“I’ll make my voice loud sufficient for the world to listen to,” Mohammadi mentioned.
December 8, 2023 – Governments, UN leaders and human rights organizations all over the world ought to demand the fast launch of Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, who has been wrongfully imprisoned on trumped-up fees and barred by the federal government of the Islamic Republic of Iran from attending the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony scheduled for December 10.
“On the day she is scheduled to obtain the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Narges Mohammadi finds herself imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison, because of the Iranian authorities’s relentless makes an attempt to silence her unwavering voice for the basic rights and freedoms of all Iranian folks,” mentioned CHRI Executive Director Hadi Ghaemi.
“Mohammadi is a thorn within the facet of the Islamic Republic,” Ghaemi mentioned. “As lengthy as she languishes in jail, her attraction for the discharge of all political prisoners shouldn’t be ignored. Defenders of peace and human rights all over the world should persist in demanding her fast launch.”
CHRI supported the latest attraction for her launch, initiated by PEN America and supported by a various coalition of civil society organizations and activists. Her precarious well being situation and ongoing starvation strike demanding medical consideration underscore the urgency of her fast and unconditional launch in order that she will be able to obtain the medical care she wants.
CHRI calls on activists and organizations all over the world to disseminate PEN’s joint letter and launch additional worldwide appeals to affix within the refrain of voices calling for Mohammadi’s launch.
Mohammadi’s message seeps past jail partitions
A outstanding defender of ladies and human rights in Iran, Mohammadi has courageously put herself in danger by relentlessly denouncing state repression, even from behind bars. Her notable voices embody her assist for Iran’s Women, Life and Freedom motion, which sparked months of protests and confronted violent state repression following the September 2022 killing of 22-year-old Martha Zina Amini in state custody.
“I’ll amplify my voice for the world to listen to,” she mentioned in a message posted to her Instagram account saying the ban. “Increasing strain, harassment and deprivation is not going to power me to stay silent.”
Mohammadi has spent a lot of the previous 11 years out and in of jail on trumped-up political fees and has been imprisoned since May 2021 after going through a number of indictments on fees together with “spreading propaganda towards the state.”
“Supporting Narges Mohammadi is an indication of solidarity with all Iranians working in direction of a future freed from political repression and state violence,” he added.
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