Yesterday on 21 Farvardin 1392 (April 10, 2013), Gonabadi Dervish hunger strikers, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri were forcibly taken again to the prison infirmary by security forces.According to Majzooban Noor, Dervishes have been keeping under pressure in order to end their hunger strike.Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri who are on 86th day of […]
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They don’t want to give up
Detained Sufi dervishes have been protesting with a hunger strike against the illegal transfer of some dervish brothers to solitary confinement for more than 85 days.Kasra Nouri and Saleh Moradi belong to the Nematollahi Gonabadi Dervish Order in Iran. They are also members of a largely extended family of Sarvestan, an area near Shiraz. […]
Dervishes Reached the 85th Day of Hunger Strike/The Gonabadi Dervishes Across Iran Urging Them to End Their Strike
Gonabadi Dervishes across Iran, in separate letters by expressing gratitude for their sacrifices and acts of heroism, urge Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, two jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison to end their hunger strike. According to the Majzooban Noor website, a large number of Gonabadi Dervishes across cities in Iran, by […]
Shiraz’s Adel Abad Prison Chief Resigns
Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison chief resigned from his post.According to Majzooban Noor, Mr. Ali Mazaffari resigned from his post as Adel Abad prison chief on 18 Farvardin1392 (April 7 2013).Mr. Mozaffari, on his last day as governor of the prison met with two imprisoned Dervishes, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, in Green ward of […]
The Situation of Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri after 82 Days on Hunger Strike
Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, in the 82nd consecutive day of their hunger strike have emphasized that they will continue their hunger strike despite the prison authorities pressures to force them to break their strike and undermine their will.According to Majzooban Noor reporter, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, imprisoned Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz’s Adel […]
The Gonabadi Dervishes Across Iran Urging Jailed Dervishes to End Their Hunger Strike
Gonabadi Dervishes across Iran, in a letter urge two jailed Gonabadi Dervishes in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison to end their hunger strike. According to the Majzooban Noor website, a large number of Gonabadi Dervishes across cities in Iran, by sending letters which in recognizes the dervishes’ sacrifices and commends their persistence and considering that […]
A Letter From Gonabadi Dervishes Resident in Australia to Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri
A group of Gonabadi Dervishes, resident in Australia, has issued an open letter requesting Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, to persuade them to protect their health and also to end their hunger strike.A number of Gonabadi Dervishes living in Australia, by sending a letter to Majzooban Noor website( Nematollahi Gonabadi Order News Site) which […]
Hundreds of activists call for prisoner’s release
More than 350 human rights and political activists have issued a statement urging the Iranian authorities to release Mehdi Khazali. The announcement expressed grave concern for the health of the political prisoner, who has gone on hunger strikes on several occasions, saying: “His life is under immediate and serious threat after three months of […]
Hunger strike
A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not solid food. In […]
Dervishes Reached the 76th Day of Hunger Strike/Judiciary Continues to Reject Legal Demands of Them
On the seventy-six day of hunger strike, Saleh Moradi and Kasra Nouri, Gonabadi Dervish hunger strikers in Shiraz’s Adel Abad prison, despite their dire health and with forced therapeutic serum , insist on their demands and they have announced that their unlimited hunger strike will be continued until responsible officials would meet their legal […]