Scores of ill prisoners in Iran are deprived from access to proper medical and health services. Tehran’s Evin prison officials are preventing a number of currently sick human rights defenders from access to adequate medical treatment. A non-inclusive list of such human rights defenders includes the following [1]: Ms. Bahareh Hedayat, a student and women’s rights defender, could be deprived from the possibility to have children, by denial of the right to pursue treatment out of prison. Mr. Hamidreza Moradi-Sarvestani, a manager of the Dervishes website who suffers from blockage of arteries, was hospitalised two weeks ago but was sent back to prison before he could receive his open heart surgery. Three other Dervishes are also in need of medical care. Mr. Mostafa Daneshju, a lawyer who has breathing problems, and was returned to jail from hospital before having access to necessary heart treatment. Mr. Afshin Karampour, a jurist, suffers from pains in kidneys and spinal cord which impede him from moving. Mr. Amir Eslami, another lawyer, is suffering from heart problems and migraine. Messrs Abdolfattah Soltani (lawyer), Hossein Ronaghi-Maleki (blogger), and Mohammad Davari (journalist) are also among the human rights defenders who are being refused the possibility to pursue their required medical treatment. In addition, several other political prisoners have recently been denied access to proper medical care including: Messrs. Akbar Amini, Shahram Ahmadi, Arash Sharifi, Asghar Ghatan, Ali Salanpour, Mohammad Hossein Na’iminpour, Mohammad Sadeq Rabbani-Amlashi, Behzad Arab-Gol and Mohammad Amin Hadavi. fidh.org/en/asia/iran/14863-iran-grave-concern-over-lack-of-access-to-medical-care-for-sick-prisoners
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:10:00 +0000
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