Iran: Kurdish political prisoner, Zeinab Jalalian in critical physical condition
Iran: Kurdish political prisoner, Zeinab Jalalian in critical physical condition 4/7/2018 12:45:19 PM Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian NCRI WOMEN COMMITTEE, 06 April 2018 -- The physical condition of Kurdish female political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian has deteriorated due to gastrointestinal problems. Her medical strike is said to have contributed to the problem. According to reports on Thursday, April 5, 2018, Ms. Jalalian has not been able to eat anything in recent days due to gastrointestinal problems. Zeinab Jalalian has a life sentence. She has refused to break her medical strike – not taking any medicine - despite her family’s insistence over the past months. A source close to the prisoner said, “She has not been provided the opportunity to have medical examinations over the past few years. She has personally called several specialist doctors in Tehran and asked for their counsel. Their diagnosis is that she suffers from thrush or oral candid...