Keyvan Samimi Finally Ends His Hunger Strike - Ahamadi-Amouei, Momeni and Samimi return to Evin's General Ward
Wednesday August 18th, 2010 - Summary: The last three prisoners formerly on hunger strike and in Evin's solitary confinement were transferred to the general ward at Evin's ward 350. Despite the fact that they were transferred to the general ward, telephone contact with ward 350 remains banned, leaving families extremely concerned about their loved ones and wondering why they are still deprived of contact given that the prisoners are no longer in solitary confinement.
According to information received by Kaleme from Evin prison, previously 12 of the political prisoners formerly on a two week hunger strike were transferred to the general ward. The last three prisoners were allowed to join them last night (Tuesday) after enduring 25 days in solitary confinement.
The 17 political prisoners at Evin were transferred 25 days ago to solitary confinement as a result of protesting against unacceptable prison conditions and insulting behavior by prison guards. Upon being transferred to solitary confinement these 17 prisoners began a two week hunger strike.
The last three political prisoners, Ahamdi-Amouei, Momeni and Samimi were also taken to the prosecutor's office at Evin yesterday and discussed the reasons for their protest and their demands with Tehran's Deputy Prosecutor Noroozi for several hours. The meeting was reportedly civilized and the Deputy to Tehran's Prosecutor promised to address their demands in the near future. He also stated that he is hopeful that the conditions at Evin's ward 350 will improve.
Keyvan Samimi, journalist and the last political prisoner on hunger strike also ended his hunger strike after his transfer to the general ward. Despite the fact that a few days ago the prisoners who had ended their hunger strike because of requests by Mousavi, Karroubi and other individuals who worried about their well being, had asked Samimi to also put an end to his hunger strike, Samimi had insisted that he will continue until all political prisoners were transferred back to the general ward at Evin. Once this demand had been met, Samimi also ended his hunger strike last night.
As such, with the release of Ali Bordbar, one of the protesting political prisoners, all other prisoners formerly on hunger strike, with the exception of Majid Tavakoli who was transferred to Rajai Shahr prison are now back in Evin's ward 350.
Ali Malihi, student activist and member of Daftar-e Tahkim Vahdat (student alumni organization), Bahman Ahmad Amouie, journalist, Hossein Nourinejad, journalist and member of the Participation Front (reformist party), Abdollah Momeni, student activist and spokesperson for Daftar-e Tahkim Vahdat, Ali Parviz, student activist, Hamid Reza Mohammadi, political activist, Jafar Eghdami, civil society activist, Zia Nabavi, starred student and member of the Council to Defend the Right to Education, Ebrahim (Nader) Babaie, civil society activist and an injured veteran of the Iran-Iraq war, Kouhyar Goodarzi, human rights activist and blogger, Majid Dori, student activist, Keyvan Samimi, journalist, Gholam Hossein Arashi, Mohammad Hossein
Sohrabi Rad arrested during an Ashura protest in Tehran are amongst the prisoners transferred to solitary confinement who had been on a hunger strike and are now back in Evin's general ward 350.
Source: Kaleme: http://www.kaleme.com/1389/05/27/klm-29490
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