Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian physician who went on hunger strike have caused outrage.
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As evidence, the semi-official student-led news agency Young Journalists Club posted what it said was Meysami’s latest photo, in which he does not look emaciated and is seen sitting on the floor of his prison cell with a bag of what looks like chips next to him.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Iran has been rocked by nationwide unrest following the death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on Sept.
Rights groups say more than 500 protesters have been killed and nearly 20,000 arrested. At least four people have been hanged, according to the Iranian judiciary. Images of Meysami show him curled up on what looks like a hospital bed, and another standing, his ribs protruding.“Shocking images of Dr. Farhad Meysami, a brave advocate for women’s rights who has been on hunger strike in prison,” tweeted Robert Malley, Washington’s special envoy for Iran.
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