The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has requested Iranian authorities to guarantee urgent medical care for activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi. The 52-year-old human rights defender was hospitalized on Friday due to a heart condition resulting from a hunger strike she is maintaining in prison. Her health status has generated international concern and calls for her immediate release.
Medical monitoring technology in detention centers 🏥
In contexts of confinement, remote cardiac monitoring systems could alert medical staff to emergencies like Mohammadi's. Portable devices with electrocardiogram and blood pressure sensors, connected to telemedicine platforms, would allow a rapid response without relying on political will. However, their implementation in Iranian prisons faces technical and human rights barriers, as the regime limits access to technologies that document detention conditions.
The hunger strike: when the body is the last cry 💔
Narges Mohammadi has discovered that, if the regime ignores your demands, you can always send a resignation letter... from your own heart. Her hunger strike is the oldest method of protest: stop eating so that others do not forget you. Too bad the Iranian authorities prefer to address the medical emergency only when the UN reminds them that Nobel laureates also need a cardiologist.