Appeals Court of Ahwaz Approved Jaber Sakhravi’s Sentence
20-June-2016
Category: ethnic minorities
Breathing in Confinement – Branch 16 of the Appeals Court in Ahwaz, presided by Judge Saeid Kosha, confirmed the 12 years and 5 months imprisonment sentence of Jaber Sakhravi.
According to the reports obtained by “Breathing in Confinement,” Jaber Sakhravi, 30, son of Gahami, computer science graduate and a native of Ahwaz, was arrested by Ahwaz Intelligence Officers on Khashayar Street of Ahwaz, on March 24, 2014.
He was charged by the Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Shaboni, with acting against the national security, and was sentenced to 14 years and 6 months imprisonment. The Appeals Court reduced his sentence to 12 years and 6 months.
According to local human rights activists, Jaber Sakhravi had been under severe tortures for 3 months in the Intelligence Detention Center, and due to deterioration of his physical condition, he was transferred to Karoon prison in Ahwaz on June 17, 2014. After closure of Karoon prison, Jaber Sakhravi was transferred to Sheiban prison. He is now being held in the same prison.
Jaber Sakhravi used to suffer from a brain tumor before his arrest and was treated in the hospital regularly.
According to informed sources, he had raised the issue of illness with the interrogators at the time of his arrest, but his warnings were ignored.
His body’s right side was paralyzed due to the torture in custody, and his right leg is shorter than usual now.
The Ahwazi Arab activist was severely tortured by intelligence officers using electric batons, so that signs of torture and burns on his waist and legs are still visible.
As a result of the severe torture he is suffering from kidney pain, swelling of the testicles and urinary tract pain, and poor eyesight.
The physical and psychological torture by security agents on Jaber Sakhravi was so bad that up to two months after being transferred to Karoun Prison, he had stomach bleeding.
These tortures and use of sedative medication have had bad side effects on Jaber Sakhravi’s mental status.
According to security guards at the Intelligence detention center, Jaber Sakhravi had a stroke and was hospitalized in the early days of detention.
Jaber Sakhravi and his relatives have no information about the hospital where he was admitted in.
After Jaber Sakhravi was transferred to the prison, his family attempted many times to get medical leave for him to get treatment in a hospital but their repeated requests have not been approved by the Revolutionary court.