Iran: Award-Winning Kurdish Filmmaker Keyvan Karimi Denied Urgent Hospitalization by Evin Prison ...
The authorities of Evin Prison in Tehran are refusing to transfer imprisoned filmmaker to a hospital outside the prison for urgent medical care, his lawyer, Amir Raeesian, told the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. "My client called me this morning (Wednesday, January 18, 2017) and said his pulmonary inflammation had worsened and he had thrown up blood," said Raeesian. "He went to the prison clinic, but it's not clear why the staff are refusing to transfer him to a hospital." Political prisoners in Iran are singled out for particularly ...
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