Arrest of 7 Individuals in Oshnavieh for Prison Sentences

Human rights sources reported the execution of prison sentences for seven residents of Oshnavieh, including a 17-year-old teenager and two members of families seeking justice. According to the Hengaw Human Rights Organization, the Oshnavieh Revolutionary Court in West Azerbaijan Province accused these individuals of 'collaboration with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan' and sentenced them to a total of 27 months in prison. Hengaw identified the seven individuals as Hiwa Sharifi, the 17-year-old teenager, two brothers named Shwaneh and Shafiq Babakri from families seeking justice, Shahin Ebrahimi, Saleh Sekhavat, Soran Bangini, and Shahram Ebrahimi. The report states that Rashid Babakri, the father of Shwaneh and Shafiq and a Kurdish political prisoner, was executed in 1993 for 'membership in the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan' in Urmia prison. According to Hengaw, five of these individuals were temporarily released on bail after a period of detention in Tir month, and two others in Bahman month of 1402. Following requests from dozens of human rights organizations, member countries of the UN Human Rights Council extended the mandate of Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, and the international fact-finding committee on Iran for another year on Thursday, April 5. In his final report in Esfand month of 1402, Javaid Rehman expressed concern over the increase in executions and the continuation of human rights violations in Iran. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and the fact-finding committee has been extended. Amnesty International: Iranian prisons have become 'places of mass slaughter'; decisive international action is necessary. Omid Ghadimi, a member of the families seeking justice, was sentenced to 40 months in prison. Monthly report from the Kurdistan Human Rights Network: 10 Kurdish prisoners were executed in one month.