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Tag : dry hunger strike

October 21, 2019

“I Will Turn My Body Into a Weapon,” Writes Detained Women’s Rights Activist on Hunger Strike

Detained women’s rights activist Atefeh Rangriz has been on hunger strike in Gharchak Prison, south of Tehran, since October 16, 2019, to protest the Intelligence Ministry’s blocking of her release, a source with detailed knowledge of her ...

October 18, 2018

Imprisoned Activist Farhad Meysami “Kept Alive” With IV Drip

Farhad Meysami, an imprisoned civil rights activist, has lost “40 pounds” since beginning a wet hunger strike in Evin Prison on August 1, 2018, the day after he was arrested ...

October 4, 2018

Man Serving Seven Years in an Iranian Prison For His Facebook Posts Slapped With An Additional Three

Prisoner of conscience Soheil Arabi has been sentenced to three more years behind bars—increasing his total term to 10 years—for engaging in peaceful activism inside the Great Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) ...

February 9, 2018

Two Female Political Prisoners To Begin Refusing Food and Water Over Sudden Transfer to New Prison

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee(left) and Atena Daemi Imprisoned civil rights activists Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and Atena Daemi have pledged ...

October 20, 2017

“Help Me Gain the Freedom I am Legally Entitled To,” Pleads Hunger-Striking Political Prisoner

Mohammad Nazari has been imprisoned in Iran since 1994 for his membership in a separatist group. The life of one of Iran’s longest serving political prisoners, ...

September 12, 2017

Iranian Union Considers Mass Strike as Imprisoned Labor Activist’s Condition Deteriorates

An Iranian union is considering a mass strike to protest a prominent labor activist being returned to prison to serve an additional year behind bars two years after he was released. Reza Shahabi, a ...

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