United Nations human rights experts called Thursday on Iran to provide urgent medical care to two political prisoners, warning the seriously ill men risked dying in detention. The UN’s special rapporteur on the rights situation in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and other experts voiced alarm at Tehran’s alleged denial of medical care for blogger Mohammad […]
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Jailed activist ill and in need of medical care: Hootan Dolati
Iranian political activist Hootan Dolati has been repeatedly denied medical treatment by the clinic in Tehran’s Evin Prison. He has been on hunger strike since 28 November, in protest at being denied medical care for his chronic heart condition. Hootan Dolati, aged 37, suffers from a chronic heart condition, angina, for which he is […]
Ronaghi Maleki and Kazemeyni Boroujerdi in Urgent Need of Medical Care
Political prisoners in Iran, including prisoners of conscience, are routinely subjected to inhuman and degrading prison conditions, including overcrowding, poor food and water, dirty and unsanitary facilities, and medical neglect. Many of them suffered severe injuries as a result of torture in custody that have never been properly treated while many others contract chronic […]
Evin Prisoners Need Medical Care
After months of effort by imprisoned journalist Saeed Matinpour’s family to obtain medical treatment for him, the Prosecutor’s Office has maintained its silence, his wife told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “The prisoners at Evin face a gradual death under prison conditions, and the officials apparently don’t hear our pleas. Poor […]
Further information: Prisoner of conscience needs medical care
On 4 November Iranian prisoner of conscience and blogger, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, was taken to a hospital outside prison but transferred back to Tehran’s Evin Prison after three hours. He remains in critical condition and in urgent need of specialized medical care which he cannot receive in prison. On 4 November Hossein Ronaghi Maleki […]
Amnesty International: Jailed blogger denied adequate medical care: Mohammad Reza Pourshajari
URGENT ACTION JAILED BLOGGER DENIED ADEQUATE MEDICAL CAREIranian blogger Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, also known by his pen name of Siamak Mehr, is in urgent need of medical care that he cannot obtain in prison. He is serving a four-year sentence in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran. Mohammad Reza Pourshajari, aged 53, […]