Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish political prisoner Hatem Ozdemir, who was transferred on 23 June from Orumiyeh Central Prison to the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Khoy, West Azerbaijan province, was returned to prison on 29 June. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security interrogators from the Ministry of Intelligence threatened Ozdemir, who has Turkish citizenship, that if he did not cooperate they would extradite...

Hatem Ozdemir, a Kurdish political prisoner whose death sentence was overturned by the Iranian Supreme Court in March, was transferred from Orumiyeh Central Prison to an undisclosed location on 23 June, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The political prisoner was reportedly handed over to security forces after being summoned to the prison's security office. Ozdemir has been suffering from kidney stones since his...

The Branch Nine of Iran's Supreme Court has overturned Kurdish political prisoner Hatem Ozdemir's death sentence in the past few days, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. The court referred the case to the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, for re-investigation. Ozdemir, who holds Turkish citizenship, was previously sentenced to death by Branch One of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Khoy,...

Authorities at Orumiyeh Central Prison in northwestern Iran have been denying Kurdish political prisoner Hatem Ozdemir access to medical services, despite doctors and ultrasound results suggesting that he needs surgery. Ozdemir, who holds Turkish citizenship, was recently sentenced to death and has been suffering from kidney stones for several years. A source familiar with the situation of the political prisoner spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights...

An Iranian court has recently sentenced a Kurdish civilian named Hatem Ozdemir, who holds Turkish citizenship, to death after holding him in detention for 33 months. Branch 1 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Khoy, West Azerbaijan province, charged Ozdemir with "armed insurrection" (baghi) through "membership in the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)". "Hatem Ozdemir's last court hearing was held at Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court...

A Kurdish Citizen of Turkey named Hatem Ozdemir has been transferred to one of the branches of the Khoy Revolutionary Court on January 05. He was charged with “rebellion through membership in the Kurdish armed parties”. He was then taken back to Orumiyeh Central Prison, an informed source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). He had been transferred to...

A Kurdish-Turkish citizen, who had been transferred to the Orumiyeh Central Prison after two months of interrogation at the Orumiyeh Intelligence detention center in late August, has now been transferred to the Intelligence Bureau for “further interrogation,” a source aware of the case told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). Hatem Ozdemir, a Kurdish citizen from Turkey, was arrested on 2 July 2019 following armed...