HRANA News Agency – The Court of Appeal of Hossein Rafie, political prisoner, was held without his presence. Prison officials refused to send the prisoner without handcuffs and prison uniforms, despite the Judge’s verbal agreement.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), the Appeal Court for Hossein Rafie was held by Branch 54 of Tehran province Appeals Court on 24th January, with presence of the public representatives of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Intelligence and without the presence of the inmate.
Mr Rafie has written that; the judge agreed to transfer him without handcuffs and prison uniform, but he had not notified the prison in writing and the prison officials did not accept to verify that by calling the court office, so that he did not agree to be transferred in handcuffs and prison uniforms. Continue reading “The Court Of Appeal Tried Hossein Rafie Without His Own Presence”