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NEWS CENTER- An International Campaign launched for Iranian Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi has been detained for 8 months.

Narges Mohammadi was transferred to hospital on October 11, 2015, after suffering a seizure. She suffers from a neurological disorder that causes muscular paralysis.The health of imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi has deteriorated, and the prominent human rights defender is now reportedly chained to a hospital bed, denied proper medical treatment for a worsening neurological condition, and prevented from normal family visitation.

Narges Mohammadi was arrested on charges of “propaganda against state”

Narges Mohammadi, winner of the 2011 Per Anger prize for her fight for human rights and women’s freedom, was first arrested in 2009 and sentenced to 11 years in prison in October 2011 on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security,” “membership in the Defenders of Human Rights Center,” and “propaganda against state.”

The Appeals Court reduced her sentence to six years in prison and in 2013 she was released from Zanjan prison on 600 million toman (approximately $200,000) bail for medical reasons. Narges wa arrested on May 2015 in Teheran just after her visit with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, as well as her continued peaceful activism.

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran calls for the immediate release of Narges, and the immediate provision of full medical care for the ailing activist.

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