Families of Political Prisoners Sentenced to Death Gather in Front of Evin Prison

Families of Political Prisoners Sentenced to Death Gather in Front of Evin Prison

A group of families of political prisoners sentenced to death held a protest in front of Evin Prison during the sixty-fifth week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign. They protested the cutoff of phone calls and the increased pressure on five death-row political prisoners who are being coerced into transferring to Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran. Videos posted on social media show a group of family members of political prison…

Five Political Prisoners Sentenced to Death in Evin Prison Deprived of Phone Calls

By order of the authorities at Evin Prison, five political prisoners sentenced to death have been deprived of their right to make phone calls. Five political prisoners sentenced to death—Akbar Daneshvarkar, Seyed Mohammad Taghavi, Babak Alipour, Pouya Ghobadi Bistouni, and Vahid Bani Amerian—have, since yesterday, been denied access to phone calls with their families by order of prison authorities. A source close to the family of one of the pris…