Iran: Political prisoners denied vital medical care

Amnesty International, 18 July 2016
Iran’s authorities are callously toying with the lives of prisoners of conscience and other political prisoners by denying them adequate medical care,
putting them at grave risk of death, permanent disability or other irreversible damage to their health, according to a new report by Amnesty International published July 18, 2016.
The report, Health taken hostage: Cruel denial of medical care in Iran’s prisons, provides a grim snapshot of health care in the country’s prisons. It presents strong evidence that the judiciary, in particular the Office of the Prosecutor, and prison administrations deliberately prevent access to adequate medical care, in many cases as an intentional act of cruelty intended to intimidate, punish or humiliate political prisoners, or to extract forced “confessions” or statements of “repentance” ...