Kurdistan Human Rights Network

A court official in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province, confirmed the detention of Edris Feqhi, a member of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) after the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported that he was alive and held by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). On 28 September, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) published a report saying it had obtained information that Edris Feqhi, previously...

Information received by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) suggests that Edris Feqhi, a member of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), previously reported to have lost his life in a clash, is alive. Reportedly, Feqhi is being held in the detention centre of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan province. Previous reports had stated that the PJAK...

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has stationed forces in many regions near the villages in Bukan, West Azerbaijan province, after clashes broke out between the IRGC and a Kurdish party near Elmabad village on 24 July. Reportedly, the IRGC has taken tight security measures in the area. Yesterday, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported that the Hamzeh Seyyed al-Shohada base of the IRGC had said...

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): Mozaffar Sekaanvand Lakran, a Kurdish civilian from Maku who was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to 20 years in exile in Borazjan/Bushehr Province, has been illegally imprisoned since his transfer to exile. Mozaffar Sekaanvand was arrested by Security Forces in Shoot district of Maku, on September 24, 2012, and subsequently transferred to Maku prison after a month of interrogation at...

Two Kurdish political prisoners were released per Article 134 of Islamic Penal Code (Aggregation of Fines) after serving more than 10 years in prison. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Sayed Sami Hosseini and Sayed Jamal Mohammadi, who had been sentenced to 25 years in prison on June 4, 2008, were finally released from Orumiyeh Central Prison per Article 134 of Islamic...

On Thursday 25 January the death sentence for the political prisoner known as Saman Naseem on charges of Moharebeh (waging war against God) by the Orumiyeh Court of Appeals was reduced to imprisonment sentence by the Supreme Court. However, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has filed new charges against him including murdering and injuring four members of IRGC. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has...

Two Kurdish political prisoners detained at Qazvin Central Prison (known as the Choobindar) are still held in prison despite serving their ten year imprisonment sentence. They have been told that the prosecutor’s order is required for their release. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has been informed that Seyyed Sami Hosseini and Seyyed Jamal Mohammadi are still held at Choobindar Prison in Qazvin although their ten...

During a short interview with Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), Zeynab Jalalian talked about her ill health and the suspension of weekly visits with her family by the Prison Intelligence Bureau. This political prison has spent the past 10 years in the prison. “Some time ago, I protested verbally and in writing to widespread use of drugs in the prison. However, not only my protest...