Saeid Hossainzadeh Sent to Medical Furlough

HRANA News Agency – Saeid Hossainzadeh, civil rights activist, was sent to an 8-day medical furlough from Evin prison.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Mohammad Moghimi, lawyer of Saeid Hossainzadeh, prisoner of ward number 8 of Evin prison publicized this news.
Mr. Moghimi wrote, “After issuance of medical testimony regarding the exemption from bearing the prison sentence by residence physician of Evin prions, he was sent to furlough. Due to my client’s condition there is a hope that this furlough will be extended”.
Saeid Hoseinzadeh was arrested when he showed up at Tehran prosecutor’s office and was transferred to the quarantine of ward 4 in Evin prison.
It should be reminded that Mr. Hoseinzadeh Movahed was sent to medical furlough in March after a hunger strike.
During his hunger strike, Amnesty International expressed their concern in a statement with the title “ill prisoner of conscience on hunger strike” addressing the “hunger strike of Saeed Husseinzadeh”, children’s rights activist and prisoner of Evin prison and “his critical condition”.
Saeed Husseinzadeh was arrested at his house by the Revolutionary Guards and was transferred to solitary confinement in ward 2-A of Evin Prison in 2014.
He was sentenced to seven years in prison on charge of propaganda against the regime and insulting the supreme leader in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Moghiseh. The verdict was upheld by Judge Zargar of Branch 36 of Appeal Court.

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