GENEVA: A group of independent UN experts on Thursday urged Iran to release jailed rights activists including the winners of this year’s Sakharov rights prize, lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and film-maker Jafar Panahi.“I am particularly concerned about the situation of Ms Sotoudeh, whose state of health is reportedly deteriorating due to the hunger strike she commenced on 17 October to denounce her prison conditions and the restrictions imposed on members of her family,” UN special rapporteur for human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed said in a statement.
Sotoudeh and Panahi were awarded the European Parliament’s Sakharov prize last week.Britain’s Middle East minister Alistair Burt expressed concern Wednesday over the health of Sotoudeh and urged Iran to review her case.
A delegation from the European Union last week canceled a visit to Tehran after Iranian authorities rejected its request to meet Sotoudeh and dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi.
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