Urgent Action update: Jailed journalists on hunger strike

Iranian journalists Sanaz Alahyari and Amirhossein Mohammadifar have been on hunger strike since 4 July. They are protesting their continued detention and the authorities’ ongoing crackdown on labour rights activists and journalists covering the protests at Haft Tappeh sugar cane company in Khuzestan province. Prison doctors have said that Sanaz Alahyari is in poor health and she could become at risk of respiratory arrest.

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PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 28 AUGUST 2019

Please write urgently in your own words or using the template letter included in English or Persian to:

Prosecutor General of Tehran Ali Alghasi Mehr 

Office of the Prosecutor 

Corner (Nabsh-e) of 15 Khordad Square 

Tehran, Iran 

Salutation: Dear Mr Alghasi Mehr

 

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.

HIS EXCELLENCY MR HAMID BAEIDINEJAD Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran 16 Prince’s Gate SW7 1PT 020 7225 4208-9 Fax: 020 7589 4440 iranemb.lon@mfa.gov.ir

Please check with your section before sending appeals after the above date.