On 2 December 2020 Nasrin Sotoudeh was returned to Qarchak prison despite the fact that medical experts recommended the extension of her medical leave for a further two weeks. On 7 November 2020, woman human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh was granted temporary furlough from Qarchak prison on medical grounds. On 20 October 2020, officers at the public ward of Evin prison asked Nasrin Sotoudeh to prepare herself to be sent back to hospital. However when she made all the necessary arrangements, prison authorities instead transferred her to Qarchak Prison in the Varamin neighbourhood of Tehran.
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