Mozhgan Kavosi, a Kurdish language activist, right-to-mother tongue advocate, human rights activist, and former political prisoner, has gone on strike to protest the conditions of her detention in Tonekabon Central Prison.

According to the report received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, during the past few days, Mozhgan Kavosi went on strike due to the lack of access to her basic rights in prison, and conditions are reported to be harsh. According to informed sources, the place where the Kurdish activist is kept lacks heating devices and other necessary facilities.

According to Hengaw, Mozhgan Kavosi has been accused of "promoting separatist ideas" for teaching the Kurdish language.

Hengaw has been informed that she has only had one contact with someone outside the prison, a brief phone call, in which she informed about her unfavorable condition.

Mozhgan Kavosi was transferred to Tonekabon Central Prison on Sunday, October 30, 2022, after 35 days of being in a solitary cell in the Nowshahr Intelligence Detention Center in Mazandaran Province.

This Kurdish activist was kidnapped by IRGC intelligence forces in her home located in Nowshahr during the recent protests on Thursday, September 22, 2022.