Ward 350 Detainees Banned From Prison Visits

RAHANA

After 17 political prisoners were transferred from Ward 350 to the solitary confinement unit of Ward 209, the prison authorities have banned the detainees from prison visits with their families.
The 17 prisoners of conscience who have been transferred to solitary confinement since last Monday are on their 8th day of hunger strike.
Previously, Ward 350 prisoners were banned from contacting their families after the phones were disconnected. Ali Malihi, a student activist and an Advar-e-Tahkim(Office for Consolidating Unity)member, Bahman Ahmadi-Amouei, a journalist, Hossein Nourinejad, a journalist and a Mosharekat(Participation Front) Party member, Abdollah Momeni, a student activist and a spokesperson for Advar-e-Tahkim, Ali Parviz, a student activist, Hamidreza Mohammadi, a political activist, Jafar Eghdami, a civil rights activist, Babak Bordbar, a photojournalist, Zia Nabavi, a former student who has been deprived of education, Ebrahim (Nader) Babaie, a civil rights activist and an Iran-Iraq war veteran, Koohiyar Goodarzi, a human rights activist, Majid Dorri, a student activist, Majid Tavakoli, a student activist, Keyvan Samimi, a journalist, Gholam Hossein Arshi, and finally Mohammad Hossein Sohrabi are among the prisoners who are on hunger strike and have been transferred to solitary confinement. Peyman Karimi Azad, an Ashura detainee who is suffering from diabetes was transferred to a hospital after 2 days of hunger strike and there is no news as to his condition.