Hossein Ronaghi: The issue is injustice and lawlessness

The Prosecutor’s office has ordered the 1.4-billion toman bail with our home along with the homes of friends and neighbors as collateral to be seized.

What is adding further distress to my family and me is that according to the new laws, I have 4 more years of prison time therefore they can legally seize 400 mllion tomans (100 million per year) but in order to add torment, they intend to confiscate all the collateral properties which are worth more than 3 billion tomans.

Aside from all this, even assuming that I am guilty of the charges against me, if my sentencing had been made according to the Islamic Penal Code and the cyber crimes laws, I would have received 4 years maximum not 15 years in prison. So I have already spent 2 years more than what I should have in prison wasting my life and causing my health problems.

On the other hand, there are many legal means by which sending me back to prison can be avoided. Yet for six years my family and those around me have been subjected to hardship stemming from my imprisonment and probation. Even putting aside my health issues – which after five years the Prosecutor claims don’t exist according to the legal coroner’s office and that I am healthy – I don’t understand what the issue is when the Prosecutor’s office and IRGC units say this is not their concern?

I got in touch with the Prosecutor’s office and told them that because I object to their illegal actions I will not present myself to prison but they can come and arrest me. I assured them that I have no intention to run away or leave Iran and if they contact me I will present myself in front of the Prosecutor’s office or my father’s home where they can arrest me. However the consequences of whatever may happen to me in my poor physical condition or to my family will rest on the shoulders of the judiciary and IRGC intelligence units.

Going back to prison and tolerating more time behind bars is not the point. The issue is the lawlessness and injustice that is happening in the Islamic Republic when they do not adhere to their own laws.

This time I will stand until my death against these circumstances that I do not deserve.

http://www.ronaghi.me/2015/10/returntojail.html

Hossein Ronaghi’s brother expresses serious concern for his deteriorating health in prison.

4/28/15

Hassan Ronaghi, brother of jailed activist Hossein Ronaghi:

Hossein’s condition is dangerous and his life is in danger; his kidney is failing, he has serious internal bleeding, intestinal issues and ulcers. Even though physicians have stressed Hossein must be hospitalized, every time he is transferred to the hospital, he returns without treatment.

Today he was again checked and the physicians stressed Hossein has acute gastric ulcers with thickened blood. But unfortunately despite the doctors’ recommendations Hossein was returned to prison without attaining any medical care.

Hossein’s life is in danger. It looks like those in charge wish to destroy Hossein and make sure he doesn’t come out of prison with his health intact.

Wishing those in charge would display some ethical behavior and humanity.
وضعیت حسین واقعا خطرناکه و جانش در خطر هست. الان کیله ش از بین رفته و خونریزی شدید داره و زخم معده حاد و غلظت خون هم جانش رو تهدید میکنه .
با وجود اینکه پزشکان اصرار بر بستری و درمان حسین دارند ولی مسولین از درمان حسین سر باز میزنند و هر دفعه که حسین را به بیمارستان میبرند همانطور بدون درمان به زندان بر میگردانند .

امروز پزشکان گفته اند که حسین کلیه ش از بین رفته و به شدت خونریزی داره و زخم معده ش حاد هست و خونش مشکل داره و غلظت پیدا کرده و براش خطرناکه ولی متاسفانه بدون توجه به توصیه پزشکان حسین به زندان برگردانده شد و جانش هر لحطه در خطر است .
ظاهرا مسولین قصد دارند حسین را با بیماری از بین ببرند و نگذارند حسین سالم از زندان بیرون بیاید .
کاش همین مسولین کمی انسانیت و وجدان به خرج بدهند .

Letter by father of Hossein Ronaghi to Tehran’s Chief Prosecutor

In a letter to Tehran’s Chief Prosecutor, father of ailing activist and blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki addressed his son’s medical situation behind bars.

Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Hossein Ronaghi who was detained in 2009 following the disputed presidential election results has since suffered serious health issues as a result of the torture he endured in prison. Behind bars Ronaghi was inflicted with multiple ailments, went through seven operations and lost function in one kidney. In very poor health, he was released on medical furlough in September 2014. On February 28, 2015 he was without warning or legal explanation ordered back behind bars to serve his remaining 15-year sentence. He is now held in Ward 7 of Tehran’s Evin prison.

With over a month since his last transfer to prison, Hossein Ronaghi has been deprived of his medication and has not received any medical treatment, resulting in the further deterioration of his health.

Following is the letter provided to CHRR, written to the Chief Prosecutor by Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki regarding his ailing son’s medical situation.

April 6, 2015

Honorable Chief Prosecutor of the Public and Tehran Revolutionary Court, Mr. Jafari Dolatabadi,

Greetings,

Without consulting us authorities are planning on transferring my son Hossein Ronaghi to Shohadaye Tajrish Educational Hospital and I cannot allow my son to be taken to this medical facility without being accompanied by us.

We are concerned that officials might prescribe treatments and inject Hossein with medications that further endanger his health and they could have plans to end Hossein’s life in this manner. I have informed prison officials along with the Prison Inspections Agency and Mrs. Hassani at the Office of Prosecution Follow-Ups that Shohadaye Tajrish is a teaching hospital with no specialty in kidney treatment.

I have asked in the past that they not transfer my son Hossein to any hospital without my permission. I must be updated about my son’s medical situation and be involved in the decisions made pertaining to his health. Since my son needs hospitalization again, it is imperative that I follow-up in a speedy manner in order to prevent what happened last time in the hands of officials resulting in my son losing function in one of his kidneys.

During the past month Hossein’s transfer to a medical facility has been prohibited and he has not been given any of his medication, resulting in his health plunging further. Now that Hossein’s health has worsened as a direct result of the actions of certain officials, they want to take him to the teaching center of Shohadaye Tajrish Educational Hospital, a facility with no expertise in Hossein’s condition.

Last time he was taken to Baqiyatallah Hospital, physicians had made recommendations for Hossein to be hospitalized and undergo surgery, and documents for his treatment were available. But unfortunately we were not informed of this and everything was concealed from us, leading to Hossein losing function in one kidney. The officials involved were directly responsible for worsening Hossein’s physical condition.

I have contacted the Prosecutor’s office, the Prisons Inspection Agency, and prison authorities and told them I will not allow my child to be admitted to Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital. They must let us know when they plan on transferring Hossein to a hospital so that we can be by his side. For we do not trust some of the officials and if we are not present they could use the opportunity to get rid of Hossein.

My request from the honorable Prosecutor is for a speedy inquiry in order to prevent further endangerment of my son’s life, and for an end to his incarceration as soon as possible.

Seyed Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki Father of political prisoner, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki

دادستان محترم دادسرای عمومی و انقلاب تهران جناب آقای جعفری دولت آبادی

۱۷/۱/۹۴ با سلام فرزندم حسین رونقی را بدون هماهنگی و بدون اینکه به ما خبر بدهند به بیمارستان شهدای تجریش میخواهند ببرند و بنده به عنوان پدر حسین رونقی اجازه نمی دهم بدون حضور ما حسین را به مرکز درمانی و آموزشی شهدای تجریش ببرند .

ما نگران هستیم که شاید دارو و یا آمپولی در آن بیمارستان به دستور برخی مسولین دیگر به حسین تجویز کنند که جان حسین را به خطر بیاندازد و شاید قصد از بین بردن حسین را از این طریق داشته باشند .چرا که شهدای تجریش مرکز پزشکی و آموزشی میباشد و هیچ گونه امکانات تخصصی برای درمان کلیه در آن وجود ندارد . وبا وجود اینکه به مسولین زندان و سازمان بازرسی زندانهای کشورو نیز دفتر پیگیری دادستانی خانم حسنی نیز گفته ام .

