Iran - Iran must stop denying medical care to imprisoned journalists

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the appalling conditions in which journalists are detained in Iran and calls on the authorities to stop denying them medical attention. RSF is very concerned about the state of health of some of these detained journalists, and already wrote to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on 14 March 2015 urging him to intercede. The victims include Hossien Ronaghi Malki, a citizen-journalist who has had several kidney operations. (...)

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