Nahid Gorji Went to Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad

HRANA News Agency – Nahid Gorji civil rights activists went to Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad on 8 April to serve her three years of imprisonment. According her relatives, her arrest and conviction is due to her activities in social networks.

According to the Report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Nahid Gorji civil rights activist living in Mashhad who had been sentenced to 3 year prison, entered the Vakil Abad Prison on April 8.

Nahid Gorji had been arrested in her home on October 10, 2014 by the security officers then after home inspection, she was transferred to Mashhad Revolutionary Court in Kooh Sangi and then to an unknown location. After two weeks, a bail of IRR 400 million was issued for her, a sum which, according to her family was heavy and not affordable.

According to the close people to Ms Gorji, her detention was because of her activities in social networks and she had not any other social or political activities but the exact charges are not known yet.

One of her close people told our reporter “security guards entered the house very violently in midnight and arrested Ms. Gorji, after taking her away they re-entered the house for inspection and took devices such as personal computer and phone, and even her camera with them.”

Nahid Gorji was released on the bail on the anniversary of her arrest in October 2015 due to the severity of depression and poor mental condition.

Several reports were released while she was in custody in connection with acute mental status and severe depression of Nahid Gorji.

Finally Nahid Gorji was sentenced to 3 years in prison by the Court of Appeal of Khorasan Razavi Province and went to the prison on April 8.

On January 6, 2014, eight members of European Parliament by publishing a joint letter to Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, expressed concerns about the detention of Nahid Gorji and urged her to share their concerns about the civil rights activist by the Iranian government and demand her freedom.

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