his kidneys and his right kidney was abnormally smaller than the left one. However, he was transferred back to the prison on the same day despite the need for...