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Sources close to the case \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2017\/03\/08\/joint-statement-iran-repression-those-seeking-truth-and-justice-1980s-killings\u0022\u003Ehave said that\u003C\/a\u003E during Akbari-Monfared\u2019s trial over a decade ago, the judge said she would be \u201cpaying for the activities of her brother and sister,\u201d a form of unlawful collective punishment. \u00a0Her brother and sister were among those killed during the 1988 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/documents\/mde13\/9421\/2018\/en\/\u0022\u003Emass executions\u003C\/a\u003E of prisoners.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2013, Iranian lawmakers amended Iran\u2019s penal code for the charge of \u201cenmity against God\u201d and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iranhrdc.org\/english-translation-of-books-i-ii-of-the-new-islamic-penal-code#50\u0022\u003Eadopted\u003C\/a\u003E a narrower definition of \u201cdrawing a weapon on the life, property or chastity of people or to cause terror as it creates the atmosphere of insecurity.\u201d Akbari-Monfared\u2019s family \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.radiofarda.com\/a\/maryam-akbari-monfared-profile\/31180475.html\u0022\u003Eargued\u003C\/a\u003E that this definition should be applied retroactively, and authorities should have released her that year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn October 2016, Akbari-Monfared filed a formal complaint inside Evin prison seeking an official investigation into the 1988 mass executions. Since then, she has faced a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2017\/03\/08\/joint-statement-iran-repression-those-seeking-truth-and-justice-1980s-killings\u0022\u003Eseries of reprisals\u003C\/a\u003E, as prison authorities cancelled her access to medical care and restricted visits from family members, including her three children.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn March, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/iranian-society-under-crackdown#blog-378227\u0022\u003Eauthorities transferred\u003C\/a\u003E Akbari-Monfared from Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison to Senman Prison, about 350 kilometers away from her family. Disruptions to family life by making visitations unnecessarily extremely difficult or impossible constitutes a violation of prisoners\u2019 rights, as provided by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.unodc.org\/documents\/justice-and-prison-reform\/GA-RESOLUTION\/E_ebook.pdf\u0022\u003EUnited Nations Standard Minimum Rules\u003C\/a\u003E for the Treatment of Prisoners.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAuthorities should release Akbari-Monfared and ensure that everyone can seek truth and justice about the 1988 mass executions of prisoners without fear of reprisal.\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}]