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Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has been summoned to return to prison to resume
serving his 13-year sentence though he is critically ill and doctors
have advised against stopping his specialized medical care. He has been
on medical leave since mid-June 2015. If he returns to jail, he will be a
prisoner of conscience.
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki
received a summons, on 20 December 2015, from the Office for the
Implementation of Sentences telling him that he must return to prison
within a month to resume serving his prison term, or else the bail
amount set to secure his release would be confiscated. He objects to
this decision and intends to sit outside the Office of the Prosecutor on
20 January, the deadline of the summons. Despite his poor health, the
authorities have told Hossein Ronaghi Maleki on multiple occasions that
he “must return [to prison]”, including shortly after he was granted
medical leave in June 2015. He has not, however, been rearrested.
Hossein
Ronaghi Maleki has only one functioning kidney and according to his
doctors needs constant monitoring and access to specialized medical
care, which he cannot get in prison.
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