Saturday 7 September 2013

Update: Mahboubeh Karami Released (Suspended Sentence)

The record for Mahboubeh Karami was updated.



Status: Released (Suspended Sentence)
Prison: Evin
Notes:
Member of 1 Million Signatures Campaign - Women's rights activist. Before 2010, had been arrested 5 times and acquitted 5 times. 13 Jun 08 arrested 12 Aug 2008: Freed 26 Feb 2009: Arrested 08 Apr 2009: Freed 02 Mar 2010: Arrested at home with a warrant dated 26 May 2009 19 Apr 2010: Released on $500000 bail 25 May 2010: 1st visit http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=3879 09 Aug 2010: Trial postponed for the 3rd time 18 Aug 2010: Released on $500,000 bail Sentenced to 4 years 31 Jan 2011: Sentenced to 3 years by appeal court 11 May 2011: Summoned to Evin; began serving her sentence 06 Aug 2011: Signed common appeal of emprisonned journalists for Journalist Day 01 Dec 2011: Still in Evin common ward despiteher health problems http://t.co/rLC2Vhll 22 Dec 2011: Denied furlough for burial of his father  15 Feb 2012: Listed as inmate in Evin women's ward http://chrr.biz/spip.php?article17211 May 2012: Released on bail for medical reasons http://t.co/xdjvKFE0 31 May 2012: Extension of medical furlough denied, she is back to Evin http://t.co/0r5yFFrH 01 Nov 2012: Signs letter of protest http://www.kaleme.com/1391/08/11/klm-118377/ 03 Nov 2012: Joins hunger strike http://t.co/5PuUlxXW 05 Nov 2012: Ends hunger strike http://chrr.biz/spip.php?article19270 01 Sep 2013: Released on 3 days furlough is.gd/OAPo6m

Sentence: 3 years

Location/Home Town: 
Faith or Ethnicity: Muslim
Occupation or Activity: Journalist, Human Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist

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