Friday, May 1, 2015

"Political Prisoner Tried for Contacting UN Human Rights Expert" (reposted)

from International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

 Political Prisoner To Be Tried for Contacting UN Human Rights Expert
     "An Iranian civil activist, Seyed Mohammad Ebrahimi, will be put on trial on new charges of contacting the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran. Ebrahimi is accused of contacting the UN’s Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, from prison, to report to the Special Rapporteur on the condition of political prisoners who are ill. Iranian prison officials routinely deny even critically needed medical care to political prisoners."

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