Swedish newspaper: Hamid Nouri has broken the record of the highest amount of imprisonment in solitary confinement in the history of Sweden

Mizan News Agency - In a report, a Swedish newspaper discussed the situation of Hamid Nouri's arrest and trial in this country and described the length of his detention in solitary confinement as a record. In this report, "Afton Bladet" newspaper quotes "Thomas Bodström", Hamid Nouri's lawyer, writes: Hamid Nouri, an Iranian prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, is now the person with the highest rate of imprisonment in solitary confinement in Sweden; He has now spent 1,295 days (until the end of May) in a 7 square meter cell and is separated from other prisoners. This Swedish newspaper adds: Hamid Nouri was arrested during his trip to Sweden and sentenced to life imprisonment after the trial. According to Afton Bladet, the 62-year-old Iranian citizen was detained with restrictions on November 13, 2019. In May 2022, the restrictions were lifted in connection with the end of the trial in the district court, but according to Thomas Bodstrom, Hamid's isolation The light has continued ever since. This report quotes Hamid Nouri's lawyer as saying: When the regional court canceled the restrictions, the prisons administration kept Nouri in isolation for security reasons, the reasons for which were never provided. According to this Swedish newspaper, this means that Hamid Nouri is now spending 1,295 days or more than 3.5 years in solitary confinement; Having said that, he has passed the record of being detained in solitary confinement between 2010 and 2014 for 1,246 days with restrictions on detention.

"Bodström" says: Hamid Nouri is the most isolated prisoner in the history of Sweden; He has met his family several times in the past, but now he is not allowed to meet and contact them. We had to spend a lot of time and energy to get him to even be allowed to talk to his Iranian lawyer, and this is completely incomprehensible. According to Bodström, in addition to the long period of detention, Hamid Nouri was transferred between "Solentona" and "Kronoberg" detention centers, which led to him not having scheduled meetings. Hamid Nouri's lawyer adds: When we finally got the visiting time in Swantona, Nouri was transferred to Kronoberg and then the visiting time was no longer applied. When we finally got a meeting time in Kronoberg, he was transferred to Solentona a few minutes before the visit. Afton Bladet writes in another part: the sentence issued against Nouri has been appealed and the process continues in the Swedish Court of Appeal; This is despite the fact that the court and the prosecutor do not see the need to continue the restriction. "Bodström" also said: Last winter, one of the judges in the case wrote a suspension letter to the Swedish Prison Service to announce their opinion as soon as possible, but they have not yet done so. On April 20, another attempt was made to contact the prison authority regarding the statement, but was unsuccessful. He says we are still waiting for an answer. Meanwhile, the Swedish Prison Organization confirms in an e-mail that Hamid Nouri, with 1,295 days of detention in solitary confinement, is currently the person who has been detained in solitary confinement for the longest period of time, but does not want to answer in which section he has been kept since then. will be

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