قبلا گفته ام که فرزند م حسین را بدون اجازه بنده به بیمارستان انتقال ندهند وبا هماهنگی بنده که در نزد پسرم باشم و ما هم از حال و وضعیت حسین آگاه شویم که اگر نیاز به درمان و بستری باشد پیگیر باشم و فرزندم را زودتر درمان نمایم تا مانند دفعه قبل توسط برخی مسولین فرزندم کلیه دیگرش را از دست ندهد و مشکل دیگری برایش ایجاد نشود .

در این یک ماه اجازه درمان وانتقال به بیمارستان ندادند و حتی نگذاشتند دارویی به حسین داده شود و این امر باعث شده حسین وضعیتش بدتر شود و حال بعد از آنکه بیماری حسین به دلیل عملکرد برخی مسولین بدتر شده است می خواهند حسین را بدون هماهنگی به مرکز آموزشی و درمانی شهدای تجریش که هیچ گونه امکانات تخصصی ندارد ببرند.

چرا که قبلا هم که به بیمارستان بقیه الله برده بودند و پزشکان نوشته بودند که حسین هر چه زودتر باید بستری و عمل جراحی و درمان شود و مدارک نیز موجود است ولی متاسفانه به ما خبر نداده بودند و قایم کرده بودند که این امرباعث شد حسین کلیه ش را از دست بدهد و عامل به خطر افتادن جان حسین و بدتر شدن وضعیتش بعضی مسولین مربوطه بودند .

بنده با دفتر پیگیری دادستانی و سازمان بازرسی زندانها ی کشورو مسولین زندان تماس گرفتم و گفتم اجازه نمی دهم فرزندم را به بیمارستان شهدای تجریش ببرند و در زمان انتقال به بیمارستان باید به ماخبر بدهند تا در کنار حسین باشیم چرا که به بعضی از مسولین اعتماد نداریم و امکان دارد دستور بدهند بلایی سر پسرم بیاورند و از نبودن ما در کنار حسین به عنوان فرصتی برای از بین بردن حسین استفاده نمایند .

از داداستان محترم تقاضای رسیدگی فوری و قانونی را تقاضامندم تا جان فرزندم بیشتر از این در خطر نباشد و تقاضای آزادی هر چه زودتر فرزندم را دارم .

سید احمد رونقی ملکی پدر زندانی سیاسی حسین رونقی ملکی

http://chrr.biz/spip.php?article21748

http://chrr.biz/spip.php?article21747

Mahdieh Golru, detained activist allowed one brief phone call to her husband

The Jaras website reports that Mahdieh Golru, women’s rights and students’ rights activist who was detained in the wake of protests against recent acid attacks in the city of Isfahan, was allowed to make a very brief phone call to her husband Vahid Lalipour after being held incommunicado, and only reported that she was ok.

According to the Women Citizens Association, the arrest warrant for Mahdieh Golru was issued by Mr. Khorshidi from the Investigative Branch 2 of Evin prison and the court is reviewing her file. Per reports Mahdieh Golru has been transferred to a solitary cell in Evin prison but there is no indication of which ward she is being kept in.

Mahdieh Golru is a women’s rights activist who is a member of the Women Citizens Association. She was previously detained in December 2009 during the time of mass unrest following the presidential elections. She was released after spending 30 months behind bars.

On October 22, Golru took part in peaceful protests against the wave of acid attacks that had taken place in the city of Isfahan. She was among a crowd who gathered across the parliament building in Tehran and voiced their concern about the safety of women in public.

On October 26, security agents raided the home of Mahdieh Golru, and detained her after conducting a massive search. During the raid her personal items such as her computer were confiscated. Golru has been held incommunicado besides the brief phone contact with her husband and there is no news of her condition.

source: http://www.rahesabz.net/story/87331/

Maryam Shafipour, student activist behind bars in Evin prison returned to the facility after a 6-day release on furlough

According to Sahamnews, 15 months after being held in prison without release, last week this political prisoner was finally allowed leave on furlough with a bail of 500 million tomans. Maryam Shafipour was detained without explanation on July 27, 2013 and was held under “temporary detention” for seven months under harsh interrogations before charges were filed.

