Political prisoner send to serve prison term in notorious Gohardasht Prison in Karaj

Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran

According to reports, on Monday, November 29, political prisoner Keivan Samimi was transferred from cellblock 350 to the notorious Gohardasht Prison in Karaj.
Samimi was arrested on June 13, 2009 after intelligence agents raided his home. He was thrown in a solitary cell in cellblock 209 in Evin Prison and was under pressure in solitary for 4 months.
This political prisoner went on three week hunger strike (he also went on a dry hunger strike for a number of days) in protest to the poor prison conditions during his detention.
Samimi is a prominent political activist in Iran and was the editor in chief of the banned Nameh Weekly. He was sentenced to 6 years of prison and a 15 year ban on all political, social and cultural activities by the Revolutionary Court. Notably, Samimi was a political activist in
the former regime of the Shah and still defended the rights of former political prisoners who were jailed by the Shah.

تبعيد زنداني سياسي کيوان صميمي به زندان قرون وسطايي گوهردشت کرج

بنابه گزارشات رسيده به "فعالين حقوق بشر و دمکراسي در ايران" روز دوشنبه 8 آذر ماه زنداني سياسي کيوان صميمي از بند 350 زندان اوين به زندان مخوف و قرون وسطايي گوهردشت کرج تبعيد شد.
زنداني سياسي کيوان صميمي 23 خرداد 1388 با يورش مامورين وزارت اطلاعات به منزلش ربوده شد و به سلولهاي انفرادي بند 209 شکنجه گاه وزارت اطلاعات منتقل شد و 4 ماه در سلولهاي انفرادي تحت رفتارهاي وحشيانه بازجويان وزارت اطلاعات قرار داشت.
آقاي صميمي در طي مدت بازداشت غير قانوني و غير انساني و در اعتراض به شرايط طاقت فرسا نزديگ به 3 هفته دست به اعتصاب غذا نمود که بخشي از آن اعتصاب غذاي خشک بود.
زنداني سياسي کيوان صميمي از فعالين سياسي شناخته شده ايران و مسئول ماهنامه توقيف شده نامه بود که در دادگاه انقلاب به 6 سال زندان و 15 سال محروميت از فعاليتهاي سياسي،اجتماعي و فرهنگي محکوم شد.لازم به ذکر است او از فعالين سياسي رژيم گذشته در ايران بود و همچنين از زندانيان سياسي رژيم گذشته حمايت مي کرد. (فعالين حقوق بشر و دمکراسي در ايران – 8/9/89)