Ali Ashraf Rashidi Aghdam
- Head of the Dizel Abad prison, Kermanshah (Kermanshah Province) (2006 - 2010)
- Human Rights Violation: Ill-treatment and torture of political prisoners (2006 - 2010) read more
- Institution
- Prisons Organisation
- Location
- Dizel Abad Prison, Kermanshah (Kermanshah Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Description
Ali Ashraf Rashidi Aghdam, as the head of Dizel Abad Prison in Kermanshah, has been responsible for violating the rights of prisoners in this prison. This includes depriving them of access to medical care, and deliberately endangering the safety of political prisoners by keeping them with dangerous prisoners.
- Sources
The Last Station of the World: Karim Rahmani Memoirs from Kermanshah Prison, HRANA News Agency, 2011
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ali-Ashraf-Rashidi-Aghdam-4.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Ill-treatment and torture of political prisoners (2006 - 2010) read more
- Head of the Prison Organisation, Kermanshah Province (Oct 2010 - 2012)
- Head of Evin prison, Tehran (Tehran Province) (2012 - 2015)
- Human Rights Violation: Ill-treatment and harassment of female political prisoners (Nov 2012) read more
- Institution
- Prisons Organisation
- Location
- Evin Prison, Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to privacy
- Description
In November 2012, female political prisoners detained in the quarantine ward of Evin Prison were sexually harassed following an attack by Evin Prison Special Guard officers on the ward. This included insults, and illegal physical inspections. Relatives of the female political prisoners told Justice for Iran that three officers had violated the prisoners' privacy during a physical search.
- Sources
The testimony of the relatives of Evin political prisoners with Justice for Iran
Eight women prisoners have been sexually abused under international law, Deutsche Welle, 2012
Letter from 33 female political prisoners to the head of Evin Prison: Apologize for this great insult, Kaleme website, 2012
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ali-Ashraf-Rashidi-Aghdam-5.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Attack on ward 350 of Evin and beating political prisoners (17 Apr 2014) read more
- Institution
- Prisons Organisation
- Location
- Evin Prison, Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Description
On 17 April, 2014, dozens of guards from Evin Prison, accompanied by security officers, attacked Ward 350, a detention centre for political prisoners, under the pretext of inspecting prisoners' personal belongings. During the raid, they severely beat inmates. After the raid, 32 detainees, most of them severely injured, were transferred to solitary confinement, and denied medical treatment. Humiliation of prisoners, shaving of their heads and faces, handcuffing of hands and feet and tying the wounded to bed with handcuffs, destruction of prisoners 'personal belongings and leaving families of injured prisoners uninformed are among the instances of violations of prisoners' rights in this incident. After the attack on Ward 350 of Evin Prison, despite the fact that many prisoners suffered serious injuries such as broken bones and internal bleeding, the prison authorities refused to provide them with medical services.
- Sources
Justice for Iran Exposes Officials Responsible for Violence Against Political Prisoners in Ward 350 of Evin, Justice for Iran, 2014
https://justice4iran.org/persian/call-for-action/political-prisoner-evin-350-ward/
The effective role of the head of Evin prison clinic in harassing political prisoners, Kaleme website, 2014
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Ali-Ashraf-Rashidi-Aghdam-7.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Ill-treatment and harassment of female political prisoners (Nov 2012) read more
- Deputy of health and rehabilitation of the Prison Organisation, Tehran Province (2012 - present)
On March 13, 2013, the European Union placed Ali Ashraf Rashidi Aghdam on the list of human rights sanctions for his key role in violating the rights of Iranian citizens. According to the EU statement, Ali Ashraf Rashidi Aghdam has been placed on a human rights sanctions list for "deteriorating conditions at Evin Prison" for prisoners and for "violating the rights of female political prisoners".