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Not only are people in detention at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/05\/27\/covid-19-prisoner-releases-too-few-too-slow\u0022\u003Eheightened risk\u003C\/a\u003E of contracting the virus that causes Covid-19, they are unable to provide care to their families or spend time with them when they get sick. Such is the situation of several \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/11\/22\/iran-environmentalists-sentenced\u0022\u003EIranian environmentalists\u003C\/a\u003E unjustly imprisoned for over three years.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn August 1, Emtedad news outlet \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Emtedadnews\/status\/1421726912100114434?s=20\u0022\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E Niloufar Bayani, one of eight environmental activists affiliated with the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF) whom authorities\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/11\/22\/iran-environmentalists-sentenced\u0022\u003Edetained\u003C\/a\u003E in January 2018, tested positive for the virus that causes Covid-19.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn July 20, authorities \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bidarzani\/status\/1417393830324756490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1417393830324756490%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_\u0026amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiofarda.com%2Fa%2Fevin-prison-corona%2F31368319.html\u0022\u003Etemporarily released\u003C\/a\u003E Sepideh Kashani, another member of the group, along with two other political prisoners who contracted Covid-19 while in detention. Parents of Sepideh\u2019s husband, Houman Jokar, another detained member of the group, have also contracted Covid-19. Authorities took Jokar in shackles and handcuffs to see his hospitalized father for only a few hours.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn July 28, 1,400 environmental activists in Iran \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/emtedad.news\/1400\/05\/06\/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-1400-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%B7%E2%80%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A7\/\u0022\u003Ewrote\u003C\/a\u003E an open letter to Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei, the head of Iran\u2019s judiciary, to grant a temporary release to Jokar so he visit his parents. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/professionalinterest\/pages\/treatmentofprisoners.aspx\u0022\u003EUN standards\u003C\/a\u003E guarantee prisoners access to regular family visits in the event of a relative\u2019s serious illness.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn January 2018, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 (IRGC) intelligence organization \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/11\/22\/iran-environmentalists-sentenced\u0022\u003Earrested\u003C\/a\u003E and accused eight members of PWHF of \u201cusing environmental projects as a cover for espionage.\u201d To date, authorities have failed to provide any evidence into such allegations, while several government officials \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isna.ir\/news\/97030100242\/%25DA%25A9%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D8%25AA%25D8%25B1%25DB%258C-%25D9%2581%25D8%25B9%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586-%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B2%25D8%25AF%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B4%25D8%25AA-%25D8%25B4%25D8%25AF%25D9%2587-%25D9%2585%25D8%25AD%25DB%258C%25D8%25B7-%25D8%25B2%25DB%258C%25D8%25B3%25D8%25AA%25DB%258C-%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A7%25DB%258C%25D8%25AF-%25D8%25A2%25D8%25B2%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AF-%25D8%25B4%25D9%2588%25D9%2586%25D8%25AF\u0022\u003Ehave denied\u003C\/a\u003E the charges. In November 2019, an Iranian court sentenced them to prison time ranging between 4 and 10 years that was upheld by the court of appeal in February 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the beginning of the pandemic, Iranian authorities\u0026nbsp;\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 prisoners, including Abdolreza Kouhpayeh, another member of the environmental group. Dozens of those detained solely for peaceful dissent were excluded from the releases.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIran\u2019s prison authorities should\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/03\/12\/iran-free-wrongfully-detained-prisoners\u0022\u003Eunconditionally release\u003C\/a\u003E all people who remain detained for peaceful dissent, and temporarily release all eligible prisoners to minimize the spread of Covid-19. 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