Orumiyeh Central Prison Archives - Page 3 of 31 - KHRN

March 11, 2022

Kurdish political prisoner having seizure denied medical treatment

Kurdish political prisoner Nayeb Askari fainted after having a seizure today in the new high-security ward of Iran's Orumiyeh prison, but prison officials opposed providing him medical treatment. All prisoners of conscience, who were transferred to the ward, have been denied access to medical services. Askari, who has been suffering from kidney disease for the past few months, had a seizure caused by a hunger strike...

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March 7, 2022

Concerns grow over hunger-striking activist’s health in Orumiyeh prison

Authorities in Orumiyeh Central Prison, northwestern Iran, continue to hold Kurdish activist Mohammad Houshangi in solitary confinement on the 13th day of his hunger strike, denying him communication with his family. Houshangi has been on a hunger strike since 23 February, protesting against his continued detention and the objection of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to his temporary release despite...

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February 28, 2022

Hunger-striking Kurdish activist taken to solitary confinement

Authorities in Orumiyeh prison, Iran's northwestern West Azerbaijan province, transferred Kurdish activist Mohammad Houshangi to solitary confinement on the fourth day of his hunger strike on 26 February. Houshangi has been on a hunger strike since 23 February, protesting against his long detention and the objection of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to his temporary release despite the payment of...

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February 22, 2022

Dozens of woman prisoners contract Omicron in Iran’s Orumiyeh

Dozens of prisoners in the women's ward of Orumiyeh Central Prison, in northwestern Iran, have contracted Covid-19 over the past several days. Reportedly, the situation of the prisoners is critical due to the spread of the Omicron variant of the virus in the ward and the lack of proper medical services in the prison. "A few days ago, the Omicron [variant of the corona] virus spread...

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January 19, 2022

Orumiyeh: Beaten prisoners held in solitary confinement, detention centre

Prisoners of conscience Farshad Fattahi, Sardar Ozmash, Kamran Ghassemi, and Keyvan Rashozadeh who were beaten by special prison forces in Orumiyeh prison on 10 January, are held in handcuffs and fetters in solitary confinement. Also, prisoners of conscience Sirvan Hosseini-Asl, Saman Hosseini-Asl, Davoud Jabbari, and Nayeb Askari who were transferred to the detention centre of the Ministry of Intelligence on the same day, are still...

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January 13, 2022

Iran: Prisoners taken from solitary confinement to security ward

Prison officials in Iran's northwestern Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, took yesterday some political prisoners from solitary confinement to the newly-constructed security ward for prisoners of conscience. These included prisoners Farzad Samani and Hamed Ghare-Oghlani. On 10 January, the prison's special guard forces severely beat prisoners of conscience and took 20 of them to solitary confinement after the prisoners refused to be transferred to the new ward. Meanwhile,...

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January 11, 2022

Iran: 20 prisoners of conscience taken to solitary confinement

Special forces of Iran’s Orumiyeh prison, in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, severely beat prisoners of conscience yesterday and took 20 prisoners to solitary confinement. The prison head and the head of the special office of the Ministry of Intelligence in Orumiyeh Central Prison had ordered that all 47 prisoners of conscience be taken to a new high-security ward. Following the order, the prison's special...

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January 10, 2022

Prisoners beaten, taken to new security ward in Iran’s Orumiyeh

Special forces of Iran's Orumiyeh prison, in the northwestern province of West Azerbaijan, have raided the prison ward housing prisoners of conscience today and have resorted to violence for transferring the prisoners to a new security ward. The officers have severely beaten prisoners who resisted the transfer, destroying their personal belongings. Several political prisoners, including Farzad Samani, were transferred to solitary confinement after being beaten by...

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December 23, 2021

Iran: Prisoners end hunger strike after prison head’s promise

A group of prisoners of conscience, who had been on a strike since 12 December to protest against their transfer to a newly-built high-security ward in Iran's northwestern Orumiyeh, ended their strike today after meeting with the head of the prison. The prisoners initially refused to receive prison food for five days. Last week they turned it into a hunger strike. Reportedly, the head of Orumiyeh...

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