Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi. — Reuters/File
UN specialists on Tuesday criticised the Iranian authorities for failing to supply correct medical care to imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, AFP reported.
Experts reported that Mohammadi was subjected to bodily violence earlier this month. The acclaimed activist and human rights defender who received the 2023 Nobel Prize was injured in clashes with feminine inmates at Tehran’s Evin Prison in early August, in response to his household.
The specialists burdened that, primarily based on a medical analysis, Mohammadi suffers from extreme again and knee ache, together with a herniated disc. They instructed that the denial of medical remedy appeared supposed to punish and silence her, elevating severe considerations about her proper to well being and well-being.
The specialists additionally famous a sample of mistreatment of detainees in Iran which will quantity to torture and inhuman remedy. They reiterated their name for the speedy launch of human rights defenders and all people arbitrarily detained in Iran.
Mohammadi continues to advocate for human rights and helps the protests that erupted in Iran following the September 2022 demise of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for allegedly violating Iran’s strict girls’s gown code.