Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran has sentenced Saman Yasin, a Kurdish rapper from Kermanshah, Kermanshah Province, to five years of exile imprisonment in Babak, Kerman Province, after one year and seven months of detention. Originally sentenced to death for "enmity against God" (moharebeh), Yasin's sentence was overturned by the Supreme Court on the grounds of flaws in the investigation, leading to a retrial in...

Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested during the Women Life Freedom uprising in Tehran one and a half years ago, was transferred from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, to Aminabad Psychiatric Hospital in Rey, Tehran Province, on 5 March, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. This is Yasin's second transfer to Aminabad in less than a year. Previously, on 22...

Kurdish political prisoner Saman Yasin, who was arrested during the Women Life Freedom uprising in Tehran one and a half years ago, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the prolonged uncertainty surrounding his detention in an open letter addressed to the head of the Iranian judiciary. Referring to his detention in Tehran and Karaj prisons over the past 18 months, Yasin said: "I, Saman Yasin (Seydi),...

Imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested by Iranian security forces during anti-government protests in Tehran in September 2022, continues to be held in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, Alborz Province, in a state of uncertainty and without access to medical services. The Kurdish political prisoner's trial in Branch 28 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran, under the jurisdiction of Judge Amouzad, has...

Imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin and 12 other political prisoners have been on a hunger strike since 3 September in protest at their transfer to Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj and the harsh conditions in their ward. The 12 prisoners on hunger strike with Yasin are Saeid Masouri, Loghman Aminpour, Jafar Ebrahimi, Afshin Baymani, Sepehr Emam-Jomeh, Mohammad Shafei, Masoud Reza Ebrahiminezhad, Hamzeh Savari, Kamyar Fakour,...

Imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested by Iranian security forces during anti-government protests in Tehran last September, has described in a new audio file the physical and psychological torture he has endured, including staged executions and the infliction of a nose injury, as a result of intense interrogation by security officers aimed at extracting forced "confessions". The message was recorded before Yasin was...

Hundreds of prisoners at Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj were collectively transferred to Evin Prison in Tehran and Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj between 1 and 5 August. These transfers took place in groups, with the prisoners being transferred to different sections of these prisons. Concerns have been raised about the well-being of the prisoners due to the lack of personal belongings during the transfer process,...

Imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested by Iranian security forces during the anti-government protests in Tehran last September, was returned to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj on 25 July after spending four days at Amin Abad (Razi) Psychiatric Hospital in Rey, Tehran province. Yasin was forcibly admitted to the psychiatric centre on 22 July on the orders of Judge Salavati. After refusing and resisting...

Imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested by Iranian security forces during the anti-government protests in Tehran last September, has been transferred to Razi Psychiatric Hospital in Rey, Tehran province, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Yasin was reportedly transferred to the hospital from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj on 22 July on the orders of Judge Salavati. Until his transfer to the...