Iran refuses to release jailed student Hood Yazerlu, despite end of prison term

Center to Defend Families of those Slain and Detained in Iran

The prison term for student prisoner Hood Yazerlu who was detained in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj ended on April 23 but he was not released from prison.
According to reports, his father Dr. Yazerlu and a number of his relatives who were waiting outside the prison for his release went up to prison officials to ask why he was not released. They were told that Hood was transferred to Evin Prison in the morning. His family then went to Evin Prison and waited until 2am but no one gave them any information about his condition.

عدم آزادي دانشجوي زنداني سياسي هود يازرلو به رغم پايان دوران محكوميتش
دانشجوي زنداني هود يازرلو كه در زندان گوهردشت كرج محبوس بوده است ،روز شنبه سوم ارديبهشت ماه , دوران محكوميت سه ساله اش به پايان ميرسيد و ميبايستي آزاد ميشد، اما تا آخرين ساعت نيمه شب، خبري ازآزادي وي نبود.گزارشات حاكي است كه دكتر يازرلو،پدر هود و تعدادي از اقوامش كه در انتظار آزادي عزيزشان در پشت درب زندان بودند به مقامات زندان مراجعه نموده و علت عدم آزادي هود را سوال كردند.در اين ميان با تعجب به آنان گفته شد كه هود را در ابتداي صبح شنبه به اوين منتقل كرده اند. بعد از مراجعه به اوين درساعت 2 بعد از نيمه شب ،هيچكس پاسخگوي وضعيت اين دانشجوي زنداني نبود. (كانون حمايت از خانواده هاي جانباختگان و بازداشتي ها – 5/2/90)