Three Political Prisoners in Women's Ward of Evin and 22 Prisoners in Urmia Go on Hunger Strike

Human rights sources reported that three female political prisoners in Evin have gone on hunger strike. Simultaneously, a news source announced that 22 political prisoners in Urmia have also gone on hunger strike. According to reports from news and human rights sources, Serwanaz Ahmadi, Hoorah Nikbakht, and Pariyosh Moslemi, three political prisoners held in the women's ward of Evin prison, are protesting against 'poor prison conditions and violations of their rights,' including the suspension of family visits and communications, as well as judicial authorities preventing their transfer to medical leave. Previously, an informed source had reported Serwanaz Ahmadi's hunger strike to Voice of America. Additionally, the 'Kurdistan Human Rights Network' website reported that prisoners in 'secure and special wards' in Urmia central prison have been on hunger strike since September 3 in protest of harsh conditions. According to this report, 'at least 22 prisoners have been transferred to these two wards for punishment by prison authorities for over six months' and are demanding to be returned to their previous wards, a request that has so far been rejected by the authorities of Urmia central prison. The secure and special wards of Urmia central prison are described as two small 30-square-meter rooms with a 9-square-meter yard, where prisoners are isolated under strict limitations on contact and family visits. Previously, a group of prisoners from Urmia central prison had published an open letter to the head of the Islamic Republic's Prisons Organization and human rights organizations, reporting the existence of a 'secret ward' in this prison and the suicide of several prisoners in protest against the harsh conditions. Warning from Fatemeh Sepahri's brother about her health condition in prison: severe pain in the chest and arms. Exclusive | Zartosht Ahmadi Raghb, political prisoner: The manifestation of law in Iran since Bahman 57 is 'execution, violence, and repression.' Saeedeh Shafiei, a journalist with an illness, has been returned to prison. The detention order for Nahid Behroozi, a Baha'i citizen, has been extended for another month. The death of a detainee in the custody of the Islamic Republic's Law Enforcement; the prosecutor's claim: he fell ill during transfer for interrogation and died.