Iran Witness: Political Prisoner Arjang Davoudi From Evin on Human Rights (2008)

This morning we posted a feature by Loes Bijnen on the conditions inside Rajai Shahr Prison. One of the detainees she mentioned was Arjang Davoudi, an engineer, teacher, and poetwho has been detained since 2003.

Davoudi was given a sentence of 15 years in prison and 74 lashes for speaking to a Canadian reporter about the death of a Canadian-Iranian journalist Zahra Kazemi in detention in Iran. Davoudi is currently on a hunger strike of more than 50 days.

In this video from 2008, supposedly filmed secretly and smuggled out of Evin Prison, Davoudi talks about human rights and democracy:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl_oBaBI4W4[/youtube]

Iran Feature: Inside Rajai Shahr Prison (Bijnen)