Thursday, April 21, 2016

Iran: Imprisoned Young Physicist Stricken with Cancer after Years of Denied Medical Care - NEWS

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
April 18, 2016

     Prisoner of conscience Omid Kokabee, the young physicist who has been imprisoned in Iran for over five years for his refusal to work on military research for the Islamic Republic, has been diagnosed with kidney cancer after years in which prison authorities denied him treatment for his kidney illness.
Kokabee should be released immediately and unconditionally for medical treatment, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.

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