HRANA News Agency – Ahmad Tamouyi, political prisoner of Uremia prison, has been kept in different prisons, since 2009. He has suffered from many different tortures like being lashed, beaten, being hanged and being burned by cigarettes. He is currently kept in ward number 12 of Uremia prison and is serving the 9th years of his sentence of 15 years. Following report which has been prepared by HRANA, is about what this political prisoner has experienced throughout these 9 years of imprisonment.
Ahmad Tamouyi was arrested by the IRGC forces on October 24, 2007, in Mahabad close to historic place of Sahoulan cave, while he was sitting on his motorcycle. Then he was transferred to Uremia prison. Continue reading “The Time Line of Ahmad Tamouyi’s Imprisonment since 2009”
Category: Prisoners
A News Case Opened against Mohammad Amin Agooshi and Iraj Mohammadi
HRANA News Agency – After being sent to the court in Tabriz, a new case has been opened for “Iraj Mohammadi” and “Mohammad Amin Agooshi”, two security prisoners jailed in Tabriz prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Iraj Mohammadi and Mohammad Amin Agooshi, two security prisoners in Tabriz prison were charged with disturbing the prison order, in the court of this city, on Monday, 18th April. Continue reading “A News Case Opened against Mohammad Amin Agooshi and Iraj Mohammadi”
A Report about the Transgender Prisoners in Evin Prison
HRANA News Agency – Transgender prisoners are kept in inhumane conditions, sometimes serving several years in prison, without a phone, fresh air and even a shop in the prison in a situation similar to a solitary confinement in “phase one” of the fourth floor of ward 240 of Evin prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), although some of Iran’s domestic news agencies reports about problems of transgender citizens were published and organizations such as “Welfare Organization”, “Gender Identity Disorder Patient support Association in Iran” and “Mhta – Centre for Iranian Transsexual” work to support them, but the process of arresting and keeping them in inhumane conditions in ward 240 of Evin prison continues. Continue reading “A Report about the Transgender Prisoners in Evin Prison”
Ali Moezzi Was Poisoned in the Prison
HRANA News Agency – Ali Moezzi, political prisoner of Evin prison who is suffering from bladder cancer, prostate and kidney problems, was poisoned on Wednesday afternoon.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, Ali Moezzi, political prisoner in ward 8 of Evin prison, who suffers from various diseases, was food poisoned and was taken to the prison infirmary. Continue reading “Ali Moezzi Was Poisoned in the Prison”
Mohammad Saber Malek Reisi, A Teenager Who Became Adult in the Prison
HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Saber Malek Reisi, Baloch political prisoner, was arrested at age of 15 and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The “juvenile political prisoner” was the title that was used in the news at the time of arrest for him. But he is not a juvenile anymore and is right now in his seventh year of imprisonment in exile, in Ardebil prison. He has been deprived of family visits or contacting them for months and years, and is supposed to spend his younger years behind bars in exile and in the most difficult conditions.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), Mohammad Saber Malek Raisi was arrested at the age of 15 on September 24, 2009, and after enduring one year detention in the Intelligence office in Zahedan and the Central Prison of this city, he was tried by the Revolutionary Court and was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in exile. Continue reading “Mohammad Saber Malek Reisi, A Teenager Who Became Adult in the Prison”
Ramadan Ahmad Kamal on the 5th Day of Hunger Strike
HRANA News Agency – The general condition of Ramadan Ahmad Kamal, Syrian political prisoner, is reported critical, on the 5th day of his hunger strike in Rajaei Shahr prison. The prison staff handcuffed him and injected him the serum with force.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ramadan Ahmad Kamal, son of Moslem, Syrian Kurdish prisoner of Rajaei Shahr prison, who is on his 5th day of hunger strike, passed out due to severe weakness. His general condition is reported critical. Continue reading “Ramadan Ahmad Kamal on the 5th Day of Hunger Strike”
Afshin Sohrabzadeh Ended his Hunger Strike
HRANA News Agency – Afshin Sohrabzadeh, political prisoner who has been diagnosed with cancer and transferred to Minab prison, had started a hunger strike in response to rejection of his furlough request. He had sewn his lips since April 11. On April 21st, after prison authorities requested him to break his strike and informed him that next month the prosecutor would come to prison for a visit, he ended his strike. Now Minab’s prosecutor will define the faith of this ill political prisoner who is in need of imminent medical treatment.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Afshin Sohrabzadeh, political prisoner who has been exiled to Minab prison, is suffering from colon cancer and breathing problems and internal bleeding. He was on the 10th day of his hunger strike when he broke it after prison authorities visited him and asked him to break the strike, and told him that the prosecutor would visit the prison next month and would assess the physician’s request regarding continuation of his medical treatment in a hospital outside of Hormozgan province. Continue reading “Afshin Sohrabzadeh Ended his Hunger Strike”
Chief of Zabol Prison Broke the only Leg of a War Veteran
HRANA News Agency – The only leg of Hasan Najafi, war veteran and survival of chemical weapons, was broken by the security officer of Zabol prison, for not attending in morning physical training and his hip bone was also damaged.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Hasan Najafi, 50, is a chemical weapon survival and veteran who has lost one of his legs in the war. He is kept in prison for financial reasons. He is currently hospitalized because his leg was broken by the security officer of this prison. Continue reading “Chief of Zabol Prison Broke the only Leg of a War Veteran”
Hossain Rounaghi Maleki on the 22nd Day of Hunger Strike
HRANA News Agency – The condition of Hossain Rounaghi Maleki is reported to be very bad on his 22nd day of hunger strike. The prosecutor’s office yet has given no response.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the general condition of Hossain Rounaghi Maleki, ill prisoner in Evin prison is reported to be very bad on his 22nd day of hunger strike. This strike was started in protest to medical negligence. He has been unable to move, in a way that to transfer him from the ward to the visit room, the prison staff used a car. Continue reading “Hossain Rounaghi Maleki on the 22nd Day of Hunger Strike”
Kamal Sharifi in the 8th Year of Imprisonment without Furlough and Visit
HRANA News Agency – Kamal Sharifi, journalist and political activist in Minab prison is in his eighth year of imprisonment while being deprived of furlough during all these years, and being able to visit his family just for once.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Kamal Sharifi, journalist and political activist, born in October 1972, is spending his 30-year-imprisonment sentence in exile, in Minab prison, while he has been able to visit his parents just once and after a long hunger strike. Continue reading “Kamal Sharifi in the 8th Year of Imprisonment without Furlough and Visit”