Human rights organizations require immediate hospitalization of Zeinab Jalalian

Human rights organizations and activists have required the immediate and unconditional transfer of political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian to the hospital to enable her to receive the necessary medical treatment for her deteriorating health condition.

In a joint statement, 22 organizations and 13 human rights activists from inside and outside Iran expressed their grave concern about the health status of Jalalian, the Kurdish political prisoner serving a life sentence.

The statement noted that Iranian authorities continue to deprive Zeinab Jalalian of medical care, despite her suffering from serious, life-threatening conditions, and are demanding pledges in exchange for allowing her to receive treatment.

The statement described this treatment of political prisoners as part of a systematic policy of psychological pressure and harsh treatment aimed at breaking the will of the detainees, stressing that Zeinab Jalalian continues to resist these policies.

The statement noted that Zeinab suffers from several illnesses, in addition to medical warnings about the possibility of cancer, which requires urgent surgery. It emphasized the need for immediate examination, diagnosis, and treatment to avoid serious risks to her life.

In the same context, as she entered her eighteenth year in prison, without regard to the principle of separating detainees based on their charges, Zeinab Jalalian released an audio recording from inside Yazd Prison in which she said, "My eighteenth year in prison may be coming to an end, but I will never regret my path. It doesn't matter where you fight, what matters is which path you stand on."

It is worth mentioning that Zeinab Jalalian was born in 1982 in Maku city in Urmia province, East Kurdistan. She was arrested in Kermanshah in 2007 without a warrant and sentenced to death on charges of "attempting to disrupt national security and fighting religion;" however, her sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment on appeal.

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