More than a hundred Nobel laureates called today for the immediate and unconditional release of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, after the Iranian human rights activist was transferred to a hospital in Tehran due to deteriorating health.
In a statement reported by The Guardian, 112 Nobel laureates called on Iranian authorities and the international community to act "without delay" to secure Mohammadi's release and continued access to treatment.
Narges Mohammadi received the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her decades of fighting for women's rights in Iran.
In addition to the activist's immediate release, the Nobel laureates are also demanding that all charges against her be dropped.
"Medical experts warn that her life could be in imminent danger," the Nobel laureates said in a joint statement, adding that she had been denied medical care for months in prison.
The signatories include 26 Nobel laureates in chemistry, 12 in economics, five in literature, 29 in medicine, 11 in peace and 29 in physics, reports The Guardian.
1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jodi Williams said that Mohammadi "should never have been brought to the brink of life and death."
"No one, anywhere, should be imprisoned for peacefully protesting or defending human rights," Williams said.
Yemeni journalist and 2011 Nobel Prize winner Tawakkom Karman described Mohamadi as "a fearless voice of women resisting oppression and demanding freedom."
"No prison can silence the fight for dignity and justice. Narges must be set free and the world must continue to stand with the women of Iran," Karman said.
Narges' son Mohammadi Ali Rahmani, who lives in Paris, said that a temporary suspension of her sentence was not enough and that her life was hanging by a thread after years in prison.
Mohammadi has been repeatedly imprisoned by Iranian authorities for her activism since she was first arrested in 1998, including for campaigning against the death penalty and Iran's mandatory hijab laws.
She was sentenced to multiple sentences totaling more than 44 years in prison and 154 lashes.
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