Imprisoned student activist Maryam Shafipour has developed a severe reaction from a medication incorrectly prescribed for her for three months by prison doctors for a lymphatic condition. Prison authorities have refused to allow her to see a specialist. An informed source who wished to remain anonymous told the Campaign that Mehdi Khodabakhshi, Supervising Assistant […]
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421 Activists Call on Rouhani to Investigate Prison Assault
In a public letter to President Hassan Rouhani, 421 civil and political activists in Iran called on him to investigate the assault on political prisoners in Evin Prison’s Ward 350, which has now been called “Black Thursday.” “As members of civil society and political activists, we request that you take a stand against tyranny […]
Authorities Prevent Hospitalization of Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani
Imprisoned human rights defender Abdolfattah Soltani is in critical condition because prison authorities have been denying him needed medical care for the past several months, according to his daughter. Soltani’s daughter, Maedeh Soltani, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her father, who is serving his 13-year sentence inside Evin Prison, […]