Friday 21 August, 2026

Prison

Women
Sentences
Children
Prisoners
Deaths in Detention
Torture
Prisoners Hunger Strikes
Flogging sentences
Death sentences
Kurdish media activist Abed Alizadeh arrested in Takab, whereabouts unknown
21 August 2026 14:05
Kurdish village council member Karim Rasouli arrested in Mahabad
21 August 2026 12:50
Danial Mohammadi remains detained without access to lawyer or family visits
20 August 2026 23:54
Vahid Valizadeh arrested following raid on his home in Tabriz
20 August 2026 23:40
Two Kurdish women arrested in Urmia and Piranshahr, whereabouts unknown
20 August 2026 20:29
Kurdish man Zaher Ghorbani arrested after Intelligence Ministry detains father to pressure him to surrender
20 August 2026 10:17
Artist Hiva Seyfizadeh sentenced to four years in prison
20 August 2026 10:12
Farzin Khadiripour and Mohammad Watmani arrested in Mahabad, whereabouts unknown
19 August 2026 22:05
Zahra Rabbani, detained at 17 during January protests, sentenced to prison
19 August 2026 21:21
Azar Yahu sentenced to three years in prison over comment on Netanyahu’s social media page
19 August 2026 19:45
Turkish civil activist Milad Balsini re-arrested after court summons
19 August 2026 12:08
Former political prisoner Soheil Arabi sentenced to five years in prison
19 August 2026 11:43
Security forces arrest 21-year-old Shakhawan Khawari in Marivan
18 August 2026 21:49
Baloch artist and athlete Behzad Bozorgzadeh remains detained without resolution after more than two months
18 August 2026 20:22
Hemin Manijeh and Hossein Yousefi held incommunicado after arrests in Bukan
18 August 2026 20:14
Leila Moallemi sentenced to 10 years in prison
18 August 2026 12:16
Matin Rasouli and Hadi Khezri detained, whereabouts unknown
17 August 2026 22:20
Composer and protest artist Parsa Moslehifard sentenced to one year in prison in Tehran
17 August 2026 22:00
Nima Rasoulzadeh remains incommunicado weeks after arrest
17 August 2026 13:52
Sepehr Amirzadeh sentenced to death over January protests
17 August 2026 13:21
Baha’i woman Farank Zabihi sentenced to prison and social restrictions
17 August 2026 11:33
Fatemeh and Javad Safari sentenced to prison over January protests
16 August 2026 22:40
IRGC Intelligence re-arrests Younes Azadbar following retirees’ protest
16 August 2026 22:03
Sixteen Kurdish residents of Mahabad sentenced to more than 77 years in prison
16 August 2026 19:04