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RFL/RE – A group of female political prisoners incarcerated in Iran’s notorious Evin prison have published a letter expressing concern about the conditions they endure at the institution.
Signed by Hasti Amiri, Narges Adib, Fariba Asadi, Sepideh Gholian, Gelareh Abbasi, Saba Kordafshari, Alieh Motlebzadeh, Narges Mohammadi, and other prisoners, the letter emphasizes concerns over a sharp rise in the number of inmates and worries about the spread of the coronavirus in the women’s ward.
The signatories to the letter noted that the lack of suitable space for isolating and quarantining infected inmates is endangering the lives of everyone in the prison.
The Evin prison — and many other penal institutions in Iran — has a long history of poor conditions.
In March, hacktivist group Edalat-e Ali, which claims to work inside Iran to expose the “true face of the regime,” released video footage highlighting inhumane conditions in the country’s most-notorious prison.
