Mustefa Selimi transferred to solitary confinement

prisonSEQIZ, — Mustefa Selimi a Kurdish political prisoner held in Seqiz prison was taken to solitary containment, local sources report.

The prisoner was transferred to solitary containment on 6th March after being seriously injured amid cruel tortures.

Mr Selimi was arrested by the Iranian Intelligent Service on March 2003 on the ground of working with one of the Kurdish parties. After being under brutal torture for several months, Mr Selimi was sentenced to death.

It is being reported that although Mr Selimi is suffering from kidney and back pain for a while, he is not allowed to be visited by doctors.