PEN America: Iran Must Release Activist Suspected of Having Coronavirus
July 17, 2020
July 17, 2020
NEW YORK, July 17 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
Jailed Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi penned a letter from Zanjan prison on July 13, noting that she is suffering the symptoms of COVID-19--including coughing, fatigue, diarrhea, and loss of smell--but that she has been denied proper medical care, and that authorities are withholding her test results. PEN America calls on the Iranian government to act quickly to address Mohammadi's grave health conce . . .
Jailed Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi penned a letter from Zanjan prison on July 13, noting that she is suffering the symptoms of COVID-19--including coughing, fatigue, diarrhea, and loss of smell--but that she has been denied proper medical care, and that authorities are withholding her test results. PEN America calls on the Iranian government to act quickly to address Mohammadi's grave health conce . . .