Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Political prisoner Saeed Shirzad was arrested at the end of his prison leave and taken to the Rajai Shahr Prison to serve remainder of his imprisonment sentence.  Shirzad was detained as his furlough was not renewed and he is scheduled to be transferred to Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj to serve the remainder of his imprisonment sentence. Last month, he was granted...

Saeed Shirzad and Zanyar Moradi, two political prisoners held at Rajaishahr prison in Karaj, condemned the massive attacks by the Turkish army on the Canton of Afrin in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) and expressed their sympathy with people. The statement is as follows: The Afrin resistance creates an epic, like Kobani The resistance of Afarin is the continuation of Kobani's resistance and the fate of the Turkish occupying...

Kurdish political prisoner on hunger strike Saeed Shirzad was transferred to a prison infirmary and then to a hospital outside his prison following a sudden drop in his blood pressure on 12 January. Another Kurdish political prisoner, Foad Yousefi, detained in Rajaei Shahr prison (Karaj), is also on hunger strike. Zeynab Sakanvand Lakran, a Kurdish female prisoner held in Orumiyeh prison, has put an end to...