Political prisoner's life at risk
Human
Right activists in Iran have warned of Arjang
Davoodi's health, a political prisoner, who has been
on hunger strike in Rajaei Shahr prison, in the West
of Iran.
Mrs Nazanin Davoodi, has attested to this fact,
after she had visited her husband in prison on
16 June.
She reported that her husband had been brought
for a visit on a wheel chair and could hardly
speak. She insisted that her husband's physical
condition is critical and that he needs to be
looked after before it was too late.
After he began his hunger strike, Mr.Davoodi
released a letter in which he described that
prison officials had refused any treatment for
his bleeding gum and deteriorating physical
conditions.
Mr. Davoodin was arrested in 2003 under the
charges of propagating against the system and
endangering national security by founding an
illegal political group. He was subsequently
sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
Prior to this, the State Prison Organization had
defied its own regulation in "the separation of
cases", and had transferred Mr. Davoodi to a
prison in BandarAbbas amongst convicts.
This is a method used by the Ministry to crush
the political prisoner's resistance.
Iranian Political Prisoners Association