Kamal Sharifi

He was sentenced to 30 years of prison in exile on charges such as "membership in Kurdish parties." In his ruling, Judge Shaykh cited Ali Khamenei's fatwa and barred Kamal Sharifi from meeting with his family. The judiciary has deprived family members of visiting him for years.

<coverage-outsourcing id='2206'> After the siege of the house of a bookseller in Saquez and the shooting of IRGC agents and the killing of a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party by RGC agents, Kamal Sharifi was arrested and following the order of Saqez City Prosecutor, he was transferred to Sanandaj Intelligence Detention Center. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='19888'> According to Iran Prison Atlas, he was severely tortured in Sanandaj Intelligence Detention Center. He did not have access to a lawyer, was held in solitary confinement, and had no contact with his family. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='2207'> He was sentenced by Judge Shayegh to 30 years in prison in exile. Kamal Sharifi's trial did not last more than five minutes, and he was only able to speak for three minutes during the trial. This verdict was confirmed in the Court of Appeals. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='19889'> Bayazid Sharifi, Kamal Sharifi's father, told Deutsche Welle that his son had been on a hunger strike for 38 days. In a letter to the head of the Saqqez Revolutionary Court, Judge Shayegh, who sentenced his son to 30 years in prison, asked that he and his wife be allowed to meet with their son for 10 to 15 minutes to ask him to end his hunger strike. Judge Shayegh declined Mr. Sharifi's request and referring to Mr. Sharifi, he said: Let him die. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7675'> He began a long-term hunger strike in protest of the conditions of his detention and his inability to visit his family in Minab Prison. One month into his strike, he suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed in his face and the right side of his body. He could not speak or blink his right eye for two months. He used tape to close his eyelid at night. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='7676'> In a letter published by the Kurdistan Human Rights Defenders Association, Kamal Sharifi described his situation in prison. The letter states that after seven years, he had only one visit with his family, during which he did not have the right to speak Kurdish, even though his mother does not speak Persian. According to Mr. Sharifi's letter, he suffered from foot pain, temporary paralysis, difficulty speaking, and poor eyesight due to torture and a 56-day hunger strike. However, the prison authorities prevented him from being sent to a hospital or specialized medical center. He and several other exiled political prisoners are being held alongside ordinary prisoners. Although other prisoners are not barred from receiving family visits, their long-distance visits have made their visits very difficult. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='5690'> It was reported that he has been suffering from tendon pain, so much that he can only walk and cannot run or participate in daily exercises. Due to the lack of treatment for his condition, it worsens every day. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8210'> Maf News reported that he had not been transferred to the hospital despite his dire physical condition. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='8778'> The defendant published a letter stating that the Minab Prosecutor had again rejected his request for furlough. This is the 16th request for furlough he has filed. All his past appeals were also dismissed. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='27575'> An informed source told Iran Prison Atlas that he was still being held in Minab Prison. </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='31166'> <reference source='https://mafnews.de/news/گزارشی-از-آخرین-وضعیت-کمال-شریفی؛-شروع/'> Maf News reported that Kamal Sharifi is still being held in Minab Prison and has been deprived of the right to meet in person and call his family for the past 12 years. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='35054'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/38wXRpM'> Kamal Sharifi suffered a heart attack in Minab Prison and was hospitalized. He had already suffered another stroke following his exile. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='35055'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/38wXRpM'> Despite the need for continued medical care and completion of treatment, he returned to Minab Prison. Meanwhile, the doctors of Abolfazl Hospital in Minab have requested that he be transferred to one of the medical centers in Bandar Abbas due to the impossibility of carrying out angiography in this city. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='35116'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/features/47146'> According to IranWire, he suffered a heart attack for the second time in prison recently. Prison officials sabotaged Mr. Sharifi and prevented him from going to the hospital. After undergoing angioplasty, he was immediately sent back to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>