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\u003Cimg srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/480w\/public\/multimedia_images_2016\/narges_mohammadi.jpg?itok=GH_gD_A4 480w, \/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2016\/narges_mohammadi.jpg?itok=RIv9-yLG 850w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(max-width: 524px) 100px, 500px\u0022 data-responsive-image-style=\u0022embedded_images\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2016\/narges_mohammadi.jpg?itok=RIv9-yLG\u0022 width=\u0022850\u0022 height=\u0022570\u0022 alt=\u0022Iranian human rights activist, Narges Mohammadi, at the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran, June 25, 2007. \u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__expand absolute block bottom-0 right-0 w-8 h-8 bg-white text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022sr-only\u0022\u003EClick to expand Image\u003C\/span\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-expand\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022figure__info text-left font-serif text-xs md:text-sm lg:text-base mx-auto text-gray-700 mt-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__caption\u0022\u003EIranian\u00a0human rights activist, Narges Mohammadi, at the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran, June 25, 2007.\u00a0\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__credit\u0022\u003E\u00a9 2007 AFP\/Getty Images\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn May 23, Iranian authorities sentenced prominent human rights defender Narges Mohammadi to an additional two and a half years in prison, a \u201cflogging\u201d of 80 lashes, and other financial penalties. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hra-news.org\/2021\/hranews\/a-30214\/\u0022\u003EAccording\u003C\/a\u003E to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), the charges against Mohammadi include \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d for issuing a statement, staging a sit-in in prison authorities\u2019 offices, and refusing to obey orders to end her sit-in.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CPOJYkEBkM1\/\u0022\u003EMohammadi\u003C\/a\u003E, the charges against her stem from a public \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iranhumanrights.org\/2020\/09\/narges-mohammadis-letter-from-prison-the-lives-of-people-on-death-row-are-in-danger\/\u0022\u003Eletter\u003C\/a\u003E she wrote in September 2020, published by the Defenders of Human Rights Center, in which she criticized Iran\u2019s extensive \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/download\/Documents\/ACT5037602021ENGLISH.PDF\u0022\u003Euse\u003C\/a\u003E of the death penalty and her treatment by prison authorities, and also from her sit-in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iranhumanrights.org\/2020\/09\/narges-mohammadis-letter-from-prison-the-lives-of-people-on-death-row-are-in-danger\/\u0022\u003Eprotest\u003C\/a\u003E against the brutal \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/11\/19\/iran-security-forces-violently-crack-down-protesters\u0022\u003Ecrackdown\u003C\/a\u003E against protestors in November 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the vice president of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.humanrights-ir.org\/?lan=en\u0022\u003Ebanned\u003C\/a\u003E Defenders of Human Rights Center, Mohammadi is well-known for her activism campaigning against the death penalty in Iran. According to Amnesty International, in 2020 alone, Iranian authorities carried out over \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/download\/Documents\/ACT5037602021ENGLISH.PDF\u0022\u003E240\u003C\/a\u003E executions. Human Rights Watch opposes the death penalty in all circumstances because it is inherently cruel and irreversible.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn October 2020, authorities released Mohammadi from Evin prison after spending 5 years of a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/10\/01\/iran-10-year-sentence-confirmed-prominent-rights-defender\u0022\u003E10-year sentence\u003C\/a\u003E there. In 2016, Iran\u2019s revolutionary court sentenced her in an unfair trial for \u201cestablishing an illegal group,\u201d as well as for \u201cpropaganda against the state,\u201d and \u201cassembly and collusion to act against national security.\u201d In January, Mohammadi \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hra-news.org\/2021\/hranews\/a-28540\/\u0022\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E she was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/iranian-society-under-crackdown#blog-378790\u0022\u003Ebarred\u003C\/a\u003E from traveling to France to visit her children and husband, even though she had been released three months prior.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMohammadi\u2019s return to prison raises serious concerns for her \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/01\/16\/iranian-prisoners-hunger-strike-plea-basic-rights\u0022\u003Ehealth\u003C\/a\u003E, as she has a serious neurological disease that causes muscular paralysis. Prison authorities previously demonstrated a lack of willingness to provide her with urgent medical care, as was the case in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/01\/16\/iranian-prisoners-hunger-strike-plea-basic-rights\u0022\u003E2019\u003C\/a\u003E when prison doctors confirmed her need for treatment, but she was denied it nonetheless.\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}]