Bakhshan Azizi hospitalized after health deterioration

Women’s rights activist Bakhshan Azizi, who has been sentenced to death by Iranian authorities, was taken to the hospital as doctors stressed her urgent need for medical care.

Bakhshan Azizi hospitalized after health deterioration
26 September, 2024   13:29
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Iranian media reported that women’s rights activist Bakhshan Azizi, detained in Iran’s Evin Prison and sentenced to death, was transferred to the hospital after several days of the prison authorities preventing her transfer.

Medical staff indicated that Bakhshan Azizi is in urgent need of medical care and treatment.

Azizi was arrested by Iranian authorities on August 13, 2023, and taken to Evin Prison, where she was denied the right to legal representation. After four months of investigation, she was transferred to the women's ward of the prison and sentenced to death on July 23, charged with “rebellion and membership in opposition groups.” Numerous women's movements have called for her immediate release, but Iranian authorities have ignored these calls.

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