{"id":8548,"date":"2014-11-09T16:13:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T16:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adian.bashariyat.org\/?p=8548"},"modified":"2014-11-10T16:17:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T16:17:24","slug":"iran-ms-nargess-mohammadi-at-risk-of-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adian.bashariyat.org\/?p=8548","title":{"rendered":"IRAN: Ms. Nargess Mohammadi at risk of arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"images\"<\/a>THE OBSERVATORY \u2013 PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

IRAN: Ms. Nargess Mohammadi at risk of arrest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paris-Geneva, November 7, 2014. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), expresses its concern for the freedom and well-being of human rights defender Ms. Nargess Mohammadi following reports that she has been summoned to appear before the Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ms. Nargess Mohammadi<\/strong>, Spokesperson and Vice-President of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre, has been summoned to appear before the Prosecutor\u2019s Office based in Evin Prison on November 8, 2014.<\/p>\n

On February 14, 2012, Ms. Nargess Mohammadi was sentenced to six years in prison on charges of \u201cassembly and collusion against the national security,\u201d \u201cmembership in an illegal group\u201d (referring to the DHRC), and \u201cpropaganda against the Islamic Republic.\u201d She appealed this conviction, but her sentence was upheld and she was taken into custody on April 21, 2012\u00a0[1<\/a>]<\/span>. Ms. Mohammadi was released on bail on July 31, 2012 for medical reasons, and has since continued to advocate and work for the defence of human rights in Iran.<\/p>\n

On March 8, 2014, Ms. Mohammadi met the then High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy, Ms. Catherine Ashton during her official visit in Tehran. Ms. Mohammadi was accompanied by the mother of blogger Sattar Beheshti, who died in police custody under torture two years ago. This meeting resulted in numerous attacks against Ms. Mohammadi by ultra-conservative circles and press labelling her as a \u201cseditionist,\u201d and a notice from the Islamic Revolution Prosecutor\u2019s Office on April 31 that she was banned from travelling abroad (although her passport had already been confiscated during another arrest in 2008).<\/p>\n

On June 1, she was summoned to the Prosecutor\u2019s Office based in Evin prison and interrogated for several hours. The magistrate questioning her reportedly asked her to defend herself against numerous charges including \u201cdisturbing the public opinion\u201d and \u201cassembly and collusion against the national security.\u201d These charges were reportedly related to Ms. Mohammadi\u2019s active participation in various activities including meetings where participants criticised the government\u2019s \u201cCitizenship Charter,\u201d and discussed \u201cInternational Women\u2019s Day,\u201d and \u201cthe Day of Clean Air.\u201d<\/p>\n

On October 22, Ms. Mohammadi was among a large number of women and other activists protesting outside the Parliament against the recent acid attacks on women in Iran. In the final week of October, she received a notice summoning her to the Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Evin Prison. Nevertheless, Ms. Mohammadi has continued her human rights activities: on November 3, she delivered a strongly-worded speech during a ceremony commemorating the 2nd anniversary of Mr.\u00a0Sattar Beheshti\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

The Observatory expresses its deepest concern about the ongoing judicial harassment of Ms. Nargess Mohammadi, which seems merely aimed at punishing her for her human rights activities. Considering her pending sentence of six years in prison and her recent human rights activities, the Observatory fears that Ms. Mohammadi\u2019s summons on November 8 may lead to her rearrest on fabricated charges.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, the Observatory calls upon the Iranian authorities to guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Ms. Nargess Mohammadi and all human rights defenders in Iran. Furthermore, the Observatory demands the authorities to immediately and unconditionally put an end to all acts of harassment – including at the judicial level – against Ms. Nargess Mohammadi and all human rights defenders in Iran.<\/p>\n

For further information, please contact:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 FIDH: Arthur Manet \/ Audrey Couprie: + 33 1 43 55 25 18
\u00b7 OMCT: Miguel Mart\u00edn Zumalac\u00e1rregui: + 41 (0) 22 809 49 24<\/p>\n

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