Growing issues over Zeinab Jalalian’s well being
Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian, presently serving a 17-year sentence in Yazd Central Prison, has been experiencing severe well being issues in current weeks. Zeinab was transferred to the jail’s medical facility as a result of extreme ache in her proper facet. However, after a basic examination, she was returned to her cell with none specialised testing or definitive therapy. Despite her persistent well being issues, which embody oral candidiasis, pterygium, bronchial asthma, kidney and gastrointestinal issues, requests for switch to an out of doors medical facility have been persistently denied by the Ministry of Intelligence.
Continuing medical malpractice
Zeinab’s well being has deteriorated and she or he has been in growing ache in current weeks. She was taken to the jail infirmary, the place her basic practitioner solely carried out a fundamental examination. Her request to hunt specialised medical care exterior the jail was once more rejected by the Ministry of Information, whose lack of entry to correct medical care has been additional exacerbated by strain from the ministry.
Pressure from the Ministry of Information
In June this yr, a workforce from the Ministry of Intelligence met with Jalalian twice at Yazd Central Prison and requested her to signal a “letter of regret” drafted by the ministry. The authorities assured her that they’d think about her therapy and attainable parole as soon as she signed it. However, Jalalian refused to signal it, claiming that as a prisoner she had a proper to medical therapy. In November 2023, she was additionally interrogated by the Ministry of Intelligence, who threatened to deprive her fundamental rights as a prisoner, together with medical companies, if she didn’t categorical regret. Jalalian thought of these interrogations, carried out whereas handcuffed and shackled, to be a type of torture.