Maryam Shafipour is a former agricultural engineering student from Qazvin International University who was suspended after 2 semesters and was expelled from university on her eighth semester due to her student activities, work on behalf of women and contents on her weblog. She was also a staff member of the women’s committee of Mehdi Karroubi’s presidential campaign.

Judge Salavati presiding over Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court handed Shafipour a 7-year prison sentence, which was appealed. Branch 54 of Tehran’s Court of Appeals later reduced the prison sentence to 4 years behind bars on the charges of “conspiring against national security” and “propaganda against the regime.”

http://sahamnews.org/1393/07/268222/

Another attack in Ward 350 of Evin prison- destruction and confiscation of personal property of prisoners with intent to incite violence

One day after the transfer of a group of Ward 350 prisoners where only 62 prisoners remain, 60 security guards raided the ward and in the pretext of doing a search, they ransacked the area, confiscated personal property and destroyed the prisoners’ belongings.

According to Kaleme, while there is intense worry for the wellbeing and fate of the political prisoners in Ward 350, the pressure and ill treatment of the prisoners has been escalating on a daily basis. During the past weeks there have been various news of changes taking place in the situation of the prisoners. On Wednesday afternoon a score of security guards accompanied by the Head of the prison, Ali Ashraf Rashidi along with the Deputy Head of the Tehran Prisons Organization and his Executive Vice-President Javad Momeni showed up at Ward 350 of Evin prison in an unprecedented and very threatening manner, and personally took part in the violent search of one of the prison units.

In yesterday’s incident, which had the hallmarks of the bloody prison raid on April 17, per order of the Head Warden the guards while bearing in mind the ensuing protest after the last incident, transferred a number of the prisoners to a different area of Ward 350 and enclosed them in that area.

The reports indicate that the prisoners were kept in the enclosed area for hours where they were threatened and harassed rudely by the prison warden. The political prisoners impeded the violence from escalating and turning into another melee by showing restraint despite the behavior of the guards.

The violent inspection on Wednesday ended with the destruction of belongings and confiscation of various personal items belonging to prisoners of conscience and political prisoners. The prisoners who had been moved to another area were not allowed to go back to their own cells and were forced to stay enclosed in a different area under difficult circumstances with no access to their personal items and belongings.

After the massive search was conducted, the right to get outside air was banned for all the prisoners and they were not allowed to go in the courtyard.

During the raid, the security personnel along with hurling insults told the prisoners that the plan was to dismantle Ward 350 and send prisoners to other wards in the facility. Judging by the aggressive nature of these recent incidents, the type of attacks, violence, destruction of property and threats, it is likely that the Head of the prison along with the Deputy Head have orchestrated a plan of action to create chaos and cause havoc in the facility.

http://www.kaleme.com/1393/05/23/klm-194754/

Extension of medical furlough denied for Bahareh Hedayat despite kidney stone surgery

Bahareh Hedayat was summoned back to prison by the prosecutor’s office despite her need for aftercare after undergoing kidney stone surgery.

According to Kaleme, political prisoner Bahareh Hedayat was finally granted medical furlough for surgery last week but was summoned back behind bars by the prosecutor’s office despite presenting medical documents stating her need for surgery confirmed by the state medical examiner and prison medics.

As a result this political prisoner who was hospitalized yesterday and underwent a surgical treatment to remove her kidney stones has to return to prison per orders of the prosecutor’s office despite recommendation by the physicians that she receive two weeks of aftercare for her recovery.

