For two weeks now, by order of the authorities at Evin Prison, journalist, and political prisoner Pakhshan Azizi has been deprived of phone calls and in-person visits with her family.
The efforts of this political prisoner’s family to establish contact and arrange visits at the prison have been unsuccessful, and they are concerned about Pakhshan Azizi’s health.
Kurdish journalist Pakhshan Azizi, a former political prisoner, and Social Work graduate endured over four months of detainment in the Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209 at Evin Prison.
Her relocation to the Women’s Ward at Evin on Monday, December 11, 2023, marked a significant shift after enduring extensive interrogation without legal counsel or communication with her family.
The recent transfer of the Kurdish journalist Pakhshan Azizi follows her arrest on August 4, 2023, in Shahrak-e Kharrazi, Tehran.
This isn’t her first encounter with authorities; she was previously arrested on November 16, 2009, during a Kurdish student protest at Tehran University, which was staged against the execution of political prisoners in Kurdistan. Her prior arrest led to her release on bail on March 19, 2010.
