NCRI -A prisoner was brutally beaten to death in Asad-Abad hard labor camp on May 10, according to reports from Iran.
The prisoner, who suffered from kidney problem, was identified as Babak Farokhi. He was taken to the camp 10 days prior to the incident charged with drug offenses. He had to go through intolerable conditions in the camp which is an annex to Esfahan’s Central prison.
According to the same report, the criminal Revolutionary Guards at the camp exert mental and physical pressures on prisoners and humiliate them by inhumane treatments.
Some of the guards directly involved in torture and persecution of prisoners are identified as; Asghar Kianpour, Daryoush Abdullahi and Asghar Montazeran.
Last August, 18 women prisoners died of intolerable conditions in Kahrizak camp. The prison guards had locked the 18 victims in metal trailers under burning hot summer temperatures. These prisoners died of high weather temperatures, respiratory problems and lack of any care.
The Iranian Resistance calls on all human rights organizations to condemn the shocking crime and take necessary measures to save the lives of defenseless prisoners. It also calls on the UN Secretary General, Security Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights to appoint an international fact finding mission to investigate the situation of prisons in Iran.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
May 16, 2009
