Former Student Activist Ali Abdi Summoned to Serve Prison Sentence

HRANA News Agency – Ali Abdi, a former student activist, has been summoned to begin serving his prison sentence.

In a post on his Telegram channel, Abdi announced that he has been ordered to appear at the Sentence Enforcement Branch of Evin Prosecutor’s Office and will report there on Monday, February 24.

According to Abdi, he was sentenced to six years in prison for articles he wrote a decade ago about gender and sexual minorities, five years in prison for protesting the announced results of the 2009 presidential election, and one year in prison for “propaganda against the regime.” His sentence was later upheld by the Court of Appeals.

Abdi was previously arrested in June 2023 in Isfahan and spent 140 days in detention before being released on bail.

The List of the Names of 55 Death Row Prisoners in Uremia Prison

HRANA News Agency – at least 100 prisoners with homicide charges are kept on wards number 4 and 5 in Uremia prison. HRANA is trying to gain public attention in order to save them from execution by publicizing their identities. For this reason identity of 55 prisoners under death row is following.

According to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) – following call of around 100 prisoners in Uremia prison by authorities and announcement of “deciding their faith” on next three months and finding complaints addresses, identity of 56 prisoners who are mainly charged with homicide and are kept in ward 4 and 5 of prison, is publicizing by HRANA. Need to be mentioned that three prisoners on this list has been kept in prison for past 27 years each. Continue reading “The List of the Names of 55 Death Row Prisoners in Uremia Prison”