KERMASHAN, HRANA – Authorities of Dizel Abad prison of Kermashan, rejected medical furlough request of Zeyneb Celaliyan (Zeynab Jalalian), who is at the verge of blindness.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), in response to bad physical condition of Zeynab Jalalian, prison authorities promised to send her to medical furlough one month ago. Nevertheless, few days ago, she was informed that her request is rejected by security services and she cannot take any effective procedure.
Kurdish political prisoner Zeyneb Celaliyan from Mako (East Kurdistan) was arrested in July 2007 by Kermashan intelligence and security forces and sentenced to death on the charge of membership in PJAK. But in December 2011 the Supreme Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. She was detained four months in cell while severely beaten for confession to the extent that her head was injured. The prison officials were forced to transfer her to the Kermashan hospital.
Article 103 of Prisons Regulations ratified in 2005 states: “Head of Prison is responsible for medical care of inmates and should be transferred to hospital in case of emergency”.
Based on the contact from Azarmehr Organization of Kurdistan with Dr Mohammad Sharif, Celaliyan lawyer’s, said that her physical conditions is not good at all.
According to latest reports, Celaliyan has been suffering from bad health condition, especially visual problem and recently has lost her sight. She has been under severe pressure and had gone to hunger strike several times.
Needed to be mentioned, earlier on a published report by media, reason of vision problems of Zeynab Jalalian was stated as stroke during interrogation.
Recently Ahmed Shaeed the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran was criticized prison conditions in Iran as “extremely poor conditions for all detainees and limited access to sanitation facilities and medical treatment”.
Modified by: Rojhelat.info