Life of political prisoner Javad Hosseini Nejad in danger in a psychiatric ward
Political prisoner Javad Hosseini Nejad was not allowed a last visit with his mother and sister
The news from Vakilabad prison in Mashhad indicates the transfer of political prisoner Javad Hosseini Nejad to a ward for the mentally ill where his life is in danger.
On Friday, August 27, 2021, the authorities of the Central Prison of Mashhad, also known as Vakilabad, transferred political prisoner Javad Hosseini Nejad from General Ward 3 to General Ward 2, where mentally ill and dangerous prisoners are detained.
The transfer of political prisoner Javad Hosseini Nejad to the ward of dangerous prisoners is a serious threat to his life, deliberately planned to exert more pressure on him.
Javad Hosseini Nejad was first arrested during the November 2019 protests. He was arrested for the second time on July 11, 2020 and spent a month in solitary confinement. He was finally sentenced to 5 years in prison.
In May 2021, when his mother’s health was deteriorating due to cancer, the prison authorities did not grant him a temporary leave to visit his mother for the last time, and she died longing to see her son.
Also last week, Javad’s sister died due to Coronavirus infection. Again, the prison authorities did not allow him to attend his sister’s funeral.
These measures are clear examples of torture of prisoners.
It is worth noting that the transfer of political prisoners to the wards of ordinary and dangerous criminals, in addition to violating the principle of segregation of crimes, is one of the clerical regime’s well-known methods of torturing political prisoners.
Political prisoner Alireza Shir-Mohammad Ali was murdered in the Greater Tehran Prison, after being relocated to the ward of dangerous criminals where one of the incited a fight where he could kill Alireza. The prison warden had hired the dangerous criminal to kill political prisoner Alireza Shir-Mohammad Ali who had been arrested during in a protest.
