Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish political prisoner Siyamak Ashrafi has announced his dry hunger strike at Orumiyeh Prison in a letter released on day 26 of his hunger strike, an informed source has told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). "Siamak Ashrafi has gone on a hunger strike today because of the refusal of prison authorities to review his demands. He referred to the office of ...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Siamak Ashrafi's physical health has been reported to be alarming on day 9 of his hunger strike at Orumiyeh Central Prison. He was transferred to the prison's clinic on January 28 due to low blood pressure and weight loss. "Upon examining him, the doctor of the prison's clinic stated that the continuation of this hunger strike was...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has obtained information that Kurdish political prisoner Bashir Pirmawane has gone on hunger strike in protest to his request for conditional release. Meanwhile, another Kurdish political prisoner Siamak Ashrafi who went on hunger strike since January 21, is still on hunger strike. Bashir Pirmawane had earlier gone on a hunger strike for a month on July 22 in protest...

Seyed Sami Hosseini and Siamak Ashrafi ended their hunger strike after the prison authorities promised them to take positive steps towards fulfilling their demands. These political prisoners, who are serving their sentence at Oromiyeh Central Prison and Qazvin Prison, had gone on hunger strike due to the refusal of authorities to grant them their basic rights, such as the right to contact the family...

Siamak Ashrafi, a Kurdish political prisoner detained at the youth ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison, sewed his lips. This political prisoner has been on hunger strike since Thursday, Nov 23, 2017, in protest to the refusal of authorities to transfer him to the political ward. "On Tuesday, Nov 28, 2017, the political prisoner sewed his lips on the sixth day of his hunger strike and...

A Kurdish political prisoner detained at the youth ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison, went on a hunger strike on Thursday, Nov 23, 2017 in protest to the refusal of authorities to transfer him to the political ward. "Siamak Ashrafi, a 25-year-old prisoner from Orumiyeh, has been kept in ward 13 (the youth section) contrary to the Regulations of Prison Organizations. Despite his repeated requests for...