Political prisoners announce they are on a hunger strike on Tuesdays.
A group of political prisoners, who have been on hunger strike in protest against executions in Iran on Tuesdays in recent weeks, expressed hope in their statements that soon a society free from discrimination, violence, tyranny, and structural exploitation, respecting human rights for all citizens, will emerge, and medieval practices like executions will be abolished.
In a statement signed by a group of hunger-striking prisoners on Black Tuesdays in Qezel Hesar, Evin, Karaj, Mashhad, and Khorramabad prisons, dated March 20, 2023, it is stated that based on recent reports from the UN Human Rights Council and the emphasis on the need for international condemnation of human rights violations and executions in Iran, we believe that the victory of the people and the realization of justice is only possible in the shadow of the unity and solidarity of the Iranian people.