TEHRAN, Iran, — Another Kurdish political activist was sentenced to death by Branch 28 of Teheran Revolution Court for his alleged involvement in one of the Kurdish opposition groups.
Husheng Rezai the prisoner of conscious held incommunicado in ward 350 of Evin Prison who was recently transferred to Rajaeeshar prison of Karaj city, sentenced to death.
The trial of Husheng Rezai lasted few minutes in which he was sentenced to death by Branch 28 of Teheran Revolution Court for his alleged affiliation with one of the Kurdish political parties.
He was not allowed to attend the hearing and informed of his sentence in prison. For the last couple of years Mr. Rezai was denied of having a lawyer and the verdict was passed in the absent of both himself and the lawyer.
It should be pointed that this is the fourth death sentence in the last week imposed on political activists of who three are Kurd named as, Sirwan Nejewi, Braym Isapur, and Husheng Rezai.
These cases raise the number of Kurdish political activists on death row to 16; their names are as follow:
- Sherko Mearifi
- Hebibulla Gulperipur
- Reshid Axkendi
- Hebibulla Letifi
- Mustafa Selimi
- Enwer Rostemi
- Seyid Cemal Mohemmedi
- Eziz Mohammedzade
- Seyid Sami Huseni
- Ebdulla Seruriyan
- Zanyar Muradi
- Luqman Muradi
- Behruz Alaxani
- Sirwan Nejewi
- Braym Isapur
- Husheng Rezai