‘I am one who dies for life, not one who lives for death’ – Kurdish Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi

In 2024, Kurdish social worker Pakhshan Azizi was sentenced to death. She remains incarcerated in Evin Prison, Tehran, Iran. This is her story … Please read her letter from prison here. For more on Civicus’s Stand as My Witness Campaign. Additional reporting and research: Cecilia Russell Picture credits: Kurdistan Human Rights, BBC Persian, Clare Quirk, […]