Saturday, 8 September 2012

Prisoner info for Youcef Naderkhani updated

The record for Youcef Naderkhani was updated.

Status: Freed
Prison: n/a
Notes:
Christian pastor aka Yousef/Yusuf Naderkhani 12 Oct 2009: Arrested after summons to political tribunal in Rasht. 13 Nov 2010: Death sentence for apostasy confirmed by appeal court. Source: Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnKr9fSFdfI Results of Appeals to Supreme Court should be known within 2 months 02 Jul 2011: Sentence overturned by Supreme court, referred to Rasht judiciary recommending accused be asked to repent 11 Oct 2011: Supreme Court returns case to lower court as "incomplete" http://radiozamaneh.com/english/content/iranian-pastors-case-returned-further... 17 Aug 2012: New trial forecast for 8 Sep 2012 http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=276623 08 Sept 2012: Acquitted of apostasy charge, sentenced to 3 years and immediately released as time is already served. http://www.christiantoday.co.uk/article/pastor.youcef.nadarkhani.released.acq...

Sentence: Unknown

Location/Home Town: Rasht
Faith or Ethnicity: Christian
Occupation or Activity: Other

Iran Prisoner List: http://hyperactivist.info/ipr.html