Iranian political prisoners on hunger strike

Gohardasht – The hunger strike of political prisoners Shahrokh Zamani, labor rights advocate, and Rasoul Baddaghi, member of the teachers’ union, in the Gohardasht prison began on 15 February and has continued to this date. They have gone on hunger strike in protest to their torture and transfer to solitary confinement. A number of other inmates in the Gohardasht Prison have also gone on hunger strike in support of these two inmates and are demanding their return to the general ward.