Amnesty International calls for the immediate release of Narges Mohammadi, a political prisoner in Iran
Amnesty International has issued an appeal calling for urgent action on the situation of political prisoner Narges Mohammadi in Iran. The organization called on the authorities of the Islamic Republic to immediately and unconditionally release her.
On Thursday, February 14, Amnesty International issued this call, calling on people and human rights activists around the world to write a letter to Ali Asghar Jahangir, head of the Iranian Prisons and Provisional Measures Organization, demanding the release of Narges Mohammadi, a political prisoner in Iran.
This human rights organization called on people and activists to use their words and pens, inspired by this call, to respond to the release of Narges Mohammadi and to demand that Iranian authorities allow this political prisoner to meet with family members and establish contact with them, including her children.
In this letter, Amnesty International also called on people and human rights activists around the world to ensure that Ms. Mohammadi can immediately receive medical care outside of prison.
Narges Mohammadi, a civil rights activist imprisoned in Iran who has been in prison since mid-May 2015, was violently transferred to Zanjan Prison after a sit-in with 7 other female prisoners protesting the November massacre.
The human rights organization continued in the letter by asking Iranian authorities to ensure that Narges Mohammadi's alleged mistreatment during her transfer to Zanjan Prison is investigated independently and impartially, and that she is protected from further mistreatment.
Human rights activist Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to sixteen years in prison in May 2017 on charges of "gathering and colluding with the intention of committing a crime against the country's national security," "propaganda activity against the system," and "forming and managing the illegal group Legam." According to Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, only 10 years of this sentence will be enforceable.
Narges Mohammadi, who is serving her sentence in prison, criticized the issuance of a judicial order to shorten the time she can call her children in a letter to the Tehran prosecutor in January 2018, and announced that she would refrain from calling her children in protest.
Previously, the United States representative called for the release of prisoners of conscience, including Narges Mohammadi and Nasrin Sotoudeh, at a periodic meeting to review the human rights situation in Iran, which is being held in the presence of representatives of 32 other countries.
Source: Voice of America
