Call for urgent action to save the lives of hunger-striking women in a Karaj Prison
A number of brave women and girls arrested during the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising have started hunger strikes to protest their prolonged detention, harassment, horrible prison conditions, bogus charges leveled against them, and lack of attendance to their cases.
Elham Modarresi, Armita Abbasi, and other women detained in a Karaj Prison were tortured and sexually assaulted by security forces before being transferred to the prison.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) and the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have put pressure on many families of detained protesters to keep quiet about their children’s condition. They falsely promised the families to expedite their children’s release if they remained silent.
The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran urges all women and youths to actively support the protesters detained during the uprising, especially women and girls.
The NCRI Women’s Committee draws the attention of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, and especially the UN Fact-finding Mission to condemn the clerical regime’s treatment of female prisoners decisively.
The NCRI Women’s Committee calls for urgent action to save the lives of women on hunger strike in prison in Karaj.
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) – Women’s Committee
January 3, 2023
