As Warisheh Moradi’s indefinite hunger strike enters its sixteenth day, human rights organisations have issued urgent warnings regarding her deteriorating physical condition. In response to Moradi’s critical state, the Free Women’s Society of East Kurdistan (KJAR) released a statement on 25 October, urging her to end the hunger strike.
Warisheh Moradi, a Kurdish political activist and KJAR member charged with “rebellion”, has been on an indefinite hunger strike in Evin Prison. Now in her sixteenth day without food, her health has severely worsened, prompting human rights organisations to issue a critical alert on Friday regarding her life-threatening condition.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reports that Moradi is experiencing extreme weight loss, physical exhaustion, and dangerously low blood pressure, all of which pose significant risks to her survival. Despite repeated appeals from her supporters and human rights activists to end her hunger strike, Warisheh remains resolute, stating that she will not cease her protest until her demands are met.
Her hunger strike is a form of protest against Iran’s escalated executions, oppressive measures against activists, and widespread human rights violations. Human rights organisations and activists, citing her perilous health, call upon the international community to press the Iranian government to protect Warisheh and other political prisoners facing similar risks.
The deteriorating health of Moradi highlights the risks political prisoners face under Iran’s brutal crackdown on dissent. Her hunger strike underscores her profound commitment to protesting the injustices suffered by freedom-seeking Iranians, bringing renewed urgency to the plight of political prisoners.
In this context, KJAR-Europe released a statement on Friday concerning Warisheh Moradi’s hunger strike in Evin Prison.
The statement noted that Moradi’s act of defiance serves as a powerful call for the resistance of women prisoners, resonating across the globe. Therefore, KJAR urges her to discontinue the hunger strike due to her deteriorating health.
In solidarity with Moradi’s demands, members of KJAR have initiated a three-day hunger strike to express their support for her, as well as for all political prisoners and individuals facing imminent execution threats.
Notably, concurrently with this hunger strike, Moradi and fellow Kurdish political prisoner, Pakhshan Azizi, were each sentenced on 21 October to an additional six months’ imprisonment on charges of “disobeying government orders”.
