Wednesday 18 September 2013

Update: Farah Vazehan (Elmira) Freed

The record for Farah Vazehan (Elmira) was updated.



Status: Freed
Prison: n/a
Notes:
Former ex-pat who returned to Iran to visit daughter suffering a cancer. Suffers from heart condition 29 Dec 2009: Arrested at home and sent to Evin 209 (Ashura detainee) 04 Aug 2010: Sentenced to execution for MKO membership http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=6385 Earlier death sentence revoked, 04 Aug 2010: Sentenced to 15 years 09 Sept 2010: Sent to Modarres hospital after heart attack 07 Dec 2010: Transferred to Methadone ward 20 Jan 2011: Supreme Court overturns death sentence and sends file back to lower court 02 Mar 2011: Sentenced to 17 years in exile at Rejaei Shahr 10 May 2011: Is in methadone ward Jul 2011: Suffering severe health problems 23 Aug 2011: Reported taken to hospital and then returned to prison 09 Nov 2011: On medical leave to receive medical treatment for her cancer http://t.co/rLC2Vhll 15 Feb 2012: Listed as inmate in Evin women's ward http://chrr.biz/spip.php?article17211 05 Oct 2012: Begins a hunger strike http://hra-news.org/1389-01-27-05-27-21/13783-1.html 15 Oct 2012: Stops her hunger strike http://t.co/1t41v30b 18 Sep 2013: Conditionally freed http://www.kaleme.com/1392/06/27/klm-158727//

Sentence: 15 years

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Faith or Ethnicity: 
Occupation or Activity: Other

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