Younes Garavand Archives - KHRN

August 8, 2023

Fate of detained civilians uncertain as hunger strike ends

Detained civilians Navid Mohammadnezhad, Mehrdad Gheysar-Beygi, Ayoub Garavand, Younes Garavand and Shahriar Faryadian remain in temporary detention at the pre-trial detention centre of Ilam, Ilam Province, after ending their hunger strike. The civilians from Sarableh, Ilam province, began a five-day hunger strike on 23 July to protest their continued detention. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the Friday Prayer Imam and the Sarableh...

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July 27, 2023

Detained civilians on fifth day of hunger strike in Ilam

Civilians Navid Mohammadnezhad, Mehrdad Gheysar-Beygi, Ayoub Garavand, Younes Garavand and Shahriar Faryadian are in the fifth day of their hunger strike at the pre-trial detention centre of Ilam, Ilam province. The five civilians, who come from Sarableh in Ilam province, have been on hunger strike since 23 July in protest at their continued detention. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the detention centre...

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July 25, 2023

Kurdish civilians on hunger strike in protest of prolonged detention

Four Kurdish civilians from Sarableh, Ilam province, western Iran, have initiated a hunger strike in protest of their ongoing detention in Ilam's Pre-trial Detention Centre. The detainees, Navid Mohammadnezhad, Mehrdad Gheysar-Beygi, Ayoub Garavand, and Younes Garavand, were arrested by local security forces on 11 June and remain in a state of uncertainty. These individuals were transferred to the detention facility after spending a week in the...

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June 13, 2023

Security forces arrest six civilians in Iran’s western Sarabeleh

Iran's Ministry of Intelligence arrested six civilians in Sarabeleh, Ilam province, on 11 June and took them to an undisclosed location. The identities of these civilians are: Mohammad Tahmasebi, Navid Mohammadnezhad, Mehrdad Gheisar-Beigi, Ayoub Garavand, Younes Garavand, and Hamed Rahmani. The detained civilians were reportedly arrested without a warrant and transferred to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Ilam. According to statistics compiled by the Kurdistan...

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