Amnesty International Iran
Prisoner of conscience Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, 30, is a pioneering activist against on-line censorship and blogger serving a sentence of 13 years in prison for his peaceful activism, including establishing the first ever popular, widely used proxy server in Iran and for his writings on his blog. Hossein has only one functioning kidney and needs constant monitoring and regular specialized medical care outside prison. Hossein was released on temporary medical leave on 4 May 2016 after the Office of the Prosecutor finally approved a 30-day leave from prison on medical grounds. His medical leave has been extended by another 30 days but he has been told that he must return to prison at the end of this period, even though the Legal Medicine Organization of Tehran (a state forensic institute) has assessed his medical condition and issued a written statement that he is not in a fit state to be imprisoned.
It is feared that Hossein may be forced to return to prison at the beginning of July.
Suggested tweet to Hossein, copying in his Twitter handle. Please post a social media graphic as well.
Suggested tweet to the Iranian authorities, copying in their Twitter handles. Please post a social media graphic as well.
#Iran: Don’t send anti-censorship activist @HosseinRonaghi back to jail @khamenei_ir @JZarif https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/4205/2016/en/
#Iran: Don’t send anti-censorship activist @HosseinRonaghi back to jail @HassanRouhani https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/4205/2016/en/
#Iran: Happy birthday to blogger & anti-censorship activist @HosseinRonaghi #NoJail4Hossein https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/4205/2016/en/
Many thanks and best wishes,
Iran team
