Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Authorities of Khoy Prison have seized the personal belongings including blankets, personal clothes, books and booklets of the Kurdish political prisoner known as Zeynab Jalalian without providing any specific reason. “Several inspectors of Khoy Prison visited Women's Ward on the morning of Nov 28, 2018, inspected Zeynab Jalalian's beds and seized all her personal belongings including blankets, clothes, books and booklets. Giving her several blankets,...

On July 30, following the announcement of a three-day hunger strike by Zeynab Jalalian along with nine prisoners of ordinary offences in protest to being deprived of weekly visits and basic prison facilities, one of the websites linked to the Ministry of Intelligence denied the strike's news in an interview with a person called "Mostafa Moloodi”who introduced himself as Zeynab Jalalian’s lawyer. However, in a...

Zeynab Jalalian, along with nine prisoners of ordinary offences, went on hunger strike in protest to being deprived of weekly visits and basic prison facilities. Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that prison authorities had discovered a mobile phone following an inspection of the prisoners’ section during the past few days. The prison guard has questioned Zeynab Jalalian and nine other prisoner several times...

Zeynab Jalalian, The Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, published an open letter to the public in which he explained her deprivation of medical and treatment facilities. In her letter, the Kurdish political prisoner describes how she has repeatedly been challenged by prison authorities for several years in addition to being deprived of medical treatment by the order of authorities who fabricated a medical...

Despite the deterioration of the health status of the Kurdish political prisoner known as Zeynab Jalalian, sentenced to life imprisonment at the Khoy Prison, Prison authorities are still denying her access to medical treatment. A source close to this political prisoner, who did not want to be disclosed his identity for security reasons, told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that "the health condition of Zeynab...

The “Week in brief” by Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) is a weekly review of the most important human rights news and developments from and about Iran’s Kurdish areas. Iranian Kurdish woman to serve six months in jail for anti-state propaganda Iranian Kurdish activist Runak Aghayi has been taken to Mahabad prison to serve her six-month jail sentence, which was approved by the Oroumiyeh Court...

The Kurdish political prisoner known as Zeynab Jalalian held in prison for the past 11 years has been on medicinal strike for more than a year in protest to the authorities’ negligence of her need for medical care in the prison while spreading false news about her medical treatment. As a result, her health condition is currently critical. An informed source told Kurdistan Human Rights...

The Kurdish political prisoner known as Zeynab Jalalian sentenced to life imprisonment congratulated all women on March 8th (International Women's Day) while disclosing information on being tortured in the Kermanshah Intelligence Detention Centre. This letter, a copy which was sent to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), states: I congratulate my beloved mother, women who look after their loved ones and all the women of the...

The Kurdish political prisoner known as Zeynab Jalalian in Khoy Prison published a letter to Atena Daemi and Gulukh Iraei, two political prisoners in Qarchakh prison, and thanked them for their letter while urging human rights institutions to take measures for releasing these two political prisoners. A copy of this letter sent the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), is as follows: Greetings to All my Captive...