Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish civil rights activist Hiro Ghadimi faces inadequate conditions and is denied access to necessary medical care in the women's ward of Sanandaj Prison. Ghadimi, who suffers from migraines, high blood pressure, and a herniated disc, has been transferred to solitary confinement in recent days, where she is unable to move due to her medical conditions and experiences ongoing health challenges. Officials at Sanandaj Prison have...

Nayeb Askari, a Kurdish political prisoner facing a death sentence, went on a hunger strike on 28 September in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province, in protest at the Iranian security authorities' continued pressure to issue a second death sentence against him. Following the announcement of his hunger strike, Askari was immediately moved to solitary confinement on the orders of the prison authorities. In June, on the orders...

Afkham Moradian, a resident of Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was temporarily released from the city's prison today after more than three months of detention on significant bail. Ministry of Intelligence forces arrested Moradian on 22 July on one of Saqqez's streets, and took him to the ministry's detention centre in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province. On 19 September, following initial interrogations, Moradian, along with Saman Pashaei and Khaled Abdollahzadeh,...

Four civilians, including Solmaz Hassanzadeh, the sister of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, one of the victims of last year's anti-government protests in Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, were arrested without a warrant by security forces at the entrance to Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, on 27 September. The names of the other three women detained while entering Saqqez are Sheyda Rezaei, Shirin Khayyat and Simin Khayyat, the Kurdistan Human Rights...

Prison officers at Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province tortured prisoner Farzin Nouri and transferred him to solitary confinement on 25 September, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. According to sources, Nouri's protest against the transfer order to move him from Ward 1 to Ward 4 led to a violent response by several prison officers, who used batons and cables during the...

The whereabouts and fate of Varisheh Moradi, a member of the East Kurdistan Free Women Society (KJAR) with the organisational code name of Jwana Sna, who was arrested by security forces in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, almost two months ago, remains unknown. Moradi was beaten and arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence at the entrance to Sanandaj on 1 August, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN)...

Kurdish political prisoner Motalleb Ahmadian, who has been battling a range of serious health conditions including diaphragmatic hernia, spinal canal stenosis, and urinary tract infections for several years, now faces cancer, stemming from past radiation treatments. Ahmadian continues to be denied access to specialized medical care and referral to medical centres outside the prison, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Due to recurring reflux...

On the anniversary of the death of Mohsen Gheysari, one of the victims of the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom) uprising in Ilam, Ilam Province, at least four civilians, Mohammad Hossein Gheysari (Mohsen's brother), Ali Shirkhani, Mahmoud Sadeghi, and his daughter Hedi Sadeghi, were beaten and arrested by security forces following a memorial service in Ilam on 21 September. Mohammad Hossein Gheysari and Mahmoud...

The Council of Civil Associations and Organisations of Marivan, in Kurdistan Province, has thrown its weight behind Chya the Green Organisation's appeal for the release of its detained members. In a strongly-worded statement, the Council condemned the recent raid on the annual meeting of Chya the Green Organisation by the military and security forces and the subsequent unlawful mass arrest of its members. The statement, issued...