On 4 November Iranian prisoner of conscience and blogger, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, was taken to a hospital outside prison but transferred back to Tehran’s Evin Prison after three hours. He remains in critical condition and in urgent need of specialized medical care which he cannot receive in prison. On 4 November Hossein Ronaghi Maleki […]
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Words from Hasan Ronaghi Maleki to President Rouhani
Hasan Ronaghi Maleki, brother of Hossein Ronaghi Maleki to President Rouhani: Mr. Rouhani, was it not you who during the presidential elections and before your victory spoke of freedom for political prisoners? Then what happened Mr. Rouhani? Many say these matters are out of the hands of Mr. Rouhani; he cannot make or implement […]
Letter by mother of Hossein Ronaghi to Ayatollah Khamenei; I can’t be witness to the suffering of my innocent son in prison
Hossein Ronaghi’s mother Zoleikha Mousavi has written a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei urging him to look into the situation of her jailed and ailing son.The letter as provided to Kaleme today is as follows: *** Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic Greetings I am Zoleikha Mousavi, mother Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, […]
Tehran Prosecutor Has Denied Medical Furlough For Jailed Blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki
Following the denial of medical furlough for his son, Hossein Ronaghi’s father Ahmad Ronaghi is requesting help from UN Special Rapporteur, Ahmed Shaheed and the authorities in obtaining medical furlough for his son. According to the Human Rights News Agency, finally, on Tuesday September 10, Tehran’s Prosecutor General announced that he will not grant […]
Families of slain victims ask Hossein Ronaghi to end his hunger strike
September 4, 2013 Noble people of Iran, Honorable authorities of the Islamic Republic, This is the sound of the pain carried by the mothers of this land. It is the sound of families bereaved with grief that has thousands of times died under the weight of their lost ones. But with disbelief every day, […]
Khatami’s message to Hossein Ronaghi to end his hunger strike
In the name of God I am very disheartened that the constraints and restrictions that have existed for the people still continue today. The expectation was that with the blessed transformation that took place we would be witness to the release of prisoners and a termination of imposed limitations. The hunger strike of Mr. […]
Guards return blogger to jail after brief hospital visit
Iranian blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, who was transferred to hospital on Tuesday afternoon by order of the Tehran Prosecutor, was then returned to Evin Prison by the Revolutionary Guards. A friend of the family who asked to remain unidentified told the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA): “Hossein Ronaghi was brought to hospital at […]
Ward 350 Political Prisoners: We Are Witnessing The Gradual Death Of One Of Our Cellmates
15 political prisoners incarcerated in Evin Ward 350 have written to Chief Judiciary Ayatollah Amoli Larijani voicing their concernm and warning him about the dire health condition of on-hunger strike political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Maleki. Hossein Ronaghi was arrested on December 13, 2009, during the unrest that followed the disputed presidential election of 2009. […]
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki transferred from prison to the hospital
Jailed blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki with gastrointestinal bleeding and in very grave health was transferred to the hospital emergency department today. According to CHRR, his father reported that Hossein Ronaghi Maleki who is on his 20th day of hunger strike was transferred to Shahid Modarres Hospital today August 28 around 1 pm. This is […]
Blogger and mother on hunger strike, both could die
Reporters Without Borders condemns the deadly indifference of Iran’s most senior judicial authorities for refusing to release Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, a jailed blogger who is gravely ill and who today began his 20th day on hunger strike in protest against his detention and his prison conditions. Maleki’s mother, Zolikha Mosavi, has also been on […]