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Ronak Safarzadeh is Sent to Jail with New Allegations against Her
By IHRV | January 22, 2009
Ronak Safarzadeh, an imprisoned member of Azarmehr Association of Women of Kurdistan and of the One Million Signature Campaign, was summoned to the court and indicted due to her participation in the prisoners’ hunger strike.
Dr. Mohammad Sharif and Ronak’s family have confirmed the news regarding her court appearance. This has happened after it had been reported in previous records that Hana Abdi, another women’s rights activist, was transferred from Hamedan Prison to Meshkin Shahr Prison.
It is worth mentioning that Ms. Fatemeh Goftari was tried with the same accusations after her hunger strike. Furthermore, tens of other prisoners have been have faced punishment due to their participation in Kurdish political prisoners’ hunger strike. The result was the transferring of 54 prisoners of Maku Prison.
Source: Azarmehr Association of Women of Kurdistan
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