Kurdistan Human Rights Network

An 80-year-old woman, mother of a prisoner who had rejected the prison’s report about death of her son in his fifth day of his hunger strike, was flogged with 70 lashes at Khoy Prison on 28 November 2019 a source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN).  Following flogging her with 70 lashes as per a verdict issued by Khoy Court, she was then taken to...

Kurdish Political Prisoner Maghboleh Sakanvand was released from Khoy prison after serving her nine months in prison on 21 Nov 2019. Sakanvand was sentenced to one year in prison by the Khoy Revolutionary Court on 9 November on charges of "membership at one of the Kurdish opposition parties.” The sentence was later reduced to nine months per the Law of Submission to the verdict since Sakanvand did not contest the sentence...

Due to the leniency shown by the victim's family, three prisoners were saved from execution and transferred back to the prison. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that two prisoners “Shahin Gholami” and “Mohammad Teymouri" from ward 1-2 of Orumiyeh Central Prison and Nader Hajizadeh from Khoy Prison, who had been transferred to solitary confinement cells yesterday in anticipation of enforcing their death...

At noon today, a prisoner charged with murder was transferred to solitary confinement at Khoy Prison in order in anticipation of enforcing the sentence. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that a prisoner charged with murder “Nader Hajizadeh” has been transferred to solitary confinement in Khoy Prison for execution at noon today, July 24. Prison authorities have told the prisoner's family that his death...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Zeynab Jalalian a political prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment who is held at Khoy prison, is deprived of the right to medical treatment and furlough. A reliable source told KHRN that "Unfortunately, the health condition of Zeynab Jalalian -who has been imprisoned for the past 12 years- is deteriorating. This political prisoner has been suffering from pterygium (a pinkish, triangular...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Maghboleh Sakanvand, a Kurdish civilian from Mako who was detained three months ago, is still in prison. According to information obtained by KHRN, this young woman, who was a member of the opposition parties, was arrested after her return to Iran despite her family coordination with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) which was informed of her return prior her...

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN): Zeynab Jalalian, a political prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment who is held at Khoy prison, was transferred to dentistry clinic last week after waiting for two months to get her teeth and gum infections treated. She also visited her family this week after three months of being deprived of visitation rights. "Zeynab had requested to be taken to a dentistry...

Kurdish Human Rights Network (KHRN): A prisoner, Zahra (surname not revealed) was beaten by Khoy Prison agents and chained to an iron bar for 5 hours as punishment. According to the information obtained by KHRN, a 25-year-old woman from Khoy was arrested on Sunday, February 24, in one of Khoy's central streets under the pretext of what the officers called "Bad Hijab”. She was transferred...

Sima Moradi from Salmas was sentenced to nine months in prison on charges of membership in one of the Kurdish parties. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that this Kurdish civilian was arrested by security forces in Salmas late last fall and transferred to Orumiyeh Central Prison. She was interrogated for 48 hours at the Ministry of Intelligence Detention Centre in Orumiyeh. She was...