Three years on, still no accountability for the death in custody of Baktash Abtin
January 08, 2025
January 08, 2025
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, issued the following news release:
8 January 2025 marks the third anniversary of the death of Baktash Abtin, a poet, film-maker, and human rights defender, who was serving an unjust six-year prison term in Evin Prison during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"On this solemn day, as we mourn the life, words, and . . .
8 January 2025 marks the third anniversary of the death of Baktash Abtin, a poet, film-maker, and human rights defender, who was serving an unjust six-year prison term in Evin Prison during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"On this solemn day, as we mourn the life, words, and . . .