Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Prisoners in Orumiyeh protest solitary confinement with hunger strike

Prisoners Hadi Rostami, Reza Ramazani and Salah Karimi have gone on hunger strike to protest their transfer to solitary confinement cells in Orumiyeh Central Prison. The prisoners, from Ilam in Ilam Province and Bukan in West Azerbaijan Province, have also been denied contact with their families, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Rostami, who faces a sentence of amputation, was placed in solitary confinement...

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