Behnam Mohajoubi’s Wife: He Has Been Threatened with Electric Shock
Behnam Mohajoubi, a Gonabadi Dervish who was arrested during the Golestan Haftom events, has been forcibly transferred from Evin to Razi Psychiatric Hospital. His wife says her husband has been threatened with electric shock if he does not end his hunger strike.
Behnam Mohajoubi, a prisoner of conscience held in Evin, was transferred on Sunday, September 27, to Aminabad Psychiatric Center. Under the pretext of treating convulsions and paralysis of his left hand, he was taken there instead of a hospital. The human rights news agency “HRANA” writes: “Doctors injected him with medication without informing him of the treatment process.”
This prisoner of conscience suffers from “panic disorder,” and his wife has previously warned about the interaction of this disease’s medications with prison sleeping pills. Saleha Hosseini writes in an open letter: “Every night they gave him 14 to 17 sleeping pills, and suddenly half of his body became paralyzed.”
She says: “On Saturday, Behnam had a seizure due to the prison’s failure to provide his medications, fell to the ground, and half of his body became paralyzed. They transferred him to the clinic and initially said he would be sent to the neurology department of Razi Hospital, but suddenly he informed us that he was being held in the Aburayhan ward of Aminabad Psychiatric Hospital.”
Saleha Hosseini asked Evin authorities why they did not give her husband his medications: “…We procured the medications ourselves every month, while providing and dispensing his medications was your responsibility.”
Behnam Mohajoubi’s wife warned that this prisoner of conscience’s life is in danger and appealed for help from everyone who can hear his voice. She wrote on Twitter: “Judicial authorities are responsible for taking Behnam to the coroner’s office to determine that he cannot tolerate imprisonment.”
In another tweet, Saleha Hosseini, expressing concern about her husband’s condition, reported that he has been threatened that if he does not end his hunger strike, he will be subjected to electric shock.
Two weeks earlier, Saleha Hosseini had also written that the last doctor’s certificate had emphasized that this prisoner could not tolerate imprisonment: “Despite this, not only have they kept him in prison, but the jailer always has an excuse for not providing Behnam’s medications.”
Ebrahim Allahbakhshi, a Gonabadi Dervish who was previously imprisoned, writes that Behnam Mohajoubi requested in a letter to the head of Aminabad Hospital to be discharged with his consent: “But in response, he was told that your case is not our concern and you are hospitalized by court order. Question: Who ordered Behnam to be given injections? Behnam is on a hunger strike, his life is in danger.”
Source: DW
