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Detainees in Ward 209, which is notorious for the use of torture, are directly \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2018\/01\/26\/will-irans-parliamentary-visit-evin-prison-bear-fruit\u0022\u003Esupervised\u003C\/a\u003E by intelligence authorities. Authorities continue to deny Younesi and Moradi access to a lawyer, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iranhr.net\/fa\/articles\/4612\/\u0022\u003Eaccording\u003C\/a\u003E to the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights group.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EYounesi and Moraid endured almost two months of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/06\/iran-free-students-long-solitary\u0022\u003Esolitary confinement\u003C\/a\u003E, and several human rights groups \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/download\/Documents\/MDE1323062020ENGLISH.pdf\u0022\u003Ewarned\u003C\/a\u003E they were at risk of torture and other ill-treatment in detention. Authorities claim both men have been \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hra-news.org\/2021\/hranews\/a-28700\/\u0022\u003Etransferred\u003C\/a\u003E to a \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/RezaYounesi\/status\/1357346109371293696?s=20\u0022\u003Egeneral population prison\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d and deny allegations of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/RezaYounesi\/status\/1357344385168379905?s=20\u0022\u003Etorture\u003C\/a\u003E and ill-treatment. However, in September 2020, Younesi\u2019s sister \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/09\/08\/sister-of-ali-younesi-said-her-brother-is-tortured-to-confess-on-tv\/\u0022\u003Ealleged\u003C\/a\u003E that he was being tortured and pressured into making a televised confession in exchange for commuting his potential death sentence to life in prison. Iranian authorities for decades have used televised forced \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520218666\/tortured-confessions\u0022\u003Econfessions\u003C\/a\u003E as a government propaganda tool.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMany political \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/02\/19\/iran-environmentalists-unjust-sentences-upheld\u0022\u003Edetainees\u003C\/a\u003E are unjustly held in Evin Prison. Some have tested positive for the coronavirus while in detention, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-imprisoned-elite-student-has-contracted-covid-19-international-community-must-intervene\/#.XuTfNKsi_PM.twitter\u0022\u003Eincluding Younesi\u003C\/a\u003E, who reportedly contracted Covid-19 in June and became severely ill. Human Rights Watch has \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/03\/12\/iran-free-wrongfully-detained-prisoners\u0022\u003Edocumented\u003C\/a\u003E a lack of adequate medical care and overcrowding in Iran\u2019s prisons, which, when compounded with the Covid-19 pandemic, seriously threaten prisoners\u2019 health.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELast April, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hra-news.org\/2021\/hranews\/a-28700\/\u0022\u003Eplainclothes\u003C\/a\u003E officers arrested Younesi and Moradi and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/06\/iran-free-students-long-solitary\u0022\u003Eaccused\u003C\/a\u003E them of having ties to anti-revolutionary groups, including the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), and pursuing \u201cdestructive\u201d actions. Younesi is reported to have been severely \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/RezaYounesi\/status\/1252689191865061381?s=20\u0022\u003Ebeaten\u003C\/a\u003E at the time of his arrest. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/persian\/iran-52544772\u0022\u003EAccording\u003C\/a\u003E to Younesi\u2019s family, authorities used his parents\u2019 former membership in the group to justify his and Moradi\u2019s detention. Individuals with family members who have real or perceived ties to the MKO are frequently targeted by authorities, deprived of their due process rights during detention, and sentenced in unfair trials. It is a form of collective punishment prohibited under international law.\u00a0\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]