Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Prisoner goes on hunger strike after torture by prison officers

Prison officers in Iran's western Ilam prison have severely tortured a prisoner named Shahram Mohammad-Beigi and transferred him to quarantine on 16 February. The prisoner has gone on a hunger strike on the morning of 17 February to protest against the torture. Reportedly, prison officials did not allow Mohammad-Beigi's family to visit him on 16 February. In the evening of the same day, the prisoner again requested...

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