URGENT ACTION IRANIAN HUNGER STRIKERS IN CRITICAL CONDITION Two men imprisoned in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, south-west Iran, are in critical condition after a prolonged hunger strike protesting the harsh treatment of dervishes, including lawyers, in Tehran’s Evin Prison. They have been beaten, have lost consciousness several times, and are being kept alive […]
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The Situation of Imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes’ Lawyers in Evin’s Ward 209
Imprisoned Dervish Lawyers are still being held in ward 209 of Evin prison for the past three months.Due to the conditions of being in long-term solitary confinement, including prohibition of getting some fresh air and lake of medical treatment their physical health condition have deteriorated.According to Majzooban Noor, seven Gonabadi dervishes’s lawyers and Majzooban […]
Gonabadi Dervishes Failed to Welcome Release of Saleh Moradi
Numerous Gonabadi Dervishes who had gathered in front of Adel Abad prison to welcome jailed Dervish, Saleh Moradi, returned home deeply disappointed.Although, the trial Judge had ordered release of Saleh Moradi but he has been still kept in prison.According to Majzooban Noor, imprisoned Gonabadi Dervish in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison, who was supposed to […]
Prison Authorities Refused to Transfer Kasra Nouri to the Court
Gonabadi Dervish, Kasra Nour, had been supposed to appear this morning on 22 Farvardin 1392 (April 11, 2013) in Shiraz’s Revolutionary court due to notification in his sentence, but prison officials, refused to transfer him to the court.Meanwhile, Dervishes gathering in front of Shiraz’s Revolutionary court to express sympathy and solidarity with jailed Dervishes […]
Gonabadi Dervish Hunger Strikers Are Kept Alive under Force by Serum Infusion
Yesterday on 21 Farvardin 1392 (April 10, 2013), Gonabadi Dervish hunger strikers, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri were forcibly taken again to the prison infirmary by security forces.According to Majzooban Noor, Dervishes have been keeping under pressure in order to end their hunger strike.Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri who are on 86th day of […]
They don’t want to give up
Detained Sufi dervishes have been protesting with a hunger strike against the illegal transfer of some dervish brothers to solitary confinement for more than 85 days.Kasra Nouri and Saleh Moradi belong to the Nematollahi Gonabadi Dervish Order in Iran. They are also members of a largely extended family of Sarvestan, an area near Shiraz. […]
Dervishes Reached the 85th Day of Hunger Strike/The Gonabadi Dervishes Across Iran Urging Them to End Their Strike
Gonabadi Dervishes across Iran, in separate letters by expressing gratitude for their sacrifices and acts of heroism, urge Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, two jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison to end their hunger strike. According to the Majzooban Noor website, a large number of Gonabadi Dervishes across cities in Iran, by […]
New order of the Tehran Prosecutor
Tehran prosecutor has called some of the political prisoners who were furloughed for the Iranian new year, to return to the Evin prison. According to a report by Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mohsen Mohagheghi the 68 years old political prisoner who was arrested December 27, 2009 by the intelligence agents and sentenced […]
Shiraz’s Adel Abad Prison Chief Resigns
Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison chief resigned from his post.According to Majzooban Noor, Mr. Ali Mazaffari resigned from his post as Adel Abad prison chief on 18 Farvardin1392 (April 7 2013).Mr. Mozaffari, on his last day as governor of the prison met with two imprisoned Dervishes, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, in Green ward of […]
The Families of Imprisoned Dervishes: None of the Iranian Judicial Authorities Are Accountable!
Yesterday morning on 18 Farvardin 1392 (April 7, 2013), the mother of Kasra Nouri, Mrs. Shekoufeh Yadollahi along with Mrs. Masoumeh Khalili, the wife of Saleh Moradi met Mr. Ali Alghasi Mehr, the Shiraz district’s public prosecutor and argued over Dervish hunger strikers and their demands.According to Majzooban Noor, Mrs. Yadollahi and Mrs, Khalili […]