Ill political prisoner gradually becomes paralyzed because of lack of medical attention July 1, 2010 The psychological and physical condition of political prisoner Hamed Rouhi Nejad who is detained in cellblock 8 in Evin Prison is critical because of the deterioration of his multiple sclerosis (MS) and lack of medical attention. According to reports, one of his hands is completely paralyzed and he is suffering from serious problems in the eyesight of both eyes. This political prisoner is even having problems hearing. But despite his numerous problems from his disease, prison officials are completely oblivious to his illness. This lack of attention by officials is so serious that aside from not taking him to hospital, they even refuse to give him medicine provided by the Rouhi Nejad family. It seems that officials are oblivious to the dangers of MS or at best have no knowledge about its dangers. There is a high chance of this disease paralyzing the whole body of the victim from lack of medication. Hamed Rouhi Nejad is a philosophy student who has been jailed since May 2009 on charges of being a member of a dissident group and has been denied even a one day medical leave from prison. He was sentenced to death in the mass post election show trials but his sentence was commuted to 10 years of prison in a court of review.