Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Death row prisoner Shorash Morovvati was executed today on charges of "premeditated murder" in Sanandaj Central Prison in Kurdistan Province. On 1 October 2022, during the prisoners' protests in Sanandaj prison, Morovvati was tortured by prison guards and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre. In July, after 10 months of interrogation and torture by the Ministry of Intelligence, he was returned to prison. On 14...

Shorash Morovvati, a death row prisoner who was returned to Sanandaj Central Prison last month after spending 10 months in the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre, was moved to solitary confinement for execution on 14 August. An informed source that spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) said: "Shorash Morovvati was transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre by security agencies and the...