On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, prisoners detained in various Iranian prisons initiated a hunger strike, marking the twelfth week of their protest against the regime’s spree of executions, known as “Tuesdays against Execution.”
Prisoners in Qezel Hessar Prison in Karaj, specifically in wards 4, 6, and 8, as well as those in the women’s ward of Evin Prison in Tehran, the Central Prison of Karaj, and the prisons of Naqadeh, Khoy, Mashhad, Khorram Abad, and Saqqez, participated in the hunger strike on Tuesday. There is a growing possibility of widespread implementation of inhumane death sentences by the clerical regime’s Judiciary.
Reports from inside the prisons indicate that in the past few days, the mullahs’ regime, taking advantage of the volatile situation in the Middle East, executed a number of apolitical convicts in various prisons silently. Additionally, they transferred a number of others to solitary cells in Qezel Hessar prison and other prisons to prepare for the implementation of their death sentences.
By launching the “Tuesdays against execution” campaign, the prisoners of Qezel Hessar prison have aimed to draw more attention to the gross violation of the “right to life” and the widespread execution of prisoners in Iran.
In recent weeks, this campaign has gained support from and been joined by prisoners in Evin, Khorramabad, Central Karaj, Khoy, Naqadeh, Mashhad, and Saqqez prisons.