Amin Ahmadian, Bahareh’s Hedayat’s husband discussed the situation with Kaleme. “Yesterday an extension of medical furlough for Bahreh and for [jailed journalist] Mr. Zeidabadi was refused even though for the past 3 months we have pursued a medical furlough for surgical treatment of kidney stones and we presented all the medical documents to the prosecutor’s office.”

He said, “All the documents were in order, the state medical examiner had confirmed everything and the prison infirmary corroborated the need for surgery. The prosecutor’s office saw all the medical documents, which were to be dispatched. Finally last week we were able to secure medical furlough. But even though we had all the legal medical documents that the prosecutor’s office had required which were verified by the physicians, the prosecutor’s office refused to allow the needed time.”

Bahareh Hedayat’s husband explained, “Yesterday we were contacted at Hasheminejad Hospital and told that she must return to prison. Bahareh was on the hospital bed and no matter how much we explained that she has just undergone a surgical treatment to remove kidney stones which has a process for aftercare, that if she returns to prison she could encounter complications, that prison does not have the needed facility to care for this illness- they did not relent and insisted she must go back to prison.”

Bahareh Hedayat, born in 1981, women’s activist and student activist at Tehran University of Economic Sciences, was a member of the Central Council and spokesperson for the Daftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat [Office for Strengthening Unity] student organization. She was arrested in December 2009 and after spending months in solitary confinement while being interrogated, in April 2010 Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Moghiseh sentenced Hedayat to 7.5 years in prison on charges of “gathering and collusion against the regime,” “insulting the leadership,” and “insulting the presidency and propagating against the regime.”

The Revolutionary Court also ordered a previous suspended 2-year prison sentence to be served. That sentence had been handed for “acting against national security by organizing a June 12 gathering in 2006.”  With this additional time Bahareh Hedayat was ordered to serve 9.5 years in prison. In August 2010, Branch 54 of the Tehran Appellate Court upheld the 9.5year prison sentence for Bahareh Hedayat.

Also while behind bars, this political prisoner along with Majid Tavakoli and Mahdieh Golrou were handed an additional 6-month prison term by another court on the charge of “propaganda against the regime” for writing material that was released from prison. This brought Bahareh Hedayat’s prison term to 10 years.

Bahareh Hedayat who is known as the symbol of Iranian students was held for a long time in the methadone ward of Evin prison among drug offenders in order to inflict additional stress and pressure. She was also denied her right to visitation for extended periods of time. In 2012 while behind bars, this student and women’s rights activist was awarded the inaugural Edelstam Prize by Sweden’s Harold Edelstam Foundation for “extraordinary courage and commitment to justice, and active against human rights violations in Iran.”

http://www.kaleme.com/1393/05/05/klm-193217/

 

 

 

 

Letter by Hossein Ronaghi recounting Evin prison raid and assault

I feel suffocation; open a small vent

Some events are even more painful when recounted and this is my bitter reality along with that of other political prisoners in Ward 350. What I witnessed awakened all the events of the past 5 years for me; people quashed in the streets, violent arrests, solitary confinements, assault of the universities, and the controversial episodes at Kahrizak detention center.

On Thursday a group stormed in on us to undermine our honor, character and dignity. In their own words, “for four years we were soft on these guys and now we must subdue them.” They came to intimidate us and make us understand that if we remain standing, we will be humiliated, put down and abused.

It was a little after 9am on Thursday when we heard the aggressive tone of a few men who had entered the hall. He said, “Hurry up and get out!” I said, “allow me to get dressed and I will come out.” He got angrier and with a belligerent tone said, “You don’t need to. Get out immediately!” In the back and forth that pursued the memories of my arrest in 2009 – when they didn’t allow me to put my clothes on – came back. We were searched in an un-conventional and immoral manner then sent to the outside area of the ward. They closed the door and at first we thought everyone from the ward was in the yard but it was not so.

