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Authorities first arrested Sepideh Gholian in November 2018 for participation in peaceful protests but she was released the next month on bail. After she spoke about being tortured in detention, she was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/01\/24\/iran-prominent-labor-activist-rearrested\u0022\u003Earrested again\u003C\/a\u003E in January 2019 and eventually \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/09\/10\/iran-draconian-sentences-rights-defenders\u0022\u003Esentenced to 5 years\u003C\/a\u003E in prison on charges based off her peaceful activism. Sepideh was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/03\/12\/iran-free-wrongfully-detained-prisoners\u0022\u003Etemporary released\u003C\/a\u003E due to Covid-19 outbreaks, but according to her, authorities re-arrested her in July 2020 due to her insistence of innocence and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/young-activist-returns-to-prison-refusing-to-ask-for-clemency-from-iran-s-khamenei\/30684015.html\u0022\u003Erefusal\u003C\/a\u003E to request clemency. Since her return to prison, she has been moved twice; from Evin Prison in Tehran to Bushehr Prison (350km away from her family) in March 2021 and was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.radiofarda.com\/a\/31510907.html\u0022\u003Ereturned \u003C\/a\u003Eto Evin in October 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIranian authorities continue to endanger the lives of activists and rights defenders by continuing to imprison them and denying them access to immediate and sufficient medical care. 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