Kurdistan Human Rights Network

The former Cellmate of the Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, has passed away suspiciously in her home. She was reportedly under pressure and threatened by the Kermanshah Intelligence Office due to her contacts with Zeynab Jalalian, Kermanshah Forensic Medicine has declared the cause of death as suicide. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that on Oct 14, 2017, the body of Zahra Azade...

The Kurdish political prisoner known as Zeynab Jalalian has been on medicinal strike since February 2017, in protest to the authorities’ negligence of her need for medical care in the prison while spreading false news about her medical treatment. She has been also deprived of the right to visit her family since September. “Zeynab has been suffering from health problems such as pterygium (a pinkish,...

During a short interview with Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Zeynab Jalalian talked about her ill health and the suspension of weekly visits with her family by the Prison Intelligence Bureau. This political prison has spent the past 10 years in the prison. “Some time ago, I protested verbally and in writing to widespread use of drugs in the prison. However, not only my protest...

Kurdistan Human Rights Netwrok- After nearly a decade behind bars, prisoner of conscience Zeinab Jalalian has developed intestinal problems, yet the authorities continue to deny her specialist treatment, her father told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “She is suffering from intestinal issues, but there is no specialist in the prison to help her and her requests to get checked by doctors outside...

Zeynab Jalalian’s lawyer, AmirSalar Dawoodi submitted a petition to Chief Prosecutor and stated that his client has not been taking her medication. According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) The lawyer has released a letter in his telegram channel and announced that Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, has been refusing to take her vital medications since march 16, in order to protest the prison administration’s...

Kurdish female political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian serving life imprisonment in Iran’s Khoy prison has been coerced by members of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry to make confessions on state TV for crimes she had not committed, one of the prisoner's relatives told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Several members of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry visited Jalalian a few weeks ago demanding that she makes a scripted...

The prosecutor of Iran’s city of Khoy has rejected a request by Kurdish female political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian to receive medical treatment outside the prison for her severe illnesses, a reliable source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). The source said: “Zeynab Jalalian has been suffering from severe eye pterygium and intestine issues for several years now. She is currently jailed in the prison...

Amnesty International UK: Zeynab Jalalian is in her early thirties and is set to spend the rest of her life in Iran’s Kermanshah prison. She was convicted in 2010 of membership of an armed Kurdish opposition group, following alleged torture during her interrogation and a trial lasting a few minutes with no lawyer present. She lost her freedom, now she may lose her sight too. Zeynab...