Kurdish Prisoner Salimi tortured, isolated in prison
14:52 - 11 March 2012
KURDPA – Based on a report on Monday, March 5, Mostafa Salimi—a Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to execution and currently held at Saqqez prison—got into a scuffle with prison authorities.
The cause of the disturbance related to Salimi’s request for prison authorities to purchase certain items from the “Prison Café”—a store selling basic goods and provisions to prisoners that operates on credit (see prison regulations regarding operation of the store below)—and which Salimi helped manage. Although Salimi reportedly credited the authorities for the items, they did not procure the items requested, which prompted the scuffle.
As a result, prison guards severely beat Salimi, bound his hands and feet, and threw him inside a solitary cell. In the days since the transfer Salimi has not been permitted any phone calls or visitation with his family.
Mostafa Salimi was arrested on April 6, 2003 in Nahavand for moharebeh (or “waging war against God”) and cooperation with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), a Kurdish political party. According to sources close to Salimi, he has been physically and mentally tortured during his detention and incarceration and his court hearing only lasted 15 minutes.
He currently suffers from a serious infection of the kidneys, back and knee pains, and problems with his vision. Sources close to Salimi have told IHRDC that the prison authorities have not permitted Mr. Salimi to visit a doctor and instead he is merely provided painkillers for his ailments.
The cause of the disturbance related to Salimi’s request for prison authorities to purchase certain items from the “Prison Café”—a store selling basic goods and provisions to prisoners that operates on credit (see prison regulations regarding operation of the store below)—and which Salimi helped manage. Although Salimi reportedly credited the authorities for the items, they did not procure the items requested, which prompted the scuffle.
As a result, prison guards severely beat Salimi, bound his hands and feet, and threw him inside a solitary cell. In the days since the transfer Salimi has not been permitted any phone calls or visitation with his family.
Mostafa Salimi was arrested on April 6, 2003 in Nahavand for moharebeh (or “waging war against God”) and cooperation with the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), a Kurdish political party. According to sources close to Salimi, he has been physically and mentally tortured during his detention and incarceration and his court hearing only lasted 15 minutes.
He currently suffers from a serious infection of the kidneys, back and knee pains, and problems with his vision. Sources close to Salimi have told IHRDC that the prison authorities have not permitted Mr. Salimi to visit a doctor and instead he is merely provided painkillers for his ailments.
