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Semnan Prison is located about 350 kilometers east of Tehran, where Akbari-Monfared\u2019s family lives; Bushehr Prison is over 550 kilometers south of Dezful, where Gholian\u2019s family lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn recent months, authorities have \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hra-news.org\/letters\/a-844\/\u0022\u003Etransferred\u003C\/a\u003E at least 9 other women serving sentences from Evin prison to other prisons. Disrupting family life by making visitations impossible or extremely difficult when they were previously regular constitutes a violation of prisoners\u2019 rights.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBetween 2018 and 2020, authorities arrested and rearrested Sepideh Gholian, a labor activist, in a series of reprisals against her for her activism. Gholian was initially detained in November 2018 for her \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/young-activist-returns-to-prison-refusing-to-ask-for-clemency-from-iran-s-khamenei\/30684015.html\u0022\u003Eparticipation\u003C\/a\u003E in a peaceful protest that same month; she was released on bail in December 2018. Authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/01\/24\/iran-prominent-labor-activist-rearrested\u0022\u003Earrested Gholian again\u003C\/a\u003E in January 2019 after she spoke about being tortured in detention. Authorities ultimately \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/09\/10\/iran-draconian-sentences-rights-defenders\u0022\u003Esentenced\u003C\/a\u003E Gholian to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2021\/country-chapters\/iran\u0022\u003E5 years in prison\u003C\/a\u003E on charges that stemmed from her peaceful activism.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGholian was among the prisoners temporarily freed on bail due to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/03\/12\/iran-free-wrongfully-detained-prisoners\u0022\u003ECovid-19\u003C\/a\u003E prison outbreaks, but she was rearrested in July 2020 after she reportedly \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/iran-activist-to-return-to-prison-for-refusing-to-ask-pardon-from-khamenei\/30674464.html\u0022\u003Erefused\u003C\/a\u003E to ask for clemency, citing her innocence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Human Rights Activists\u2019 News Agency \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hra-news.org\/2021\/hranews\/a-29226\/\u0022\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E that Gholian allegedly requested a transfer to Sepidar Prison, instead of Bushehr, so that she could remain as close as possible to her family.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Amnesty International, following \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/download\/Documents\/MDE1350902016ENGLISH.pdf\u0022\u003Ea grossly unfair trial\u003C\/a\u003E, Akbari-Monfared was sentenced to 15 years in prison in May 2010 on charges including \u201cenmity against God\u201d due to alleged membership in the banned opposition group Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK). This allegation is based only on a visit and phone calls she made to family members who are MEK members.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAkbari-Monfared\u2019s transfer follows a series of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/documents\/mde13\/5090\/2016\/en\/\u0022\u003Ereprisals\u003C\/a\u003E and threats against her by prison authorities after she filed a formal complaint that seeks an official investigation into the mass executions of political prisoners, including her siblings, in the summer of 1988. Officials \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2017\/03\/08\/joint-statement-iran-repression-those-seeking-truth-and-justice-1980s-killings\u0022\u003Ecanceled her medical care arrangements\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0restricted visits from her family, including her three children, in retaliation.\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}]