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Zeynab Jalalian
Tuesday
- Kurdish political prisoners back general strike with hunger strikeZeynab Jalalian, Verisheh Moradi, Sakineh Parvaneh and Motalleb Ahmadian, four Kurdish political prisoners held in Evin and Yazd prisons, have announced that they will go on hunger strike on 16…News
Monday
- Authorities continue to block urgent medical transfer for Zeynab JalalianZeynab Jalalian, the longest-held and only female political prisoner serving a life sentence in Iran, is being denied transfer to specialist medical facilities despite a sharp deterioration in her…News
Friday
- German MP assumes sponsorship of Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab JalalianA member of Germany’s federal parliament has taken on the political sponsorship of Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is entering her nineteenth year of imprisonment in Iran.News
Thursday2025
- Iran blocks medical care for Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab JalalianZeynab Jalalian, Iran's longest-serving and only female political prisoner serving a life sentence, is nearing her 19th year in detention amid renewed concerns that officials at Yazd Central Prison…News
Wednesday2025
- Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian returned to prison a day after surgeryKurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is serving a life sentence, has been returned to Yazd Prison only a day after undergoing fibroid embolisation surgery, despite her deteriorating health.News
Tuesday2025
- Rights groups, prominent figures urge urgent medical care for Zeynab JalalianAn open letter from the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) and REDRESS, signed by 22 human rights organisations and 13 individuals, calls on Iran to provide urgent medical treatment to Zeynab…News
Tuesday2025
- Zeynab Jalalian, enduring 17 years of incarcerationZeynab Jalalian, Iran's longest-serving and only female political prisoner serving a life sentence, marks 17 years behind bars.News
Monday2024
- Zeynab Jalalian denied family visits, forced into CT scan in handcuffs, shacklesThe Ministry of Intelligence has banned family visits to Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is serving a life sentence in Yazd Central Prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)…News
Sunday2024
- YazdZeynab Jalalian still deprived of medical services in Yazd Central PrisonKurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is serving a life sentence, is enduring her seventeenth year of imprisonment in Yazd Central Prison amid severe health conditions and a lack of medical…News
Wednesday2024
- Zeynab Jalalian denied medical care, pressured to ‘repent’Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is serving her 17th year in Yazd Central Prison, has been transferred to the prison infirmary in recent weeks due to severe pain in her right side…News
Friday2024
- Zeynab Jalalian urges Iranians to boycott electionsZeynab Jalalian, Iran's longest-serving and only female political prisoner serving a life sentence, has written a letter from Yazd prison, urging the Iranian people to abstain from voting in the…News
Tuesday2024
- Zeynab Jalalian enters 17th year of unlawful imprisonmentZeynab Jalalian, Iran's longest-serving and only female political prisoner serving a life sentence in Yazd prison, marked her seventeenth year in prison yesterday. Throughout her imprisonment…News
Tuesday2023
- Zeynab Jalalian’s health at risk: Ministry of Intelligence blocks medical careZeynab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner serving a life sentence, is facing deteriorating health conditions in her sixteenth year in Yazd Central Prison. Despite suffering from pterygium…News
Saturday2023
- Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian threatened, denied medical careZeynab Jalalian, Iran's only woman political prisoner serving a life sentence, has been threatened and coerced into making forced confessions and expressing remorse by interrogators from the Ministry…Prisoners
Tuesday2023
- Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian’s 16th Newroz in prisonKurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian is spending her 16th Newroz (also Nowruz in Persian) behind the bars in Yazd Prison.Prisoners
Tuesday2022
- Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian’s 2018 open letter to publicKurdish woman political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who has entered the 15th year of her imprisonment in Iran, had previously published an open letter to the public announcing that she had been denied…Prisoners
Tuesday2022
- Iran threatens mother of Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab JalalianIranian security forces detained the mother of Kurdish woman political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian at her home in Maku, West Azerbaijan province, for several hours on 21 February.Prisoners
Monday2021
- UN Special Rapporteur on Iran submits fourth report to UN General AssemblyKurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) - The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, has presented his fourth report to the United Nations…News
Tuesday2021
- YazdZeynab Jalalian – Yazd PrisonZeynab Jalalian is a woman political prisoner born in 1982 and comes from the village of Dim Qeshlaq in Maku. She was arrested on 26 February 2008 by the Ministry of Intelligence in Kermanshah and…Women Political Prisoners
Friday2021
- YazdPolitical prisoner Zeynab Jalalian in critical condition in YazdKurdish woman political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is sentenced to life imprisonment and is serving her 14th year in prison in Yazd, is in critical condition due to being denied access to medical…Women’s Rights
Tuesday2021
- Amnesty: Jailed Iranian Kurdish woman Zeynab Jalalian torturedAmnesty International has accused Iran of torturing Kurdish woman political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian and called upon readers to take urgent action by sending appeals to the country’s Head of…Prisoners
Wednesday2020
- YazdZeynab Jalalian Deprived of Calls and Visits in Quarantine of Yazd PrisonKurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian who was abruptly transferred from Kermanshah Prison to Yazd Prison on November 10, for no apparent reason, is still being held in quarantine without the…Prisoners
Thursday2020
- YazdFour Times Transfer and Exile in Six Months; Zeynab Jalalian Transferred to Yazd PrisonZeynab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, was transferred to Yazd Prison, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).Prisoners
Friday2020
- Amnesty International Called for Provision of Medical Treatment for Three Female Political PrisonersIn response to reports about Kurdish prisoner Zeynab Jalalian and two human rights defenders, Soheila Hijab and Narges Mohammadi, who have deprived emergency medical treatment for the coronavirus…Prisoners
