Kashmar Prison Archives - KHRN

August 13, 2019

A Prisoner Hanged on Drug-Related at Kashmar Prison

On morning, Aug 13, a prisoner held at Kashmar Prison was hanged on drug-related charges Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has identified this prisoner as Seyed Reza Dabbagh, a 34-year-old residence of Kashmar, who was arrested about two years ago and sentenced to death for carrying 5 kg of heroin. The national media have not announced the news of the execution of this prisoner.

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January 5, 2019

Kurdish Political Prisoners on a One-day Symbolic Hunger Strike in Solidarity with Kurdish political Prisoners in Turkey

A group of Kurdish political prisoners in prisons in Orumiyeh, Khoy, Tabriz and Kashmar published a statement in which they declared their solidarity with Leyla Guven, the detained co-chair of the Democratic Society Party in Turkey, and 91 other political prisoners in Turkish prisons. They have called for the deployment of international inspectors and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture to the prison of...

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