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Petition is addressed to: Embassy of Sweden Washington, USA
Ahmadreza Djalali, a researcher on disaster medicine, having been born in Iran and resided in Sweden for most of his life, has been wrongfully detained and sentenced to death by the Iranian government, who have also denied Djalali a fair trial as well as essential medical care, since 2016. This petition urges the Swedish government to fight to free a citizen, Djalali.
Reason
Muhlenberg College RJ Fellows semester project with Scholars at Risk.
Petition details
Petition started:
04/08/2024
Collection ends:
07/07/2024
Region:
Washington
Topic:
Foreign affairs
Debate
Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian Scholar of Disaster Medicine, has been wrongfully accused of spying on Iran with no evidence to support this claim. Officials have put him in solitary confinement and sentenced him to death. He has been denied medical treatment and legal representation and subjected to psychological and physical torture.
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