In protest of his prevention from receiving necessary medical care at a qualified hospital, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki is refusing any further medicines or treatment at the Evin prison infirmary.
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki is a blogger who is suffering from a dangerously deteriorating kidney ailment while being held behind bars at Evin prison. Despite the order of Tehran’s chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi for a transfer to a suitable hospital for immediate medical care, Maleki remains in prison.
According to Human Rights House of Iran the order for Hossein’s transfer from prison to a hospital was issued 2 weeks ago. But Hossein who is in desperate need of immediate surgery and medical attention has been prevented from leaving prison and is languishing behind bars.
In a letter to the prosecutor, Hossein asked that he not be shackled again when being transferred to the hospital. He also asked that he be allowed to recover at home on prison furlough per the doctors’ recommendations.
Not only were these requests not accepted, Hossein was not even transferred to a hospital to receive treatment. He is still in Evin’s ward 350 suffering with a kidney disease after undergoing 2 surgeries in the past six months.
Blogger and human rights activist Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has to date spent 670 in Evin prison. Judicial and security officials have barred Hossein from prison furlough despite the lengthy period of time he has spent behind bars and his dangerously deteriorating health.
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki was arrested on December 13, 2009 in Melkan, a city situated close to Tabriz. He was held in solitary confinement at ward 2A of Evin prison where for 10 months he was tortured and put under severe physical and psychological duress in an effort to extract a false televised confession. Eventually branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court sentenced Hossein to 15 years imprisonment. This sentencing has been upheld by Tehran’s appeals court.
Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki’s physical condition is dangerously deteriorating while he languishes in Evin prison’s ward 350 with no medical attention.
Article in Persian: http://www.rahana.org/archives/45335