Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested by Iranian security forces during the anti-government protests in Tehran last September, will be retried on 8 May, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Yasin's case was referred to Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran after the Supreme Court overturned his death sentence due to "lack of investigation" in the case. "In the...

Iranian judiciary's amnesty commission has rejected the imprisoned Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin's amnesty request, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Yasin, who comes from Kermanshah, western Iran, was arrested after he was beaten by security forces during the anti-government protests in Tehran on 30 September 2022. The amnesty request was made by Yasin's lawyer after Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei announced the "pardon and...

Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested during the recent anti-government protests in Tehran, was returned to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, northern Iran, on 27 February after spending a month in Ward 209 of Tehran’s Evin Prison, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. There is no information on the reason for the transfer of the political prisoner to Ward 209 of Evin Prison...

Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested during the recent anti-government protests in Tehran, went on a hunger strike in the city's Evin Prison on 16 February. The political prisoner has started the hunger strike to protest against the state of uncertainty regarding his case, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The Kurdish singer has met his family only once since his transfer from...

The fate of Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was transferred from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, northern Iran, to an undisclosed location on 28 January, remains unknown. The political prisoner was previously sentenced to death on the charge of "enmity against God" (moharebeh), which carries the death penalty in Iran. In the past few months, the sentence was overturned by the Supreme Court and the case...

Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was arrested during the recent anti-government protests in Tehran, was transferred from Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, northern Iran, to an undisclosed location on 28 January. Yasin was summoned to the prison guard office under the pretext of being sent to the hospital for surgery, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. During his interrogation in Ward 241 of Tehran's Evin...

Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin, who was sentenced to death over taking part in the recent anti-government protests in Iran's Tehran before his sentence was overturned for retrial, suffers from a breathing disorder caused by the torture he was subjected to during his interrogation in Evin Prison but has so far been denied access to proper medical care outside the jail, Kurdistan Human Rights Network...

Saman Yasin, a Kurdish artist sentenced to death, attempted to commit suicide by taking pills on the evening of 20 December due to the harsh detention conditions in Hall 31 of Ward 10 of Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, northern Iran. While Yasin was unconscious, he was taken to the prison infirmary to have his stomach washed, and be injected with the serum. Although he was...

Concerns are growing over the situation of the Kurdish rapper and singer Saman Yasin (Seydi) after he was transferred from Evin Prison in Tehran to Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, northern Iran, about 10 days ago. In the past few weeks, Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided over by Judge Salvati, sentenced Yasin to death on charges of "enmity against god"...