HRANA News Agency – After 6 days on hunger strike, judicial authorities have not yet responded to the letter and strike of Saeid Hossainzadeh. This civil rights activist is suffering from different diseases and had lost a considerable amount of weight during these 6 days.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Saeid Hossainzadeh has written in a letter that, “because my medical transfers are carried out with months of delays, and currently I cannot tolerate the prison condition, and also that I need some specific surgery operations which cannot be carried out in the hospitals which have contract with the prison, I request first for medical furlough and apply of my exemption from punishment, so that I can proceed my medical treatments later on”.
Judicial and prison authorities has said to his family that they were processing his condition.
This prisoner is suffering from different diseases like rheumatism, joint problems, digestion problems, and heart diseases. He was recently transferred to Imam Khomaini hospital and specialist physician sent him for urgent examination.
Besides, he was supposed to be sent to orthopedic treatment for his joint issue which did not happen and the prison authorities said that he had to get the permissions again.
This civil right activist announced his hunger strike on Friday, February 19. HRANA’s sources said that he had lost 5kg since then.
Not agreeing with the medical furlough and the disability of serving the imprisonment despite the forensic medical command and lack of proper medical treatment that made him start a hunger strike.
Saeed Hoseinzadeh has gone on hunger strike for similar reasons in November and ended it because of prison authorities’ promises based on cooperation with him.
Saeed Hoseinzadeh was sent to “Imam Khomeini” hospital on February 16 and the doctors have confirmed that his rheumatoid arthritis can spread to the heart and requires continuous treatment and the prisoner cannot serve the imprisonment in this situation.
Previously, forensics of Evin prison has confirmed the inability of serving the imprisonment of this civil activist.
The family of Mr. Hoseinzadeh said recently that they had been threatened not to follow and not to talk with the media about their son.
Saeed Hoseinzadeh was suffering from numerous illnesses such as asthma, arthritis, heart and digestive problems during the detention and despite having been already sent to the hospital several times, not much of the improvement has been achieved so far.
Furthermore, despite legal proceedings to challenge the case, his lawyer has not been able to study the case.
This civil rights activist who was on hunger strike in protest to hold on his case, had written in a letter that he was suffering from different diseases like asthma, arthritis, heart and gastrointestinal diseases, which are the consequences of detention and imprisonment.
He also mentioned that his diseases were progressing due to delays in being sent to the hospital.
Previously it was on news that Saied Hossainzadeh, prisoner of ward number 7 of Evin prison, had stomach bleeding and was transferred to the hospital. In the hospital it was found out that the bleeding was the side effect of the medicine that he was taking for his arthritis.
Physicians has warned him that ignoring the medical treatment would result in more severe problems.
Saeid Hossainzadeh, was arrested in autumn 2015 in his house by the revolutionary guards and was transferred to the solitary confinement of ward 2-A in Evin prison.
He was charged with propaganda against the regime in branch number 28 of the revolutionary court by judge Moghiseh and sentenced to 7 years in prison. This sentence was confirmed by judge Zargar in branch number 36 of the appeal court. This is while the accumulation of these two charges could not be more than 4 years.
Mr. Saeid Hossainzadeh is currently serving the second year of his sentence in ward number 7 of Evin prison.