We heard the loud moans of our friends and when we looked into the ward from the windows, the grim reality shocked us. The guards while using insults and vulgar language were ripping prisoners’ clothing, viciously dragging them on the ground and beating them. When we witnessed this scene from outside we all went to the door and chanted slogans in protest. The door broke and many entered the ward. There we saw how the guards had formed a tunnel of batons and with no care viciously beat inmates as they dragged them through.

Mr. Rajai was shouting, “don’t hit!” And we couldn’t do anything besides also saying, “don’t hit!” Tens of plainclothes officials and prison security guards attacked us, ruthlessly punching and kicking us in the face and neck. It was an unbelievable scene; batons wielded on the faces of Mr. Alireza Rajai, Akbar Amini and Behzad Arabgol among others. They didn’t take a moment to reflect and consider that these are defenseless prisoners, and most importantly they are human beings with families and homes. The guards didn’t ask themselves why they would behave in such a manner.

The plain clothed officials were large, seemed as if they were there solely to assault the prisoners. The officials seemed to feel victorious when they forced the prisoners into the yard while kicking and punching them, and beating them with rods and batons. The blows became more forceful in the tunnel of batons, the cursing became more vulgar and the threats more menacing. They said to Alireza Rajai, “We will deal with you later.”

We were in shock. With our bloodied faces we were ripped of our dignity and it looked like a scene from Ashura. We thought about how defenseless a prisoner is. The perpetrators had forgotten their conscience, had no compassion or humanity as they showed their ferocious faces. The nefarious attackers wanted to intimidate us, destroy our pride, dignity and self-respect by trampling us with their clubs and batons – but they failed.

My faith, belief and pride prevented me from shedding tears and crying at the sight of the death of humanity that I was witnessing. Remembering that we are political prisoners we refrained from lifting an eyebrow during the vicious event. As one of the political prisoners said, we had to firmly stand up tall and Green. Because of this resistance Akbar Amini had a bloodied face; Omid Behrouzi had a ruptured vein; Emad Bahavar was severely beaten up and wounded; Mohammad Sadigh Kabouvand had a bruised body; Esmail Barzegar had broken ribs; an honorable man such as Mohammad Amin Hadavi was savagely disrespected; and it was the heart of Kamyar Sabet that could not withstand this level of violence and cruelty.

Tens of plain-clothed officials and security personnel converged in the yard of Ward 350 while shouting and hurling insults. They yelled, “For four years we let them get away with stuff, what do they think is going on.” They planned revenge and they felt stronger than defenseless innocent political prisoners. They surrounded us wielding their batons around their heads while yelling, “get over here!” One of the plain clothed officials yelled, “come here, you don’t have the — to come up front.” These were the same people who chanted slogans about their batons in 2009.

There wasn’t enough air to breath and I felt like I was suffocating. Despite all the violence, everyone I was with said, “If they come for us and attack us, just get beaten up but do not hit anybody back.” We were silent and we all sat down in protest in the middle of the yard. But the attackers got into attack position and wanted to see more bloodshed. We were tired. We had been battered under the blows of the batons. Many were hungry and thirsty. What can I say! They wouldn’t even allow medication for the sick and injured let alone water and food. They refused to give us bandages for our wounds and my god they even denied the crucial sublingual medications that some prisoners desperately needed!

What a sad scene it was to see Omid Behroozi standing tall against the baton blows with his bloody hand while being hurled with insults. He shouted, “Nobody in this country should be above the law. Nobody has a right to blatantly ignore the law and assault inmates. We will demand that all of you are brought to justice!” The authorities were laughing at him and making fun of him while the prisoners were teary eyed and defeated. The prisoners knew that justice is a foreign concept and the law had never been followed and never would be followed. Omid was in bad physical shape, we picked him up and took him to the middle of the yard; that is where the events of the 09 Ashoura protests were revived in us.

We were beaten, our blood was shed and we still demand justice, we still say enough breaking the law and tyrannical behavior! We still shout out asking for compassion in the name of saving humanity. For prisoners are truly defenseless.

