Incarcerated Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was brutally beaten by guards at Tehran's notorious Evin prison, according to Mohammadi's family and lawyer. Mohammadi and other female inmates had reportedly been staging a protest against the death penalty on Tuesday, August 6, when prison authorities violently dispersed the demonstration.

"All prisoners have the right to freedom of expression and peaceful protest, they must not be brutally beaten for this," Mohammadi's husband Taghi Rahmani, who confirmed the incident had occurred, told DW.

Several prisoners reportedly lost consciousness during the attack. Although some injured women were bandaged after being examined by the prison doctor, they were denied adequate medical care.

Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, has expressed concern about Mohammadi and her fellow inmates. Sato told DW she and other UN human rights experts have called for Mohammadi's immediate release. Sato also demands that Mohammadi and the other women receive proper medical care and has said she will continue to monitor the case. Iranian prison........

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