PRESS RELEASE – APRIL 23, 2007
The hunger strike by thirty-nine political prisoners in Iran, protesting deplorable prison conditions, continued Monday.
On April 22, 2007, two prisoners, Khalid Hardani and Nasser K_____, were ordered to the medical clinic at Raji Shar prison due to their worsening physical condition on the sixteenth day of hunger strike. Both men were ordered by clinic officials to end their hunger strike prior to receiving medical care, with no inquiry as to the reason for their strike.
When they refused to end the strike, they were savagely beaten inside the clinic, in full view of medical staff, by professional torture master Aslan Beghi. Neither man received any medical care, neither for the hunger strike's physical effects, nor for the effects of physical torture. They were, instead, dragged back to their filthy cells to recover on their own from the savage beatings.
Mr. Hardani, whose cardiac condition requires medication, has received no medication for his heart condition from prison medical officials in months.
Repeated letters and calls to officials of Amnesty International by Ghazal Omid (www.ghazalomid.com), Iranian dissident and official spokesperson for these 39 political prisoners, have not been returned. UN Human Rights Commission member states have also not responded to repeated calls for intervention.
The hunger strike by thirty-nine political prisoners in Iran, protesting deplorable prison conditions, continued Monday.
On April 22, 2007, two prisoners, Khalid Hardani and Nasser K_____, were ordered to the medical clinic at Raji Shar prison due to their worsening physical condition on the sixteenth day of hunger strike. Both men were ordered by clinic officials to end their hunger strike prior to receiving medical care, with no inquiry as to the reason for their strike.
When they refused to end the strike, they were savagely beaten inside the clinic, in full view of medical staff, by professional torture master Aslan Beghi. Neither man received any medical care, neither for the hunger strike's physical effects, nor for the effects of physical torture. They were, instead, dragged back to their filthy cells to recover on their own from the savage beatings.
Mr. Hardani, whose cardiac condition requires medication, has received no medication for his heart condition from prison medical officials in months.
Repeated letters and calls to officials of Amnesty International by Ghazal Omid (www.ghazalomid.com), Iranian dissident and official spokesperson for these 39 political prisoners, have not been returned. UN Human Rights Commission member states have also not responded to repeated calls for intervention.
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