Report on the latest condition of So'da Khadirzadeh and the failure to transfer her and her child to medical centers

Hengaw: Friday, August 19, 2022
 

So'da Khadirzadeh, a Kurdish political prisoner who hanged herself on Thursday, August 18, 2022, in the women's ward of Urmia Central Prison and also administered pills to her two-month-old child, her left eyesight has a serious problem, and it is potential to lose her eyesight forever. However, the prison authorities have requested Money (cash) to transfer the political prisoner to medical centers outside the prison. Even yesterday, despite her serious physical condition, she was transferred to solitary confinement for 4 hours.
 

Hengaw has been informed that So'da Khadirzadeh has suffered serious damage to her left eye and is unable to see till today, and she has swelling and ecchymosis (dead blood) in the neck, eye, and head, and the prison authorities have asked for cash to transfer her to medical centers outside the prison for treatment.
 

According to the latest information from Hengaw, "Alla", So'da's two-month-old daughter is still under care in the prison infirmary.
 

As a result of Hengaw information, it was confirmed that So'da administered some sleeping pills to Alla before committing suicide.
 

As Hengaw had announced earlier, So'da Khadirzadeh was taken to an unknown place on Tuesday, August 16 by a team consisting of agents of the Urmia Intelligence and security of the prison and was under pressure and interrogation by security agents for hours. As Hengaw has been informed, the agents were looking for the subliminal channel with the outside of the prison to find how the news spread about her and her baby's condition.
 

Hengaw has also been informed that Naser Atabati, Chief Justice of Urmia, Daryush Bakhshi, the head of Urmia Prison, and a person with the family name "Babaki" from the Urmia Intelligence Office, in the interrogation team, forced So'da Khadirzadeh to confess in front of the camera.
 

Interrogators purely asked her to say, "The condition of women in Urmia prison is very favorable and all facilities and health services are regularly provided to her and her baby, and all the news published by foreign organizations about this matter from Urmia women's ward is false.
 

In this regard, the security agents put pressure on So'da and stated that if she does not appear in front of the camera, they will file a medical case regarding her mental health and hand over her child to welfare.
 

After the confession and returning So'da to the prison, on Thursday, she tried to administer her two-month-old daughter sleeping pills and subsequently tried to hang herself. At this time, she was saved from death by other prisoners, but it was stated that the sight of one of her eyes is severely damaged.
 

While holding the judicial authorities responsible, headed by the prosecutor of Urmia and the head of the prison, Hengaw demands the immediate transfer of So'da and her daughter to medical centers outside the prison.
 

while expressing regret for the distortion of the situation of So'da and her child by some irresponsible media and websites, Hengaw emphasizes that all the information published about So'da Khadirzadeh is accurate and received from a completely reliable source, which refrained from further explanations for security reasons.

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