Open letter by a political prisoner sentenced to death to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights

28 January 2017 15:19
Hangaw: Kamal Ahmad Nazhad, the Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to death by hanging by the terrorist and occupying regime of Iran has in an open letter to the international human rights organizations, and the United Nations documented the human rights abuses and violations that he and the other inmates experience. In the letter, Mr. Nezhad states that he has been pressured to give false testimony on PressTV and upon refusal, he has been subjected to increased abuse and prison aggression. In the body of the letter, Mr. Nazhad calls on Ms. Assima Jahangir, the UN's reporter, and the UN to come to his rescue as he is innocent and has not committed any crime.

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