Activists Arrested After Mass Strike in Iran’s Kurdistan Province Against “Revenge” Executions
After a mass strike by Kurdish merchants in western Iran on September 12, 2018, Iranian security forces arrested several ...
Tag : Ramin Hossein Panahi
September 10, 2018
Iran’s Execution of Three Kurdish Prisoners is Unlawful and Unjust
All Three Cases Rife with Denial of Due Process and Evidence of Torture and Forced Confessions September 10, 2018—Iran’s ...
September 5, 2018
Execution of Kurdish Death-Row Prisoner More Likely, Prison Officer Says
Fears for Ramin Hossein Panahi Grow Despite Torture and Due Process Violation Concerns The execution of a Kurdish death-row prisoner has ...
August 28, 2018
Kurdish Death Row Inmate Sews Lips Shut in Hunger Strike Against Denial of Rights
Ramin Hossein Panahi, a Kurdish man in danger of imminent execution in Iran, has sewn his lips shut to protest the ...
August 16, 2018
Kurdish Death Row Prisoner Transferred to Different Prison, Raising Fears He Could be Executed
A Kurdish man who has been sentenced to death in Iran despite serious concerns about how his case was handled has ...
August 1, 2018
IRGC-Affiliated Media Trying to “Prepare Public Opinion” For Execution of Kurdish Man
Relatives of Ramin Hossein Panahi, a Kurdish man on death row in Iran, have raised concerns ...
July 10, 2018
Rights Attorney Summoned to Court in Iran After Signing Letter Criticizing Judiciary’s Restriction of Right to Counsel
Attorney Hossein Ahmadiniaz, the defense counsel in several cases involving human and political rights in Iran, has been summoned by Branch 4 of ...
July 6, 2018
Kurdish Death Row Prisoner in Iran Repeatedly Led to Believe Execution Would Be Carried Out
Photo: Ramin Hossein Panahi has been transferred to an unknown location possibly to face execution. The authorities of Iran’s Sanandaj ...
June 20, 2018
Iran: Stop Imminent Execution of Kurdish Prisoner, Investigate Evidence of Torture and Denial of Due Process
Fear Grows After Bus Driver Was Executed in Iran Despite Similar Concerns June 20, 2018—The Iranian judiciary should immediately ...
June 18, 2018
UN Rights Experts: Iran Must Halt Execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi
GENEVA, UN (18 June 2018) – UN human rights experts* have made a fresh call to Iran to annul the ...
May 4, 2018
Execution of Iranian Kurdish Activist Suspended But Niece Commits Suicide
Nishtiman Hossein Panahi (left) committed suicide on May 2 after being harassed by agents of Iran's Intelligence Ministry ...
May 2, 2018
Execution Imminent of Prisoner in Iran Despite Unfair Trial and Credible Allegations of Torture
Photo: Ramin Hossein Panahi has been transferred to an unknown location possibly to face execution. Lawyer: “Ramin’s case is ...
May 2, 2018
UN Rights Expert Urges Iran to Halt Imminent Execution of Ramin Hossein Panahi
GENEVA (2 May 2018) – A UN human rights expert has urgently called on Iran to halt the death sentence against Iranian ...
April 19, 2018
UN Rights Experts Call on Iran to Annul Death Sentence Against Ramin Hossein Panahi
GENEVA (19 April 2018) – United Nations human rights experts* have called for Iran to annul the death sentence against an Iranian Kurdish prisoner, Ramin Hossein Panahi, amid serious concerns that he has not received ...
April 13, 2018
Iranian Supreme Court Upholds “Unjust” Death Sentence Against Kurdish Activist
The Supreme Court of Iran failed to fully consider the defense’ arguments before it upheld the death sentence against Iranian Kurdish political rights activist Ramin Hossein Panahi, his ...
January 29, 2018
Iranian-Kurdish Activist Sentenced to Death Says He Was Wrongfully Convicted of Drawing a Weapon
Iranian-Kurdish political activist Ramin Hossein Panahi will appeal the death sentence he was issued on January 25, 2018, by ...