- Text size
| 
| 
| 
- Email this document
- Printable version
| Title | Iranian doctors jailed for antigovernment activities receive global health prize |
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Country | Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Publication Date | 17 June 2011 |
| Cite as | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Iranian doctors jailed for antigovernment activities receive global health prize, 17 June 2011, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4e142b5a2f.html [accessed 27 May 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Iranian doctors jailed for antigovernment activities receive global health prize
June 17, 2011
Brothers Kamiar and Arash Alaei, founders of an HIV-prevention program in Iran (undated)
Two Iranian doctors imprisoned three years ago for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government have been awarded a global health prize for their efforts to treat patients with HIV.
Brothers Kamiar and Arash Alaei were arrested in June 2008 and accused of communicating with the United States in a bid to unseat the government of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad.
Kamiar, 37, was released several months ago and was able to accept the award on June 16 in Washington. But Arash, 42, remains in prison in Tehran where he is serving a six-year sentence.
The brothers, who began treating patients with HIV in the late 1990s, received the Global Health Council's Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights.
compiled from agency reports
Link to original story on RFE/RL website
Topics: Opposition,
- Search
- Regions
- Countries