Tortures and hunger strike continue in Iran prisons

Bijar_jailNEWSDESK, — A Kurdish political prisoner held in Urmiye prison continues his hunger strike in protest to the sentence handed on him, another one held in Rejaeeshahr prison had been subjected to torture and maltreatment.

Ceefer Efshari a Kurdish political prisoner held in Urmiye prison has been on hunger strike since Monday in protest to the sentence delivered to him, which he believes as unjust.

Reza Sherifi Bokani anther political prisoner held in Rajaeeshahr prison was transferred to ward 12 after serving five days in solitary confinement where he had been tortured.

Another prisoner named as Husen Rewneqi Meliki launched a hunger strike when he was stripped of the right to family visit and his family was threatened by the state agents.