Emaciated dissident released after hunger strike
Farhad Meysami, who is said to have gone on a hunger strike has been released now.
Iranian doctor and human rights activist Farhad Meysami was released from Evin Prison in the capital Tehran on Friday. The activist's hunger strike has been huge on social media gathering everyone's attention. Photos showing that Meysami, who went on a hunger strike to protest the obligation to wear a headscarf, remained emaciated, went viral on social media a week ago and caused great anger by international human rights organizations.
Emaciated dissident released after hunger strike
The 53-year-old doctor was jailed in 2018 for supporting protests by female activists against Iran's hijab policy. According to Iran's Human Rights Activists Agency (HRANA), Meysami was tried and sentenced to 5 years in prison for "posing a threat to national security" and "making propaganda against the regime". Lawyer Mohammed Moghimi, who said "My client's life is in danger" before the photos in question went viral on social media, claimed that the human rights activist had dropped to 52 kilograms and was beaten for refusing to be transferred to another prison.
After photos of Meysami went viral on social media, Iranian state media denied on Friday last week that the activist had gone on a hunger strike and said she was "in good shape".
