Azerbaijani activist is in dire need of medical treatment

He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, by Judge Salavati at  branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. His sentenced was reduced to five years in the Court of appeal. For the first time in three years of consecutive imprisonment which is more than half of his term, Dr. Assadi was given medical furlough from prison. The prison authorities had stated that this furlough was considered an addition to his full release and based on the documents outlining the status of the file, they had guaranteed his release ‘in coming days’. However Dr. Assadi was once again summoned to the prison. The authorities however responded to the Assadi family’s inquiry by claiming that the December 2, 2013 date (11th of Azar 1392) was a ‘typo’ and that in fact the real date of this prisoners release is two year from that date, December 2, 2015.