Monday, May 23, 2016

Iran: Omid Kokabee, Physicist, Needs Ongoing Cancer Care - URGENT ACTION by June 28, 2016 UPDATE

Amnesty International
    
Please find below and attached an Urgent Action Update that Amnesty International has issued today on Iranian physicist and prisoner of conscience Omid Kokabee who had surgery on 22 April to remove his right kidney. He has been diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer following five years of medical neglect in prison. He needs ongoing specialized post-operative care and cancer treatment. His life will be in grave danger if he is returned to prison.

The Urgent Action Update is available on the Amnesty International website at the following link:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/4052/2016/en/