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hunger strike
Reformist candidate inspires end of hunger strike
Mehdi Khazali, a prominent Iranian political prisoner, has ended his hunger strike after 140 days following the announcement of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani’s decision to run for president.
Prisoner sews lips together in hunger protest
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reports that Mostafa Mesri, an Iranian-Kurd political prisoner, has begun a hunger strike, sewing his lips together to protest the refusal of the Oroumiyeh Central Prison to transfer him to Naghadeh prison.
Prisoners moved from solitary, end hunger strike
The 10 Iranian political prisoners who were moved to solitary confinement and began a hunger strike to protest that move, have ended their strike after being returned to the general ward of the prison.
Political prisoners at Evin begin hunger strike
Ten Iranian political prisoners in Evin Prison have begun a hunger strike, the opposition website Kaleme reports.
Jailed journalist on hunger strike
Jailed journalist Khosro Kordpour, director of the Mokerian News Agency in Kurdistan, has been on hunger strike for 11 days at the Intelligence Ministry’s Oroumiyeh Detention Centre as a protest against his undetermined state in custody.
Evin prisoners sent to solitary over complaints
Ten Iranian political prisoners from ward 350 of Evin Prison have been transferred to solitary confinement.
Dervishes end hunger strike after 90 days
The two Iranian dervishes have ended their hunger strike after 90 days because their demands were met.
Hundreds of activists call for prisoner’s release
More than 350 human rights and political activists have issued a statement urging the Iranian authorities to release Mehdi Khazali.
Iran’s Nobel laureate shines light on dervishes’ plight
Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has urged the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran to highlight the plight of jailed dervishes in Iran, who have been on hunger strike to protest their mistreatment by the Iranian judiciary.
Two more Gonabadi prisoners join hunger strike
Another two Gonabadi prisoners in Iran have begun a hunger strike in protest against the treatment of their lawyers, who are currently being held in solitary and are reportedly being mistreated.
