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Urgent Action update: Severely-ill Iranian Kurdish woman denied care

Overview

Iranian Kurdish woman Zeynab Jalalian, serving a life sentence, is severely ill and requires specialized medical care outside prison. However, the authorities have persistently refused to transfer her to a hospital, apparently to punish her and extract forced “confessions”.

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Urgent action outcomes

Issue

Torture

Country

Iran

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