7 Sunni Prisoners Held Under Detention Since 6 Years Ago

HRANA News Agency – Seven Sunnis prisoners of conscience, who are under detention since more than six years ago, are held in undecided conditions in various prisons in the country.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), seven Sunni prisoners named Davud Abdullahi, Kamran Sheikhi, Farhad Salimi, Anvar khezri, Khosrow Besharat, Qasem Absteh, and Ayoub Karimi, who were arrested in 2009, after more than six years of detention still remain in an indeterminate status. Continue reading “7 Sunni Prisoners Held Under Detention Since 6 Years Ago”

Court hearing for seven Sunni prisoners ‘deliberately’ cancelled

HRANA News Agency – A court hearing to hear the charges against seven Sunni prisoners of conscience was cancelled after the court-appointed lawyers and representatives from the Ministry of Intelligence failed to turn up.

“This delay in processing the charges against these seven prisoners of conscience is entirely deliberate,” a source told the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). Continue reading “Court hearing for seven Sunni prisoners ‘deliberately’ cancelled”