Bloggers Against the Death Penalty (BADP) condemn the ban on treatment of the political prisners in Iran and regards it as pre-mediated

March 31, 2011

This week Mr। Mohsen Dogmechi, 53, and a political prisoner, passed away in a hospital in Tehran after months of Mr। Dogmechi was arrested on charges of helping the families of political prisoners and having a daughter in Camp Ashraf, Iraq. Mr. Dogmechi was diagnosed with pancretic cancer a few months ago. However, the prison officials did not allow chemotherapy or other treatments. Mr. Dogmechi’s family were denied visitations. A cell-mate wrote that even when Mr. Dogmechi was taken to the hospital when his condition became critical, the officials cuffed his hands and feet and his family were not allowed to visit him. Mr. Dogmechi’s death was a premediated murder. The prison officials acilitated Mr. Dogmechi’s death, at the age of 53, by denying him medication and treatment. Denying mecication and treatment is a common way of torturing the political prionders in Iran, and has not been recognized by international organizations. Mr. Dogmechi’s tragic death should draw attention to the inhumane conditions of the prisons in Iran and in particular those who suffer from sever illnesses. Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, Mansour Osanlu, Hadi Abed Bakhoda, Farah Vazehan, Arash Sadeghi, Zahra Jabari and Hamed Rouhi Nejad are among the political prisoners who need immediate expert medical attention outside the prison. BADP condemns the non-treatment policy of the political prisoners, as a long and painful execution process. BADP urges all bloggers, journalists and human rights activists to contact the international and local organizations as well as the Human Rights Council of the United Nations and ask them to use all their power to stop this inhumane elimination policy of the political prisoners in Iran. Bloggers Against the Death Penalty

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