Hunger strike launched by
political prisoners in jail west of Tehran
Following the transfer of three prisoners of
conscience by the names of Priest Saeed Abedini, Khaled Heradani and Mostafa
Eskandar, prisoners of Gohardasht Prison went on hunger strike protesting this
measure and placing other prisoners under torture. A segment of the text
released by the hunger striking prisoners reads:
“Following the sudden and
illegal transfer of our cellmates, Mr. Heradani, Eskandari and especially
Priest Saeed Abedini, who is only suffering the pains and hardships of
imprisonment for his beliefs in Jesus Christ and Christianity, we as a group of
their cellmates in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj (west of Tehran) go on hunger
strike starting Wednesday, April 8, to maybe, just maybe, be the
voice of their innocence to the outside world in this harsh atmosphere of
crackdown.
Signatories:
1. Hamze Sawari
2. Abolghasem Fouladvand
3. Mithag Yazdan-Nezhad
4. Assadollah Hadi
5. Saleh Kohandel
6. Piruz Mansouri
7. Saeed Masouri
8. Reza Akbari Monfared
9. Mashallah Haeri
10. Heshmatollah Tabarzadi
11. Shahrokh Zamani
12. Afshin Heyratian
13. Saeed Shirzad
14. Amir Amirgholi
15. Shahin Zoghi Tabar
(NCRI – Apr 8, 2015)
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