HRANA News Agency – Omar Faghihpour, Kurdish political prisoner in Rajai Shahr prison, has served 16 years of his life sentence and despite having the right of furlough or parole, he is still kept in the prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), he had been arrested in 2000 and charged with acting against national security and war against God through contact with the Democratic Party of Kurdistan. He was sentenced to death in Mahabad revolutionary court, and then the court of appeal reduced his sentence to life imprisonment with a degree of extenuating. Continue reading “Omar Faghihpour Deprived Of Furlough In The 16th Of His Imprisonment”
Category: Ethnic Minorities
Two Civil Rights Activists Tried in The Appeal Court In Tabriz
HRANA News Agency – The hearing of appeal request of Taha Kermani and Hussein Alimohammadi Alvar was held on Saturday, 16 January in Branch 7 of the Court of Appeal of East Azerbaijan Province. The Court declared the end of the hearing and will issue the final sentence.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), following the request of lawyers of Alimohamadi and Kermani for appeal to the sentence of 10 years imprisonment issued by the Revolutionary Court of Tabriz, the provincial branch of the Seventh Court of Appeals proceeded the case under the presidency of Judge Ataloo. Continue reading “Two Civil Rights Activists Tried in The Appeal Court In Tabriz”
Abbas Lesani In Solitary Confinement In Shiraz Prison
HRANA News Agency – Abbas Lesani, imprisoned civil activist in Shiraz prison is prohibited from having prison visits since his exile to this prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Abbas Lesani, imprisoned civil activist who was transferred from Ardabil prison to Shiraz prison without any notice on Thursday, 12th November is incommunicado. He has been prevented from having prison visits from the moment of his exile to Shiraz prison. Continue reading “Abbas Lesani In Solitary Confinement In Shiraz Prison”
Ramazan Ahmad Kamal Beaten By Prison Guards Until He went To Coma
HARANA News Agency – Ramazan Ahmad Kamal, a Syrian Kurd prisoner who was supposed to be sent to the hospital for treatment, after being beaten by the prison guards passed out and went into a coma. This happened on Wednesday and after five days he woke up from the coma in the “Imam Khomeini” hospital.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Bahman Ahmadi Amoui, a journalist and former cellmate of Mr Ramazan Ahmad Kamal, announced his unconsciousness news, wrote on his personal page on Thursday 7th of January: “He is unconscious since yesterday afternoon (Wednesday 6th of January) up to now that I am writing these few lines. He became extremely weak and according to a doctor who first treated him in the Sasan hospital he is well but his level of consciousness is very low.” Continue reading “Ramazan Ahmad Kamal Beaten By Prison Guards Until He went To Coma”
Authorities Prevent Ayat Mehrali Baigloo From Having Parole
HRANA News Agency – Although the disciplinary committee of Tabriz Prison has accepted the parole request of Ayat Mehrali Baigloo, the prosecution office and the court continue to reject it.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the revolutionary court, court of appeal and prosecution office proceeding the case and reject the parole request of Ayat Mehrali Baigloo. Continue reading “Authorities Prevent Ayat Mehrali Baigloo From Having Parole”
No Information About A Brother And Sister Arrested In Boukan
HRANA News Agency – The status of a sister and a brother from Boukan who were arrested separately in late December is unknown.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), after four days since the arrest of Amjad Soleymani, a painter and designer from Boukan (West Azerbaijan Province, Iran), his sister Susan Soleymani also was arrested by the security forces. Continue reading “No Information About A Brother And Sister Arrested In Boukan”
3 Activists Imprisoned In Khoy
HRANA News Agency – By applying the imprisonment sentences of “Amin Hajilu”, “Araz Khasehtarash” and “Islam Ali Akbarlou”, these three civil rights activists were transferred to Khoy prison, to endure their one month imprisonment.
According to the sources of HRANA, Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran, these three Turkish (Azeri) activists were detained in February last year in connection with the commemoration of “International Day of native language” and by the Revolutionary Court of Khoy, each of them was sentenced to three months imprisonment, which was reduced to one month imprisonment by the appeal court. Continue reading “3 Activists Imprisoned In Khoy”
Kamal Sharifi Deprived Of Having Furlough
HRANA News Agency – Kamal Sharifi, a journalist and political activist in Minab prison is in his eighth year of imprisonment while being deprived of furlough and having visited his familz just once so far.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Kamal Sharifi, a journalist and political activist, born in October 1972, is spending his 30 years imprisonment sentence in exile, in Minab prison, while in all these years he was been deprived of furlough and only once and only after a long hunger strike, has been allowed to meet with his parents. Continue reading “Kamal Sharifi Deprived Of Having Furlough”
Vaali Doroudi’s Pardon Request Has Been Rejected
HRANA News Agency – The pardon request for Vaali Doroudi, political prisoner of Yazd prison was rejected. He is in a very bad condition in his 20th year of imprisonment.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Vaali Doroudi, political prison, who was arrested on November 26, 1996, on charge of membership in one of the conflicting Kurdish parties, has been sent to furlough only twice so far. Continue reading “Vaali Doroudi’s Pardon Request Has Been Rejected”
A Civilian Shot And Killed By The Police In Marivan
HRANA News Agency – A citizen was killed in a shooting by the security forces in Marivan city.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on Friday night, 11th December, a Kurdish citizen, named Jamal Rastkhaneh, who was suspected of carrying contraband, lost his live in police shooting in the Sarshiv border in the city of Marivan. Continue reading “A Civilian Shot And Killed By The Police In Marivan”