Amnesty International The health of Canadian-Irish-Iranian citizen Homa Hoodfar, a 65-year-old prominent professor of anthropology, has deteriorated. Held in solitary confinement since 6 June, she has been denied access to specialized medical care for a neurological condition from which she suffers. It is feared the authorities have also withheld her medication
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- Calling on the Iranian authorities to release Homa Hoodfar immediately and unconditionally, as she is a prisoner of conscience, held solely for the peaceful exercise of her rights to freedom of expression and association;
- Urging them to ensure that, pending her release, she is granted access to adequate specialized medical care outside prison and reminding them that depriving her of medical care could amount to torture and other ill-treatment;
- Urging them to ensure that she has regular access to a lawyer of her choice and to her family, including those living abroad, to guarantee the time and facilities to communicate and consult with her lawyer confidentially; and requesting them to allow her access to Canadian and Irish consular officials
Office of the Supreme Leader
Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations
622 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei
Salutation: Your Excellency
Also see:
- UN investigators call for release of Concordia professor Homa Hoodfar, CBC News, Sept 14, 2016
