Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Kurdish woman political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, who is sentenced to life imprisonment and is serving her 14th year in prison in Yazd, is in critical condition due to being denied access to medical treatment. A source close to Jalalian spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) about her latest situation and said: “After contracting Covid-19, Zeynab was in a bad physical condition and suffered...

Amnesty International has accused Iran of torturing Kurdish woman political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian and called upon readers to take urgent action by sending appeals to the country’s Head of Judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi.The organization said agents of the Ministry of Intelligence of Iran tortured Jalalian by “deliberately denying her health care to coerce her into providing a videotaped ‘confession’”.“This intentional denial of health care is...

Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian who was abruptly transferred from Kermanshah Prison to Yazd Prison on November 10, for no apparent reason, is still being held in quarantine without the right to call or visit her family. A relative of Jalalian has told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that "since Ms Jalalian was transferred to Yazd prison, she has only managed to make a...

Zeynab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, was transferred to Yazd Prison, a reliable source told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to this source, Zeynab Jalalian made her family a two-minute phone call yesterday, November 10, that she had been transferred to Yazd Prison while being beaten, threatened and verbally abused along the way. On November 10, security agents informed...

In response to reports about Kurdish prisoner Zeynab Jalalian and two human rights defenders, Soheila Hijab and Narges Mohammadi, who have deprived emergency medical treatment for the coronavirus, Amnesty International called on Iranian authorities to provide them with immediate medical care. Zeynab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner, contracted the coronavirus during quarantine at Qarchak Prison last month. Also, in the past few days, news has...

In an interview with Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN), a member of Zeynab Jalalian's family announced the possibility that this Kurdish political prisoner may be transferred to Kerman Prison. Zeynab Jalalian went on a hunger strike on June 20, demanding her return to Khoy Prison or transfer to Evin Prison, as well as access to medical treatment after being diagnosed with COVID 19."Yesterday, a person...

Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian was transferred from the quarantine ward of Qarchak Prison to an unknown location on Thursday, June 25, 2020, on the sixth day of her hunger strike, and there is no news on her fate. The Kurdish political prisoner has been on a hunger strike since June 20, demanding her return to Khoy prison or transfer to Evin prison. In an interview with...

Three Kurdish female political prisoners Sakineh Parvaneh, Soheila Hijab and Zeynab Jalalian are still on a hunger strike in Qarchak Prison. Meanwhile, the health condition of Zeynab Jalalian is reported critical with severe coughs and chest pain, informed sources have told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network. Sakineh Parvaneh, who is being held in Ward 3 of Qarchak Prison, has been on a hunger strike since June 15,...

Zeynab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner in the quarantine ward of Qarchak Prison, has been on hunger strike since this morning. Her request is to be returned to Khoy Prison or transferred to Evin Prison. The political prisoner, who was transferred from Khoy Prison to Qarchak Prison on May 10, has also announced that she would go on a hunger strike in the coming days...