I feel like I am suffocating. Open a small window.

Seyed Hossein Ronaghi Maleki

Evin prison Ward 350

http://www.kaleme.com/1393/02/04/klm-182170/  (Fa/EN)

Letter by Hossein Ronaghi’s father to Tehran Prosecutor

Committee of Human Rights Reporters – In a letter to the Tehran Prosecutor, Hossein Ronaghi’s father divulges that a judicial office administrator has personally taken action to prevent medical furlough for the jailed activist.

In his letter Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki disclosed that an individual by the name of Sattari who is the Director of the office of Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court is standing in the way of legal furlough for Hossein Ronaghi. Pursuant to Sattari’s actions, Branch One of the Revolutionary Court denied medical leave for Hossein Ronaghi with disregard to the information provided in Ronaghi’s submitted medical records.

Following is the letter by Ahmad Ronaghi to the Tehran Prosecutor as provided to CHRR:

 
In the name of God

Honorable Mr. Jafari Dolatabadi, Tehran Prosecutor General of the Public Court,

Pursuant to the letters provided by the Legal Medical Organization and the Tehran Shahrak-e Gharb Medical Commission regarding the kidney disease of Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, I request my son’s legal right per criminal law to be released.

Honorable Prosecutor, the Legal Medical Organization has sent its findings to the Prosecutor’s office.

Honorable Prosecutor, due to the absence of the presiding judge at Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, my son’s case was transferred to Branch 1 presided by Judge Ahmadzadeh. However with the direct influence and meddling of Mr. Sattari – office Director of Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court – on February 5^th without even reviewing my son’s provided medical records, Judge Ahmadzadeh presiding over Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court denied medical furlough. As stipulated by the law, this action on the part of the presiding judge was illegal.

Honorable Prosecutor, I hereby request that medical furlough be granted for my son seyed Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, who is a political prisoner in failing health.

Best Regards,

Seyed Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki, father of Hossein Ronaghi Maleki

3/8/2014

CHRR

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March 8th and the 10 Days With Bahareh Hedayat campaign

10 years is not a number, it is a life – a lifetime.

Committee of Human Rights Reporters – In commemoration with March 8th (International Women’s Day), a group of student’s rights and women’s rights activists have launched a new campaign in support of jailed activist Bahareh Hedayat. This campaign – while stressing that Bahareh Hedayat is in poor health – demands her release from prison, and asks the people of Iran, officials of the country, and the international community to pay attention to the situation of this prominent women’s and student’s rights activist.

The entries received by the Bahareh Hedayat Campaign will be published in the Free Bahareh Hedayat facebook page.

“Stand with us in commemoration of March 8th and the 10 Days With Bahareh Hedayat campaign.”

The 10 Days With Bahareh Hedayat campaign will be launched on March 8th to share information about her – each day one aspect of Bahareh’s work and character will be celebrated.

This campaign is in protest of the unjust 10-year prison sentence handed for demanding the basic human rights of human beings. We hope that in the coming days, we can draw the attention of the people of Iran, officials in charge of the country, and the international community to the situation of Bahareh Hedayat. In accordance with Article 134 of the new Islamic Penal Code, Bahareh is entitled to prison release after serving half of her prison sentence. With consideration to the fact that she has spent 4.5 years of her 10-year prison term behind bars and she is in poor health, we call for her release via this campaign.

Join us in a united voice with the 10 Days With Bahareh Hedayat campaign in commemoration of March 8th (International Women’s Day).

Ten years is not a number, it is a life – a lifetime.

1-    Bahareh is a women’s rights activist

2-    Bahareh is a student’s rights activist

3-    Bahareh is a political prisoner

4-    Bahareh is a wife

5-    Bahareh is a daughter and a sister

6-    Bahreh’s health is in danger

7-    Bahareh is a well known activist in the international community

8-    Bahareh is a friend

9-    Bahareh is a young Iranian woman

10-Bahareh is a woman who defends human rights