Calls by Iranian Poet, Baktash Abtin for People to Stand Up and Fight for Their Rights
While serving a six-year sentence in prison for charges of ‘illegal assembly and collusion against national security’ and ‘spreading propaganda against the state’, Iranian poet and documentary filmmaker, Baktash Abtin has died from Covid-19 in hospital whilst still in detention. The 47-year-old, who had been routinely deprived of necessary healthcare during his prison sentence, was […]
