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Kashani received a 6-year sentence, which \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/02\/19\/iran-environmentalists-unjust-sentences-upheld\u0022\u003Ean appeals court\u003C\/a\u003E upheld in February 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the beginning of the pandemic, Iranian authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mizan.news\/fa\/news\/604358\/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DB%B7%DB%B0-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A2%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B4-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%85-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF\u0022\u003Ereleased\u003C\/a\u003E many prisoners, including Abdolreza Kouhpayeh, another member of the environmental group.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESince early 2020, several peaceful activists and dissidents held in Evin Prison have contracted the virus, including the poet \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/iranian-society-under-crackdown#blog-378451\u0022\u003EBaktash Abtin\u003C\/a\u003E and Iranian-British dual national Nazanin \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/03\/12\/iran-free-wrongfully-detained-prisoners\u0022\u003EZaghari-Ratcliffe\u003C\/a\u003E. Iranian authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/03\/19\/human-rights-dimensions-covid-19-response\u0022\u003Eshould\u003C\/a\u003E immediately reduce prison populations across the country to combat the spread of the coronavirus and publish complete information on the number of positive Covid-19 cases recorded in prisons and detention centers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn March 2021, authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/oMyq8hZUh9?amp=1\u0022\u003Etemporarily released\u003C\/a\u003E Kashani and others for Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, but they have since been returned to prison.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIran\u2019s prison authorities should \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/03\/12\/iran-free-wrongfully-detained-prisoners\u0022\u003Eunconditionally release\u003C\/a\u003E all people detained for peaceful dissent, including Kashani and her PWHF colleagues, and temporarily release all eligible prisoners to minimize the spread of Covid-19. For those who remain, prison authorities should ensure equitable access to masks, hygiene supplies, Covid-19 tests, treatment and vaccines, in line with World Health Organization \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/bitstream\/handle\/10665\/336525\/WHO-EURO-2020-1405-41155-55954-eng.pdf?sequence=1\u0026amp;isAllowed=y\u0022\u003Eguidance\u003C\/a\u003E and international human rights standards.\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}]