Iranian prisoner of conscience and painter,
Atena Farghadani, has been on a hunger strike, protesting her detention,
since 9 February and is now critically ill. She has been held for
her peaceful activities including a cartoon criticizing members of parliament.
Atena Farghadani, a 28-year-old painter, started a “wet” hunger strike, (taking water but not food) on 9 February 2015 in protest at her continued detention in Gharchak Prison, in the city of Varamin, which does not have a section for political prisoners and where conditions of detention are extremely poor. On 25 February Atena Farghadani’s lawyer said that she had suffered a heart attack and had briefly lost consciousness as a result of her hunger strike. She has said that she will not end her hunger strike unless the authorities meet her request to transfer her to Tehran’s Evin Prison. On 26 February Atena Farghadani was taken to a hospital outside prison.
Press Release from Amnesty International (Click here for entire article.)
Press Release that Amnesty International issued today on Iranian prisoner of conscience and artist, Atena Farghadani, who could be on death’s door after being hospitalized following a hunger strike lasting three weeks. Amnesty International is urging the Iranian authorities to release her immediately and unconditionally.
Links for more information:
- Click here for more information. The page is in French but there is a pdf file in English that can be downloaded.
- Click here for information in English.
- Click here for URGENT ACTION from Amnesty International
