Amir Golestani Gone On Hunger Strike In Evin Prison

HRANA News Agency – Amir Golestani, one of the convicts of the case of Facebook activists, has announced his hunger strike in Evin prison. This prisoner said that despite confirming his good behavior and request of parole, prosecution authorities refrain from pursuing the process of parole.
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Amir Golestani who has been arrested and detained since August 2013,  would take advantage of parole by spending more than a third of his sentence and also prison officials have confirmed his good behavior and the eligibility for parole.
According to the Penal Code, convicts with less than ten years of imprisonment take advantage of parole after spending one-third of their imprisonment, if they have good behavior and had not used it previously.
Amir Golestani was arrested by the intelligent service, and transferred to ward 2-A, in Evin prison, on August 20, 2013. He, along with few others, were under pressure for confession against themselves, in a case that was called Facebook activists, in ward 2-A for quit a long time. They were transferred to ward 350, after the interrogations ended in December.
Collusion and acts against the national security, propaganda against the Islamic republic of Iran, sacrilege, insulting the late and current supreme leaders, insulting the head of the government, parliament and judiciary and distribution immoral pictures by computer, are the charges that these people faced.
The case was sent to branch number 6 of Shahid Moghadasi of Evin court and prosecutor Naseri, and then to branch number 28 of the revolutionary court.
Judge Moghiseh, the head of branch number 28 of the revolutionary court sentenced these people to the accumulation of 128 years in prison. Amir Golestani was also sentenced to 20 years and one day in prison.
Branch number 54 of the court of appeal with judge Poorarab, applied the article 134 to Golestani’s case and sentenced him to 7 years and 9 months in prison. He was transferred to ward 350 after the final sentence was issued.
The half of remaining sentences of this prisoner was pardoned in June 2015.
Amir Golestani, born in 1980, was the developer of Facebook pages of Zendegi Sagi (dog stylish life) and Zendegi Shirin (Sweet life) and had satirical perspective toward political and social issues. He is currently serving his 3rd year in ward number 8 of Evin prison.

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