Kurdish political prisoner on hunger strike
Kurdish political prisoner on hunger strike
Imprisoned in Mahabad city of East Kurdistan, Kurdish political prisoner Hebibulla Gulperipur started a hunger strike on 12 May to protest against the detention conditions and the death sentence passed on him.
Hebibulla Gulperipur, who was subjected to heavy tortures during his imprisonment, is also protesting against the executions of 5 political prisoners on 9 may in Tehran jail.
Gulperipur is registered in Sine and he has been imprisoned since the end of 2009. Mahabad Revolution Court sentenced him to death on charges of “battle”(against God) and being a member of PJAK (Party for Free Life in Kurdistan). Gulperipur’s lawyer said that his client’s life is in danger.
18 Kurdish prisoners (8 of them charged with membership of PJAK), are threatened with a death sentence. For many weeks now, there is no information about the situation and whereabouts of prisoners Zeynep Celaliyan, Eziz Mimhemedzade, Husen Xizri and Qadir Mihemedzade.
Translator: Berna Ozgencil
Hebibulla Gulperipur, who was subjected to heavy tortures during his imprisonment, is also protesting against the executions of 5 political prisoners on 9 may in Tehran jail.
Gulperipur is registered in Sine and he has been imprisoned since the end of 2009. Mahabad Revolution Court sentenced him to death on charges of “battle”(against God) and being a member of PJAK (Party for Free Life in Kurdistan). Gulperipur’s lawyer said that his client’s life is in danger.
18 Kurdish prisoners (8 of them charged with membership of PJAK), are threatened with a death sentence. For many weeks now, there is no information about the situation and whereabouts of prisoners Zeynep Celaliyan, Eziz Mimhemedzade, Husen Xizri and Qadir Mihemedzade.
Translator: Berna Ozgencil
