Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Prisoner executed for murder-related charges in Sanandaj Central Prison

Seyvan Yaghoubi, a prisoner sentenced to death on charges of “premeditated murder”, was executed in Sanandaj Central Prison on 16 January. Yaghoubi, a 36-year-old man from the village of Bisaran in Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province, was sentenced to death about three years ago. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the prisoner was transferred to solitary confinement on 15 January in preparation for the execution,...

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