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Student Activist in Solitary Confinement on Hunger Strike

To protest his conditions inside Babol s Matikola Prison, imprisoned student activist Ashkan Zahabian embarked on a hunger strike on 31 August. Zahabian s father, Hassan Zahabian, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that prison staff moved his son to solitary confinement after he began his hunger strike, even though, according to other prisoners, he was in a coma.
To protest his conditions inside Babol s Matikola Prison, imprisoned student activist Ashkan Zahabian embarked on a...

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23 Jun 2011

Six more Iranian prisoners join hunger strike

Six more Iranian political prisoners have joined 12 prisoners who are on a hunger strike to protest the recent deaths of two political prisoners. Kaleme reports that six prisoners at Rejai Shahr Prison in Karaj have announced they are lending their support to the dozen prisoners on strike at Evin Prison.
Six more Iranian political prisoners have joined 12 prisoners who are on a hunger strike to protest the recent deaths of...

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21 May 2011

Rumors of Hunger Strike by American Prisoners are Serious

Massoud Shafiee, lawyer for the American hikers imprisoned in Iran, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that following the absence of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal at their court trial on 11 May, rumors about his clients hunger strike are serious.
Massoud Shafiee, lawyer for the American hikers imprisoned in Iran, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in...

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6 May 2011

Rajai Shahr Political Prisoners Continue Hunger Strike in Protest to Dictatorship

As political prisoners in Rajai Shar 'Gohardasht' prison enter their fourth week of hunger strike, they have announced that their protest will continue [because of the] "systematic human rights violations committed by the government."
As political prisoners in Rajai Shar 'Gohardasht' prison enter their fourth week of hunger strike, they have announced...

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8 Apr 2011

Wife Of Jailed Iranian Politician On Second Hunger Strike

The wife of jailed Iranian reformist politician Mostafa Tajzadeh is on hunger strike for the second time since her arrest last month, her son-in-law has told RFE/RL's Radio Farda. Fakhrosadat Mohtashamipur was arrested during antigovernment demonstrations in Tehran on March 1.
The wife of jailed Iranian reformist politician Mostafa Tajzadeh is on hunger strike for the second time since her...

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8 Mar 2011

Over 100 political prisoners on hunger strike in Iran

Last Tuesday, the Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners reported that 59 political prisoners in Rajai Shahr Gohardasht prison (Karaj) launched a hunger strike in protest to the suppression of the Iranian people s righteous resistance and against the limitations imposed inside the prison.
Last Tuesday, the Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners reported that 59 political prisoners in Rajai Shahr...

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