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Baha’i Citizen Haleh Gholami Imprisoned

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News, Religious Minorities
Baha'i resident, Evin Prison, Haleh Gholami, ward 209

Haleh Gholami, a Baha’i resident of Tehran, was taken to Evin Prison to serve her two-year sentence.

According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on July 16, 2022, Haleh Gholami was taken to Evin Prison for sentencing.

Earlier, the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced Gholami to two years in prison on the charge of “acting against national security.” In her trial, membership in Baha’i organizations was presented as an act against national security.

On January 27, 2017, Gholami was arrested and transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison. On March 6, 2017, she was released on bail until the end of the legal proceeding.

The deprivation of the freedom to practice their religion is a breach of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The United Nations covenant holds that every person has the right to freedom of religion, freedom of converting religion, as well as freedom of expression, individually or collectively; openly or secretly.

The Newest List of Prisoners in Women’s Ward of Evin Prison

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Women
Afarin Chitsaz, Ameneh Jaberi, Atena Daemi, Azita Rafizadeh, Behnaz Zakeri Ansari, Elham Barmaki, Elham Farahani, Fahimeh A`rafi, Fariba Kamalabadi, Fatemeh Mosanna, Golrokh Ibrahimi Irai, Haleh Gholami, Laila Jafari, Laila Sabzali Jamat, Mahvash Shahriary Sabet, Maryam Akbari-Monfared, Maryam Olangy, Mayram Naghash Zargara, Mojdeh Heidari, Narges Mohammadi, Nasim Bagheri, Negara Karimova, Nooshindokht Mirabdulbaghi, Raihaneh Haj Ibrahim Dabbagh, Roya Saberi Nejad Nobakht, Sotoode Fazel, Zahra Rastgou, Zahra Sharifi, Zahra Zehtabchi

HRANA News Agency – In the women’s ward of Evin prison where many mothers are being kept, it is not possible to make a phone call, visits are limited and there are many environmental problems in this place. This report gives the names, status and charges of 31 female political-security prisoners.

According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), currently 31 prisoners, mostly political, conscience and security prisoners, are kept in the women’s ward of Evin prison. Continue reading “The Newest List of Prisoners in Women’s Ward of Evin Prison”