Hatam Ozdemir

<p>Hatem Ozdemir is a citizen of Turkey. He was arrested in one of Iran's border towns during an armed clash between The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Iranian forces. He was sentenced to death on the charge of “Baghi”, which is an armed rebellion against the state.”</p>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='26726'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=20547'> According to Hengaw, a group of PKK members was ambushed on the border between the PKK and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Orumiyeh. Hatem Ozdemir, who lost consciousness due to a mortar shell hitting him during the shelling of the region, was detained and taken to the detention center of the Intelligence Organisation of the IRGC. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26727'> He was transferred to Urmia prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='26728'> He was transferred to the IRGC detention center again for interrogation. Three days later, he was transferred to Urmia prison after being charged in Mako court. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='28307'> <reference source='http://kurdistanhumanrights.net/fa/?p=11330'> He was transferred to the IRGC detention center in Urmia for unknown reasons. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36771'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=11344'> In one of Khoy's interrogation branches, he was charged with armed rebellion against the state "Baghi" and later returned to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49947'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31826/'> The prisoners in the political ward of Urmia prison refused to receive their food rations in protest of the lack of medical care for sick prisoners. According to HRANA, Shaker Behrouz, Naeb Askari, Naeb Hajizadeh, Ahmed Tamouei, Mohammad Houshangi, Hatam Ozdemir, Dara Rashidi, Anvar Chaleshi, Kamel Silan Maskan, Sirvan Amini, Mokhtar Ebrahimi, and Taher Hosseinzadeh, political prisoners of Urmia prison, are suffering from various diseases. According to the diagnosis of the prison doctor, they should be sent to the hospital, but their transfer has been prevented. Among these people, Naeb Askari, Ahmad Tamouei, Hatam Ozdemir, Sirvan Amini, and Mokhtar Ebrahimi have kidney problems, Naeb Hajizadeh and Dara Rashidi need to undergo surgery to remove platinum from their legs, and Anvar Chaladi, who is in deteriorating condition, is suffering from tuberculosis. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49948'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31850/'> According to HRANA, following the favorable promise of Urmia prison officials and the sending of Naeb Askari, a political prisoner, to the hospital outside the prison, the prisoners in the political ward of Urmia prison ended their protest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38508'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=17902'> The Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported that after 33 months of temporary detention, Hatem Ozdemir Hatem was sentenced on charges of Baghi, an armed rebellion against the state "through membership in the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)." The Atlas of Iranian Prisoners, citing Article 242 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, has recorded the violation of "long-term pre-trial detention" in this case. According to Article 242, in crimes punishable by life, the period of temporary detention may not exceed two years. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38885'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=18047'> The Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported that Hatem Ozdemir had kidney stones and was denied access to medical services despite doctors recommending surgery. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49474'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=20547'> The Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that Hatam Azdemir's death sentence was revoked by the 9th branch of the Supreme Court and referred to the same branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Urmia for re-examination. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49931'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=20644'> The Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that at least 11 Kurdish political and religious prisoners named Hatam Ozdemir, Sardar Uzmesh, Aram Omari, Vafa Hanareh, Anvar Chaleshi, Ashkan Osmanzad, Dara Rashidi, Taher Hosseinzadeh, Reza PourAbdollahi, Mansour Choupani and Mokhtar Ebrahimi require transfer to hospitals outside the prison immediately for having diseases such as brain tumor, back disc, hand and knee tendon rupture, heart and kidney problems, but due to the opposition of the prison authorities, they have been denied access to medical services. According to this report, since the new ward for political and religious prisoners is located in an isolated area outside the main prison building, the prisoners did not have the right to go to the prison's infirmary, and the infirmary doctor visits this ward several times a month to examine sick prisoners. During the last two months, he has refused to visit this ward and examine political and religious prisoners. Also, according to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, in the past months Jalal Rahimpour, the guard officer of the political prisoners' ward, Azarnia, the prison security officer, and Bakhshi, the warden of the prison, visited the political prisoners ward many times and addressed the prisoners as "terrorists" and disrespect and threatened them with new cases. According to this report, after a group of political prisoners objected to Jalal Rahimpour's insults, he threatened them with punitive measures. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52657'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/06/82'> According to Kurdpa, Hatam Ozdemir was handed over to the security forces after being summoned to the security office. Kurdpa wrote sometime later that he was transferred to the detention center of Khoy Intelligence Department. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52658'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/06/103'> He was returned to Urmia prison from the detention center of Khoy Intelligence Department. While announcing this news, Kurdpa reported that Mr. Ozdemir was interrogated in the detention center and the security forces had threatened him that if he did not cooperate, they would hand him over to the Turkish government. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53401'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-43836/'> HRANA wrote that despite Hatam Ozdemir suffering from kidney problems, he was deprived of the necessary medical care and the prison health authorities were only satisfied with prescribing painkillers. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59280'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2024/05/82'> Hatam Ozdemir's death sentence was communicated to him in Urmia prison. According to the Kurdpa report, this decision was issued by the third branch of the Revolutionary Court of Urmia headed by Judge Najafzadeh. Although he was previously sentenced to death by the decision of the first branch of the Revolutionary Court on charges of rebellion against Islamic ruler, this verdict was overturned by the Supreme Court. However, by changing his charge, the parallel branch has issued the previous sentence again. It should be noted that the court session was held on April 26th. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>