Nayeb Askari

Nayeb Askari is from Urmia. He was sentenced to death for membership in PJAK.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='36180'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=16097'> He was arrested by the IRGC forces in Urmia. He was transferred to one of their lockups in that city. He was charged with membership in dissident Kurdish group. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36181'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=16097'> Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that after almost three months in IRGC lockup, he was transferred to Urmia Prison. According to the report, in 2018 Nayeb Askari was sentenced to death in absentia on the charge of Moharebeh through membership in the PJAK group. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36271'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=16335'> Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported that Nayeb Hajizadeh, Nayeb Askari, and Keyhan Mokaram were transferred to the first branch of Urmiacourt, and after arraignment for "disturbing the order in the prison". A new case was brought against the three after the complaint from the warden of Urmia Prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36466'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=16481'> Keyhan Mokaram, Nayeb Hajizadeh, and Nayeb Askari were sentenced to 50 lashes and three months in prison for "disrupting the peace. Judge Mohsen Moradi mentioned in the ruling that in accordance with the criminal law, the three months od an empty vision. on lockdown was a worker </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36686'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=16603'> He went on a hunger strike in protest of being denied transfer to a hospital outside the prison for sonography. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='36687'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=16624'> On the third day of his hunger strike, he was transferred to the hospital outside the prison by the order of prison authorities. After returning to the prison he temporarily ended his hunger strike. Nayeb Askari is suffering from kidney stones and the doctor has ordered an urgent operation for him. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49950'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31826/'> Prisoners in the political ward of Urmia Prison refused to receive their food rations in protest of the lack of medical attention for sick prisoners. HRANA reported that political prisoners Shaker Behrouz, Naeb Askari, Naeb Hajizadeh, Ahmad Tamouei, Mohammad Houshangi, Hatam Ouzdmir, Dara Rashidi, Anvar Chaleshi, Kamel Silan Maskan, Sirvan Amini, Mokhtar Ebrahimzadeh, and Taher Hosseinzadeh are suffering from various illnesses in Urmia Prison and the infirmary doctor has advised that they should be transferred to a hospital but the prison authorities refuse to do so. Mong them, Nayeb Askari, Ahmad Tamouei, Hatam Ouzdmir, Sirvan Amini, and Mokhtar Ebrahimi are suffering from kidney diseases, Naeb Hajizadeh and Dara Rashidi require platinum removal from their legs, and Anvar Chaleshi is suffering from TB. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49951'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2021/hranews/a-31850/'> HRANA reported that after the promises made by the authorities at Urmia Prison and the transfer of Nayeb Askari to the hospital, the prisoners in political ward ended their protest. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='37080'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=16821'> He was transferred from Urmia Central Prison to IRGC lockup. Nayeb Askari is suffering from kidney stones and the doctor has advised an immediate operation. He was transferred to Urmia Prison a few days later. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50538'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/04/49'> According to Kurdpa, he went on a hunger strike along with the other political prisoners in Urmia prison in protest of the decision by the prison authorities to move them to a maximum security ward. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38097'> IPA reported that special forces of Urmia Prison raided the political prisoners' ward and attacked them violently to transfer them to a new maximum security ward. The special forces severely assaulted any prisoners who resisted and destroyed their personal belongings. Hatam Ouzdmir, Hamed Ghareh Oghlani, Khaled Fereydouni, Farzad Samani, Sakar Eini, Keyvan Rashouzadeh, Kamran Ghasemi, and Nayeb Askari were assaulted and moved to solitary cells. Keyhan Mokaram had a head injury. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38358'> An IPA source reported that Nayeb Askari suffered convulsions and lost consciousness in Urmia Prison. After prisoners took him to the infirmary, the prison authorities refused to treat him. The housing conditions of political prisoners in the new maximum security ward are much worse than before. The new ward has restricted the prisoners' access to prison amenities like the infirmary. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38749'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=17971'> Nayeb Askari and Shaker Behrouz were transferred to solitary. In recent days they had gone on hunger strikes protesting the transfer of political prisoners to the maximum security ward. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='38882'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=18038'> Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported that on their 14th day of the hunger strike, Shaker Behrouz and Nayeb Askari are still held in solitary. They have been denied family visits and phone calls since they began their hunger strikes. They are not in good health. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42167'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2022/hranews/a-36958/'> Despite his neurological problems, he was denied medical treatment. HRANA reported that the prison infirmary is not equipped to deal with many problems and sometimes they arbitrarily offer a pill. Mr. Askari is being held in the security ward of Urmia prison after 17 months awaiting a decision. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50537'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/04/49'> He was sentenced to death for the second time by the second branch of the revolutionary court of Urmia on the charge of Moharebeh through membership in Kurdish dissident groups. Kurdpa reported that his attorney informed him of the verdict. According to Kurdpa, he was initially sentenced to death in absentia by the revolutionary court of Urmia in 2018. Abut after his objection his sentence was overturned and his case was referred to the second branch of the revolutionary court of Urmia for further review. Mr. Askari is suffering from kidney stones and the doctors have ordered immediate operation but the prison authorities have been denying him medical treatment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52911'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/?p=21327'> The prison authorities informed Nayeb Askari that he is not allowed to stay in the ward of political prisoners, according to the order of the Urmia Intelligence Department. While announcing this news, Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that despite Mr. Askari's protest, the officers transferred him to dormitory 3, where prisoners with an undecided status are kept. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56480'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/prisoners-fa/2023/09/29/p29727/'> He started a hunger strike in Urmia prison in protest of the continued pressure of the security agencies to issue a second death sentence against him. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network, while announcing this news, wrote that Nayeb Askari was transferred to solitary confinement by order of the prison authorities after announcing the hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56481'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-44182/'> According to HRANA, after the positive promises of authorities, he ended his hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56485'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/prison-sentences-fa/2023/10/19/p30063/'> He was sentenced to death by the second branch of the Revolutionary Court of Urmia, this time by changing the charge from Moharebeh to treason. According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the Office of Sentence Enforcement of Urmia Central Prison summoned Nayeb Askari and officially notified him of the death sentence. This network quoted a source and wrote that since the beginning of this year, Nayeb Askari was transferred to the second branch of Urmia Revolutionary Court on six occasions to attend the court sessions, two of which were canceled due to the absence of the judge and four sessions were held. According to this source, the last court session was held in August without the right to have a lawyer of his choosing. This source added that another case against Mr. Askari is pending in one of the branches of the Urmia Criminal Court on the charge of "participating in the murder" of one of the IRGC commanders. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>