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IRAN - Death sentence for political prisoner Naeb Askari
October 16, 2023: October 16, 2023 - Renewed death sentence for political prisoner Naeb Askari
According to IHRS, political prisoner Naeb Askari was sentenced to death again by the judiciary. The official notification of this sentence was delivered to him on Monday, October 16, 2023. This verdict is the result of an unfair and unlawful judicial process.
Last court session for this political prisoner was held on September 27, without his right to have a lawyer. Naeb Askari, from Urmia, was arrested by the intelligence agents of the Urmia Revolutionary Guards on March 24, 2021. It is said that he had been residing in Kurdistan for several years and was sentenced to death by the Urmia Revolutionary Court in 2018 on charges of membership in the Pjak organization in absentia.
This political prisoner suffers from kidney stones, but prison officials have prevented him from receiving treatment outside the prison. He has been deprived of access to medical services so far.
On December 12, 2021, Naeb Askari, along with other political prisoners, started a hunger strike in protest of their transfer to the maximum security ward.
In March of 2022, Naeb Askari along with another political prisoner Shaker Behrouz also started a hunger strike and was transferred to solitary confinement.
After a clash between political prisoners and common criminals in August of 2022, Naeb Askari, along with several other political prisoners, was sentenced to 50 lashes and also 3 months in prison on charges of disrupting prison order.
https://en.iranhrs.org/renewed-death-sentence-for-political-prisoner/ (Source: IHRS)
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