July 8, 2019

Parliament Faction Links Lacking Accountability to Deaths of Political Prisoners in State Custody

Defense Attorney: Firing Prison Officials Won’t Keep Political Prisoners Safe One month after political prisoner Alireza Shirmohammadali was murdered in the Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary (GTCP) after being unlawfully held in a ward with inmates convicted of violent ...

June 11, 2019

Political Prisoner Stabbed to Death in Tehran Penitentiary Three Months After Protesting Unsafe Conditions

Alireza Shirmohammadali Was Unlawfully Held in Ward With Inmates Convicted of Dangerous Crimes He Had Gone on Hunger Strike Against Unsafe Prison Conditions Three Months Before His Death The 21-Year-Old Was Expecting to Be Released on ...