Ms. Mohammadi has been arrested a number of instances, the primary arrest being in 2011 for her advocacy for incarcerated human rights activists and their households. In 2015, she was rearrested and sentenced to extra years.
She is presently serving a prolonged jail sentence in Tehran’s Evin Jail for “spreading anti-State propaganda”, in keeping with a information launch issued by the UN Human Rights Council-appointed Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
“We’re dismayed that Iranian authorities proceed to deprive Ms. Mohammadi of her liberty, regardless of issues about her deteriorating well being in detention, in opposition to the recommendation of medical professionals, in violation of their obligations beneath worldwide human rights regulation,” stated the Working Group.
Repeated requires launch
The specialists had beforehand decided that Ms. Mohammadi’s detention is bigoted and known as for her speedy launch, compensation and reparations.
They burdened that her arrest and detention constituted a violation of worldwide regulation on the grounds of discrimination on the premise of her standing as a human rights defender.
“It’s deeply regrettable that regardless of calls by the UN and the worldwide neighborhood, Iranian authorities proceed to criminalize Narges Mohammadi for her work in defence of human rights,” they stated.
The Working Group
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention consists of 5 impartial specialists appointed by the UN Human Rights Council. The Working Group is remitted to research circumstances of deprivation of liberty imposed arbitrarily or inconsistently with the worldwide requirements set forth within the Common Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), or the worldwide authorized devices accepted by the States involved.
They serve of their particular person capability, are usually not UN workers and don’t obtain a wage.
