ICHM: Shabnam Madadzadeh in Critical Health Condition

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reports on the the critical health condition of Shabnam Madadzadeh in Evin Prison.

Shabnam Madadzadeh

In an interview with International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran , Behrouz Alavi a student activist and member of the Tarbiat Moallem University Islamic Association, described the health conditions of Shabnam Madadzadeh as critical and said: “Unfortunately, Shabnam is not in a good physical condition. Two weeks ago she suffered several episodes of unconsciousness and was transferred to the Evin infirmary wrapped in a blanket.” Over the past several weeks there has been news about the deteriorating health of Shabnam Madadzadeh, former Deputy Chair of Tehran Tahkim-e Vahdat student organization. The reports stated that she was not given medical attention or medication.

Shabnam Madadzadeh, 22, was arrested in an unusual way and on unknown charges by security forces in late February 2009, and has been imprisoned at Evin since then. When Islamic Republic’s intelligence organizations transferred this prisoner to the drug addicts ward known as Methadone Ward, many human rights defenders and non-government media outlets vehemently objected to the decision.

Regarding the process of Shabnam Madadzadeh’s arrest and her case file, Behrouz Alavi told the Campaign: “She has been in prison after her illegal arrest on February 19, 2009. She had left the Karaj campus of TMU, heading for Tehran when an unmarked vehicles signaled the taxi cab carrying her to stop and despite Ms. Madadzadeh’s objections, they took her away with them. Replying to her objections about the manner of her arrest, the arresting agents told her that she was being arrested because she had been at a party the night before. She was transferred to a police station in Rajaee Shahr in Karaj , where the same reasons for her arrest were repeated. When she told the agents that she had not attended any parties the night before, they told her to contact her brother to come and take her home. But immediately after her brother, Farzad Madadzadeh, entered the police station, he was arrested as well and the two of them were transferred to Evin Prison. The charge against both of them is said to be ‘actions against national security.’”

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Posted by Blue Karuna on Apr 26th, 2010 and filed under Human Right Activism, People, Women Activism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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